Journal Article Do Social Networking Sites Enhance the Attractiveness of Risky Health Behavior? Impression Management in Adolescents' Communication on Facebook and its Ethical Implications Get access Julika Loss, Loss * Medical Sociology, University Regensburg *Corresponding author: Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, D-93053 Germany. Tel.: +49-941-944-5220; Fax: +49-941-944-5202; Email: julika.loss@ukr.de Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar...

Recent discussions on corporate citizenship (CC) highlight the new political role of corporations in society by arguing that increasingly act as quasi-governmental actors and take what hitherto had originally been governmental tasks. By examining sociological theories, authors show such a engagement can be explained changing (self-)conception citizens from bourgeois to citoyen. As an intermediate actor society, citoyen assumes co-responsibilities for social civic affairs actively...

Background: Sedentary time is high among university students. Prolonged sitting and reduced physical activity linked to a number of health risks, therefore interventions increase options for on campuses are public relevance. Evidence about the influence campus environment movement sedentary behavior students scarce. This study explores how structural social two related students' everyday activity. Methods: We used photovoice method get thorough insight into daily life campus. recruited total...

In Germany, midwives are involved in extensive antenatal and postnatal care. As health professionals, they can play a key role strengthening literacy (HL) of parents on how to prevent chronic allergic diseases their children. The objective this study is explore midwives’ perspectives regarding HL-sensitive counselling early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP). Twenty-four qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with midwives, data analyzed using content analysis. Only small...

Introduction Capacity building for health promotion is a relevant precondition sustainable, health-related changes in community settings. So far, there are few evidence-based recommendations about how to implement and evaluate capacity approaches. ACTION men (A4M) project designed build capacities three rural communities Bavaria, Germany, via participatory approach including multiple stakeholders. The specifically aims at improving physical activity (PA) over 50 years of age (50 plus)....

Empowerment is seen as a key strategy for sustainable health promotion efforts. However, there only limited research on how to link the empowerment approach of healthy eating, which major current public issue. The article presents development study framework implementing and evaluating an intervention nutrition. This was created community meaning involve elderly citizens in Bavaria, Germany. protocol developed iterative process basing (i) literature reviews topics relation nutrition...

Background: The first 3 years of life offer an opportunity to prevent allergic diseases. Pediatricians are important source health information for parents. However, a certain degree literacy is necessary understand, appraise, and apply preventive behavior, which can be supported by (HL) sensitive consultations HL friendly environment. Objective: In this study, we want shed light on how pediatricians in outpatient care Germany advise early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP) they consider...

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Sen's capability approach (CA) has found its way into health promotion over the last few years. The takes both individual factors as well social and environmental conditions account therefore appears to have great potential explore opportunities for ('capabilities') barriers active lifestyles. Thus, our objective in this study was investigate which capabilities senior citizens perceive available them order be physically active. In Southern Germany, we conducted 26 semi-standardized...

Apart from individual factors like knowledge or personal motivation, the environment also influences a person’s eating behaviour. Food environments can be described as collective physical, economic, policy and sociocultural surroundings, opportunities conditions that influence people’s food choices nutritional status. In order to explore how older citizens in rural Germany perceive handle their environment, we conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 35 adults (71 ± 7 years),...

In early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP), parents act on behalf of their children. Parental health literacy and the availability high-quality information, both online offline, are crucial for effective ECAP. Recent research highlights three main points. First, need sufficient to discriminate between low-quality information. Second, ECAP information behaviors may vary phases development according individual circumstances. Third, strengthen user-centeredness available services, a better...

Background: Health promoters often use stakeholder groups to jointly plan and implement local interventions. Stakeholder should take over responsibility later run the health promotion program independently. Monitoring this process of capacity building can help improve quality process. Instruments for systematic assessment among are scarce. The goal study was develop, pilot test a generic instrument setting-based building. Methods: We drafted semi-standardized monitoring be used in various...

As inter-hospital alliances have become increasingly popular in the healthcare sector, it is important to understand challenges and benefits that interaction between representatives of different hospitals entail. A prominent example are certified ‘trauma networks’, which consist 5-30 trauma departments a given region. Trauma networks designed improve care by providing coordinated response injury, developed across USA multiple European countries since 1960s. Their members need interact...

Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in industrialized countries. It a multifactorial disease retina modified by environmental/individual (e.g. smoking) and genetic factors. 34 independent genomic loci are associated with risk to develop AMD; an interaction between smoking genetics currently investigated. unclear how knowledge on strong component has entered base practicing ophthalmologists, they inform counsel their patients about it. In this...