Paula Memenga

ORCID: 0000-0001-5067-0430
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Research Areas
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Mental Health via Writing

Hanover University of Music Drama and Media
2022-2024

Abstract Background Clinical empathy is considered a crucial element in patient-centered care. The advent of digital technology healthcare has introduced new dynamics to which needs be explored the context technology, particularly within written live chats. Given growing prevalence chats, this study aimed explore and evaluate techniques clinical familial cancer-focused chat, focusing on how health professionals can (a) understand, (b) communicate, (c) act upon users’ perspectives emotional...

10.1186/s12913-024-10785-8 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2024-03-08

Background An important prerequisite for actively engaging in cancer prevention and early detection measures, which is particularly recommended cases of familial risk, the acquisition information. Although a lot information available, not all social groups are equally well reached because needs communicative accessibility differ. Previous research has shown that live chat service provided by health professionals could be an appropriate, low-threshold format to meet individual on sensitive...

10.2196/45198 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023-08-28

Patients require adequate, high-quality health information, but their most trusted source, physicians, have scarce time resources. A physician-provided digital information service (DHIS) offers new solutions to this challenge. Guided by the extended unified theory of acceptance and use technology (UTAUT2), study examined patients’ intentions such a service. The model was supplemented informational social norms eHealth literacy. An online survey with stratified German sample (N = 1,000)...

10.47368/ejhc.2024.201 article EN cc-by European Journal of Health Communication 2024-02-06

In dealing with familial cancer risk, seeking web-based health information can be a coping strategy for different stakeholder groups (ie, patients, relatives, and those suspecting an elevated risk). the vast digital landscape marked by varied quality of evolving technologies, trust emerges as pivotal factor, guiding process interacting services. This formation in conceptualized context dependent multidimensional, involving 3 key dimensions: seeker (trustor), provider (trustee), medium or...

10.2196/44707 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023-07-06

Genetic tumor risk syndromes are responsible for at least five to ten percent of the 4 million cases cancer diagnosed in Europe every year. Currently, care oncological patients suffers from a lack specialists medical genetics and also access genetic rural areas structured pathways between oncologists geneticists. As result, underdiagnosed with potentially fatal consequences their families.The OnkoRiskNET study is supported by grant Federal Joint Committee Republic Germany. The will include...

10.1186/s12913-022-08172-2 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2022-06-21

Misinformation and media reports about critical events in vaccine trials challenge public confidence Covid-19 safety. Three online experiments using 2×2 between-subjects designs examined the impact of type, misinformation debunking, during trials. In Experiment 1, N = 984 participants received information different vaccines was debunked. 2, 1,018 were informed trial discontinuation. 3, 1,006 discontinuation questionable research practices a manufacturer. The main dependent variables safety,...

10.47368/ejhc.2022.204 article EN cc-by European Journal of Health Communication 2022-09-22

The present study investigates predictors of opinion expression about the Covid-19 vaccination. Health-related expressions, which can be understood as a specific type information sharing, are highly relevant since opinions influential sources for individuals’ health-related attitude formation and decision-making shape public health topics. Guided by extensive research on political current state addressing we apply theoretical assumptions risk seeking processing model (RISP) to vaccination in...

10.47368/ejhc.2024.101 article EN cc-by European Journal of Health Communication 2024-01-08

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Welche Meinung eine Person zur COVID-19-Impfung vertritt und wie ihre Impfentscheidung ausfällt, hängt u. a. von den sie erreichenden Informationen ab. Es scheint somit zentral, das Phänomen der Informationsweitergabe im Kontext zu untersuchen. Die Studie exploriert, wer welche Impfung an wen weitergibt, die Weitergabe mit Nutzung Informationsquellen zusammenhängt Motive bestehen. Methode Im Zeitraum vom 19.06. bis 13.07.2021 wurde Umfrage 833 Personen über...

10.1007/s00103-023-03677-5 article DE cc-by Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 2023-03-15

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Aneignung von Gesundheitsinformationen ist grundlegend für die Verantwortungsübernahme Patient*innen. Um dies zu unterstützen, müssen neue Wege der Informationsbereitstellung gefunden werden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden digitale, personalisierte Bereitstellung durch Ärzt*innen betrachtet und ihre Verbreitung sowie Nutzungsintention Anforderungen Patient*innen untersucht. Methoden Durchgeführt wurden jeweils eine Online-Befragung einer deutsche Bevölkerung...

10.1007/s00103-023-03750-z article DE cc-by Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 2023-08-15

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> In dealing with familial cancer risk, seeking web-based health information can be a coping strategy for different stakeholder groups (ie, patients, relatives, and those suspecting an elevated risk). the vast digital landscape marked by varied quality of evolving technologies, trust emerges as pivotal factor, guiding process interacting services. This formation in conceptualized context dependent multidimensional, involving 3 key dimensions: seeker (trustor),...

10.2196/preprints.44707 preprint EN 2022-11-30

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> An important prerequisite for actively engaging in cancer prevention and early detection measures, which is particularly recommended cases of familial risk, the acquisition information. Although a lot information available, not all social groups are equally well reached because needs communicative accessibility differ. Previous research has shown that live chat service provided by health professionals could be an appropriate, low-threshold format to meet...

10.2196/preprints.45198 preprint EN 2022-12-20
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