Research | Publications

Antonini, M., Fouda, A., Hinwood, M., Melia, A., & Paolucci, F. (2024). The interplay between global health policy and vaccination strategies in the shift towards COVID-19 endemicity. Health Policy and Technology, 100854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100854

Heiss, R., Bode, L., Adisuryo, Z. M., Brito, L., Cuadra, A., Gao, P., Han, Y., Hearst, M., Huang, K., Kinyua, A., Lin, T., Ma, Y., Manion, T. O., Roh, Y., Salazar, A., Yue, S., & Zhang, P. (2024). Debunking Mental Health Misperceptions in Short-Form Social Media Videos: An Experimental Test of Scientific Credibility Cues. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2301201

Kerschbaumer, L., Boost, M. & Reichmann, P. (2024). Transitions from Long-Term Unemployment to Employment. Soziale Welt, 75(1), 113–142. https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2024-1-113

Nickel, B., Heiss, R., Shih, P., Gram, E. G., Copp, T., Taba, M., Moynihan, R., & Zadro, J. (2024). Social media promotion of health tests with potential for overdiagnosis or overuse: Protocol for a content analysis. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, e56899. https://doi.org/10.2196/56899

Ringel, L., & Fouda, A. (2024). Physician assistants in the German inpatient care: barriers and enablers of integration. Journal of Integrated Care. https://doi.org/10.1108/jica-11-2023-0088

Engel, E., Gell, S., Heiss, R., & Karsay, K. (2023). Social media influencers and adolescents’ health: A scoping review of the research field. Social Science & Medicine. 116387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116387

Gell, S., Pejkovic, E., Heiss, R. (2023). How (Un-)Healthy are Austrian School Food Environments? Evidence from Focus Groups and Citizen Science. Appetite, 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106636

Griebler, R., Zoller, C., Leuprecht, E., Schütze, D., Sahling, F., Ecker, S.., Heiss, R. (2023): Geko‐T – Gesundheitskompetenz von 9‐ bis 13‐jährigen Kindern in Tirol [Health literacy of 9- to 13-year-old children in Tyrol]. Ergebnisbericht. https://jasmin.goeg.at/2891/

Heiss, R., Nanz, A., Knupfer, H., Engel, E., & Matthes, J. (2023). Peer Correction of Misinformation on Social Media: (In)civility, Success Experience and Relationship Consequences. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231209946

Kerschbaumer, L., Crossett, L., Holaus, M., & Costa, U. (2023). COVID-19 and Health Inequalities: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Individuals Affected by Poverty. Health Policy and Technology, 100803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100803

Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., & Reichmann, P. (2023). Vulnerable Gruppen in der Krise [Vulnerable groups during the crisis]. WISO-Wirtschafts- Und Sozialpolitische Zeitschrift, 1, 116–130. https://www.zeitschriftwiso.at/ausgaben/alle-bisherigen-hefte/magazine-detail/12023

van Amerongen, A., Zoller, C., & Fouda, A. (2023). COVID-19 in the Netherlands: A three-phase analysis. Health Policy and Technology, 100783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100783

Wong, A., Zoller, C., Fouda, A., Paolucci, F. (2023). Are we past the COVID-19 pandemic? Insights from Singapore. Health Policy and Technology, 100779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100779

Fouda, A., Melia, A., Tritter, J., & Paolucci, F. (2022). Special Issue: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Vaccination Strategies and Global Health Policies. Health Policy and Technology, 100634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100634

Gebrewold, B. (2022): Leave No One Behind: A Social Work Imperative against Social Darwinism. SIÖ, Fachzeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit, OBDS, 217, 10-12.

