A5023973616- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Resilience and Mental Health
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Ethics in medical practice
- Human Health and Disease
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
2016-2025
Institute of Public Health Zadar
2016
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
2014
University of Oslo
2008-2013
In this paper we present the development and validation a comprehensive questionnaire to assess college students' knowledge about modern genetics genomics, their belief in genetic determinism, attitudes towards applications of genomic-based technologies. Written everyday language with minimal jargon, Public Understanding Attitudes Genetics Genomics (PUGGS) is intended for use research on science education public understanding science, as means investigate relationships between knowledge,...
Genetic determinism can be described as the attribution of formation traits to genes, where genes are ascribed more causal power than what scientific consensus suggests. Belief in genetic is an educational problem because it contradicts knowledge, and a societal has potential foster intolerant attitudes such racism prejudice against sexual orientation. In this article, we begin by investigating very nature belief determinism. Then, investigate whether knowledge genetics genomics associated...
Objectives To investigate public perspectives on brain health. Design Cross-sectional multilanguage online survey. Setting Lifebrain posted the survey its website and social media shared it with stakeholders. The was open from 4 June 2019 to 31 August 2020. Participants n=27 590 aged ≥18 years 81 countries in five continents completed respondents were predominantly women (71%), middle (41–60 years; 37%) or above (>60 46%), highly educated (69%) resided Europe (98%). Main outcome measures...
There is growing competition among publicly funded scientific institutes and universities to attract staff, students, funding research partners. As a result, there has been increased emphasis on science communication activities in over the past decade. But are communicating simply for sake of improving institute’s image? In this set commentaries we explore relationship between public relations (PR) activities, an attempt clarify what actually doing. The overall opinion authors that almost...
Tabloid and elite newspapers differ in journalistic style address different socioeconomic segments of society. Few studies have systematically investigated how these differences influence science communication, the issue genetics is particularly relevant. In this study, we performed a quantitative frame analysis genetic discourse 12 national that audiences. We found tabloid use frames when communicating gene concept. The were related to expert writers choice topics, discuss framing concept...
Background: Brain health is a multi-faceted concept used to describe brain physiology, cognitive function, mental and well-being. Diseases of the account for one third global burden disease are becoming more prevalent as populations age. Diet, social interaction well physical activity lifestyle factors that can potentially influence facets health. Yet, there limited knowledge about population's awareness willingness change maintain healthy brain. This paper introduces Global Health Survey...
After completion of formal education, the mass media represent people's primary source scientific information. Besides traditional attention to knowledge, national curricula are therefore increasingly emphasizing critical and reflexive engagement with content as a key objective science education. Despite this curricular emphasis, there few methods for teaching literacy in class. Here, we apply frame analysis meet challenge. Based on previously described framing scheme classifying...
Brain health entails mental wellbeing and cognitive in the absence of brain disorders. The past decade has seen an explosion tests, biological, to predict various conditions, such as Alzheimer's Disease. In line with these current developments, we investigated people's willingness reasons to—or not to—take a hypothetical test learn about risk developing disease, cross-sectional multilanguage online survey. survey was part Global Health Survey, open public from 4th June 2019 31st August 2020....
Abstract Introduction Stakeholder engagement remains scarce in basic brain research. However, it can greatly improve the relevance of investigations and accelerate translation study findings to policy. The Lifebrain consortium investigated risk protective factors influencing health using cognition, lifestyle imaging data from European cohorts. activities Lifebrain—organized a separate work package—included organizing stakeholder events, investigating public perceptions dissemination. Here,...