Here we explore the new German government’s plans for disease prevention We make the case for a strategic shift towards prevention and highlight how the government can seize this opportunity to strengthen population health www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @marikeandreas.bsky.social

Wir entwickeln eine adaptive/kontextsensitive Echtzeitkohorte mit der wir zeitnah Populationsdaten darüber sammeln können, wie die Bevölkerung auf Krisen und Gesundheitsrisiken reagiert Hier beschreiben wir die Idee & unter welchen Umständen Leute teilnehmen würden link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour! We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face. 🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR #BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy

Deadline today 🚨 Apologies to all parties involved, but based on my insider information, the job announcement seriously undersells the opportunity potential presented here. On the other hand, this may increase your odds of landing an amazing post with a last minute application. Give it a thought 🤔

We are hiring post docs in Public Health at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University Heidelberg. The advert is in German. Feel free to contact me if you are interested

Diese Ausschreibung ist noch offen und wir freuen uns auf Bewerbungen von Menschen, die eine Leidenschaft für Public Health Forschung haben.

Wir suchen PostDocs für die Abteilung Public Health, Präventiv- und Sozialmedizin der Universität Heidelberg an der Medizinischen Fakultät Mannheim bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/46... Sprecht mich gern an.

We are recruiting for postdoc positions in the Department of Public Health, Social & Preventive Medicine at Heidelberg University, Mannheim Medical Faculty, www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/cpd/public-h... bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/46... I'm happy to answer any questions.

Germany's 2024 National Nutrition Strategy aimed to be participatory—but what does that mean in practice? We interviewed 55 stakeholders to find out. Here's what we (@fsniehotta.bsky.social @annakaiser.bsky.social and I) learned about what makes participation meaningful. doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

Wir rekrutieren für Postdoc Stellen in der Abt. Public Health, Sozial & Präventivmedizin der Uni Heidelberg, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Zentrum für Präventivmedizin & Digitale Gesundheit www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/cpd/public-h... bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/46... Gern beantworte ich Fragen

On Thursday 13th March (17:30-19:00), our Co-Director Professor Angel Chater has her inaugural professorial lecture. This will take place at the University of Bedfordshire's Luton campus. To find out more, and to register your attendance, please visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...

Last year the Federal Ministry of Food & Agriculture developed a Nutrition Strategy for Germany The Strategy was informed by Stakeholder a consultation. We evaluated the consultation based on qualitative interviews with stakeholders @marikeandreas.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PRU practical guide to writing policy briefs has been downloaded 10.000 x from #OpenScienceFramework osf.io/preprints/os... It makes it easy to communicate relevant evidence to policy decision makers jointly developed by @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social & @ucl-cbc.bsky.social @susanmichie.bsky.social

Our first 2025 publication is out 🔓 We explored whether presenting less attractive 'decoy' options for Covid-19 vaccination appointments increased people's intention to get the vaccine. We found that use of decoys could increase uptake in some people. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ein Straßensystem wie in New York, ein Altbauviertel mit Pariser Charme, eine lebendige Musikszene: Mannheim ist überraschend urban. Studentin Miriam Nägele erzählt, wo es die besten Konzerte und Joggingstrecken gibt.

Happy new year! We were productive in 2024 - check out a complete list of our publications at our website: behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/outputs/publ...

Germany has no regulatory food policies because people wouldn't accept them? In our pre-registered survey study @annakaiser.bsky.social @raenhhadhami.bsky.social Vincent Brugger and @fsniehotta.bsky.social found: Thats not the case www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔓 New paper 🔓 We explored how healthcare professionals manage complaints and what factors influenced how complaints were responded to in a healthcare setting. Interviews and analysis were informed by two behavioural frameworks: COM-B model and the TDF. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In our new #OpenAccess 🔓 paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494

Schöne Sonntagslektüre aus der Sektion Wissen in der Süddeutschen mit Elementen aus einem Interview mit @veraaraujosoares.bsky.social

Unser fantastischer Kollege Prof. Robert Finger ist der erste Klinikdirektor in Mannheim, der seine Antrittsvorlesung der Prävention widmet. Prävention ist an dieser Fakultät zuhause.

What is the future of outdoor sports during heat waves? Our colleagues Sophie Leer, Zoe Parsons and Sven Schneider identified related knowledge, practices and adaptation strategies among coaches in german outdoor sports www.ssph-journal.org/journals/int...

Gemeinsam mit der Ministerin für Wissenschaft, Forschung Kunst BW Petra Olschowski, unseren Kolleg*innen aus dem Kompetenznetzwerk Präventivmedizin BW, unseren Partnern und Menschen aus Mannheim haben wir über die Zukunft der Prävention im Länd diskutiert Danke an alle! www.umm.de/medien/press...

New paper in #HealthPolicy: It appears that the German public is far more willing to accept nutrition policies to protect population health and improve the sustainability of food systems than reflected in German policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unser Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann eröffnet die Jahrestagung des Forums Gesundheitsstandort BW selbst. Die Ministerin Petra Olschowski vom MWK und die Staatssekretäre der Ministerien für Wirtschaft und für Soziales sind auch dabei. Gesundheit ist Priorität im Länd Baden-Württemberg 👍

New paper in #HealthPolicy: It appears that the German public is far more willing to accept nutrition policies to protect population health and improve the sustainability of food systems than reflected in German policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Deutschlands enttäuschende Lebenserwartung und die Gründe dafür. Mein Interview zum Samstag in der RheinPlalz mit Daniel Krauser

In our new #OpenAccess paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/ @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social

Falsifcation of home rapid antigen lateral fow tests during the COVID‑19 pandemic What do we know about prevalence, reasons and correlates? Our @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social work from the UK attemps some answers www.nature.com/articles/s41... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

See our new paper on understanding the public's decision making about seasonal flu vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic below! The study highlights the importance of tailored strategies based on decision making stages to increase flu vaccination uptake. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👉 Overcoming doubt: developing #CDoH Essentials, a practical tool to introduce the commercial determinants of health ✍️ Anna Brook, Katherine Körner, @maizie333.bsky.social, Amy Barnes, Mark Petticrew academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... @healthpromint.bsky.social

If you cannot make it, the research that will be presented is published here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The new seats for the mobile research unit. UN Sustainable Development Goals in four languages each

From Smoking to Vaping: The Motivation for E-Cigarette Use at the Neurobiological Level – An fMRI Study New #OpenAccess Study from the Centre for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health (CPD) academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Tolles Essay in der @zeit.de "Es ginge relativ einfach anders. Es muss halt nur jemand machen" Das wäre doch mal ein Wahlkampfthema.... www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...

The XPAND trial shows that a personalised intervention reduced UVR dose-to-face in XP patients & was cost-effective doi.org/10.1093/bjd/... XP is a very rare condition requiring N-of-1 methods for intervention development psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-... Br J Derm commentary doi.org/10.1093/bjd/...

Our recent work with Directors of Public Health shows how important the expertise of local public health was in reaching disadvantaged populations to offer Covid-19 vaccinations. Strong decentralised public health infastructure is a critical resilliance factor www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So I've had a go at a Starter Pack thing to see if @nanettemutrie.bsky.social and I can find more #physicalactivity friends who have made the jump across. Additional tags welcomed and will add go.bsky.app/DsHNWPf

I put together a starter pack of those working in obesity and diet (and related areas) research and policy. I did it quickly this morning, so let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/Q3xXqKM

Our new mobile research unit has arrived A transformed E-Van with solar panels. Allows us to bring research to people, places & geographies Interior can be transformed into medical, sociological and psychological research labs. Also important: it has a quality coffee maker on board ☕️ #PublicHealth

PRU practical guide to writing policy briefs has been downloaded 10.000 x from #OpenScienceFramework osf.io/preprints/os... It makes it easy to communicate relevant evidence to policy decision makers jointly developed by @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social & @ucl-cbc.bsky.social @susanmichie.bsky.social

AI for systematic reviews? “It seems to do OK with reading and assessing papers,” Clark says, “but it did very badly at all these other tasks”, Nature News - www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ

Geert Crombez and I are editors of #HealthPsychologyReview, the leading review journal in #HealthPsychology HPR publishes empirical reviews & theoretical/conceptual work advancing evidence, science & practice Happy to answer questions about scope, submissions etc www.tandfonline.com/journals/rhp...

Our new mobile research unit has arrived A transformed E-Van with solar panels. Allows us to bring research to people, places & geographies Interior can be transformed into medical, sociological and psychological research labs. Also important: it has a quality coffee maker on board ☕️ #PublicHealth

Vera Araujo-Soares @veraaraujosoares.bsky.social is presenting a keynote at the Behaviour Change for Health & Sustainability Conference 2025 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... #BCConf2025 She will discuss the health of the planet and its link to population health www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/medical-facu...

In particular, the review will look at the impact of populist attitudes on the acceptability and uptake of public health interventions. The review findings may inform future public health interventions to increase individual and population-level acceptability and uptake. (2/2)

Our NIHR Policy Research Unit Behavioural & Social Science @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social produces independent evidence to support decision-making in the Department of Health and Social Care for health and social care policy in England since 2019. Check out or website behscipru.nihr.ac.uk