Heiss, R., & Rudolph, L. (2022). Patients as Health Influencers: Motivations and Consequences of Following Cancer Patients on Instagram. Behaviour & Information Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2045358

Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Nesimovic, A. & Weinkogl, Ph. (2022). The inclusive, social space-oriented participation of people with disabilities in the Bavaria–Tyrol border region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v17.i1.391

Reinhardt, A., Rossmann, C., & Engel, E. (2022). Radio public service announcements to promote vaccinations for older adults: Effects of framing and distraction. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.037

Sahling, F., Kerschbaumer, L., Sorger, C. & Pretterhofer, N. (2022). Sexismus im Alltag – Wahrnehmung und Erscheinungsformen in Tirol [Sexism in everyday life - perception and manifestations in Tyrol]. Fachzeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit in Österreich, 4.

Sutter, M., Untertrifaller, A., & Zoller, C. Grit increases strongly in early childhood and is related to parental background. Scientific Reports, 12, 3561 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07542-4

Walch, S., Kerschbaumer, L., Sahling, F., Reinthaler, V., Spencker, J., Wüstner, N. & Meindlhumer, M. (2022). Pflege in Tirol – Ideen, Perspektiven, Strategien & Zukunft [Care in Tyrol - ideas, perspectives, strategies & future]. Innsbruck, Center for Social & Health Innovation, MCI I Die Unternehmerische Hochschule^®

Waser, M., Heiss, R., Borena, W. (2022). Factors affecting Children's HPV Vaccination in Austria: Evidence from a Parent Survey. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18(7). https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2126251

Heiss, R., Gell, S., Röthlingshöfer, E., Zoller, C. (2021). How Threat Perceptions Relate to Learning and Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19: Evidence From a Panel Study. Personality and Individual Differences, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.11067

Heiss, R., Naderer, B., & Matthes, J. (2021). Healthwashing in High-Sugar Food Advertising: The Effect of Prior Information on Healthwashing Perceptions in Austria. Health Promotion International, 36(4), 1029-1038. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa086

Heiss, R., Kerschbaumer, L., Zoller, C., Gell, S., Walch, S., Röthlingshöfer, E., Nesimovic, A. (2021): COVID-19 Social Indicator Survey (SUF edition). AUSSDA - The Austrian Social Science Data Archive. https//:doi.org/10.11587/F7CD4D

Kerschbaumer, L., Walch, S., Sahling, F., Reisberger, M., Mevenkamp, N., Mantel, C., Lackner, N., Luttinger, P., & Pejkovic, E. (2021). Public health as common goal or individual constraint in winter tourism of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. European Journal of Public Health, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.137

Stamm, T.A, Ritschl, V., Omara, M., Andrews, M.R., Mevenkamp, N., Rzepka, A., Schirmer, M., Walch, S., Salzberger, T., Mosor, E. (2021). Rasch Model of the COVID-19 Symptom Checklist — A Psychometric Validation Study. Viruses, 13(9), 1762. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091762

Williams, D.R., Walch, S. (2021). Triple helices’ perspectives on the availability of human and financial capital for biopharmaceutical innovation in select Central European ecosystems. Drug Discovery Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2021.07.005

Fouda, A., Mahmoudi, N., Moy, N., & Paolucci, F. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, and Singapore: Health policies and lessons learned. Health Policy and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.08.015

Heiss, R. (2020). Fighting Health Infodemics: The Role of Citizen Empowerment. Eurohealth, 26(3). https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/338919/Eurohealth-26-3-23-25-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Kerschbaumer, L. & Boost, M. (2020). The German Employment Agency’s measures for integrating the long-term unemployed with multiple constraints into the labour market: Some individual experiences. Social Policy & Administration, 1–14.

Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Nesimovic, A., Röthlingshofer, E., Heiss, R. & Zoller, C. (2020). Integrating child's health promotion in schools - local mechanisms and strategies. European Journal of Public Health, 30(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1135

Lee, D., Moy, N., Mahmoudi, N., Fouda, A., Choi, B., Paolucci, F. (2020). Combatting COVID-19: Lessons we can learn. Independent Australia, 14480. https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/combatting-covid-19-lessons-we-can-learn

Rabenbauer, L. & Mevenkamp, N. (2021): Factors in the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for chronic back pain: How self-efficacy mediates eHealth literacy and healthy habits. Telemedicine and e-Health, 27 (2), 184–192. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2019.0301