Research Group Prevention and Health Promotion
healthpsyresearch.bsky.social
Research Group Prevention and Health Promotion
@healthpsyresearch.bsky.social
Health Psychology Research @University of Bremen led by @bschuez.bsky.social. We study how individual health factors interact with environmental factors, like healthcare systems or social and physical resources, to impact health throughout a person's life.
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GEDA data shows complex socieconomic interactions in health literacy, e.g., differential association of education w/ #Healthliteracy in migrants versus non-migrants (paper in German only, sorry!) link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HealthLiteracy #PublicHealth #HealthPsych
Soziale Benachteiligung und Gesundheitskompetenz in Deutschland - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung
Background and research question Low health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health, higher mortality, and higher utilisation of emergency services. It has, therefore, become an important topic...
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May 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Inequality and diet: Our new paper shows how socioeconomic factors affect diet quality through consumer attitudes (data from 8 EU countries). Education and income positively impact diet quality, unemployment has negative effects. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BehSci #HealthEquity #PublicHealth
Consumer attitudes towards dietary behaviors: a mediator between socioeconomic status and diet quality in European adults - European Journal of Nutrition
Background Socioeconomic disparities in dietary behaviors are well-known, but underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We investigated whether consumer attitudes toward dietary behaviors mediat...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Effects of momentary social and availability cues on #smoking and drinking #SSB vary by socioeconomic status - those who face more #disadvantage respond by consuming more, a double whammy of #inequality. New OA research with @psychjones.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Momentary health behaviour cues are moderated by educational attainment: Findings from two ecological momentary assessment studies
Socioeconomic status (SES), indicated e.g., through educational attainment substantially influences health outcomes through health behaviours. Many he…
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April 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Applications are now open for the #EHPS2025 conference grants. Grants are available for attending only the conference and for also attending the @ehpscreaters.bsky.social workshop and @ehpssynergy.bsky.social expert meeting. Applications close on 16 May.
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April 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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New paper on quantitative intersectionality analyses:
Here, we employ and compare regression-based and decision tree approaches, with DTs identifying extra groups. Can be adapted to other questions as well... #behaviouralscience #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth
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Identifying intersectional groups at risk for missing breast cancer screening: comparing regression- and decision tree- based approaches
Malignant neoplasm of the breast was the fifth leading cause of death among women in Germany in 2020. To improve early detection, nationwide breast ca…
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December 10, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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Wearable use in Germany and sociodemographic disparities. Older adults and those with lower education, income are less likely to use - but digital literacy can serve as a buffer.
New paper by Chen-Chia Pan and Núria Pedros Barnils from our group
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Sociodemographics and Digital Health Literacy in Using Wearables for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Cross-Sectional Nationwide Survey in Germany - Journal of Prevention
Background Wearable technologies have the potential to support health promotion and disease prevention. However, it remains unclear how the role of social determinants of health (SDoH) and digital det...
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January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Come to Bremen this summer:
LSC Summer School - Designing, evaluating, and implementing digital public health interventions
18-22 August 2025
For early career and experienced researchers
Travel Grants available!
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #behavioralscience
www.digital-public-health.de/ecra/summer-...
January 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM