Julia von Sommoggy

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Research Associate at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Background: When seeking advice on allergy prevention in early childhood (Early Childhood Allergy Prevention, ECAP), parents often turn to health and social care providers, such as paediatricians, midwives, and family centres. However, these actors fulfil various, often care-related, roles, and cannot be considered 'health information pro-viders' b...

Hintergrund: Hebammen können eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Stärkung der Gesundheitskompetenz (GK) von Eltern spielen, um z.B. das Risiko allergischer Erkrankungen der Kinder zu verringern. Ziel der Studie war die Entwicklung eines Fragebogens, dessen inhaltliche Validierung und anschließende Pilotierung, um systematisch die Praktiken von Hebammen in...

Einleitung: Im Kindesalter werden wichtige Grundlagen für die weitere physische und psychische Entwicklung gelegt. Es gilt einen gesundheitsfördernden Lebensstil möglichst frühzeitig und umfassend zu verankern, um Gesundheitsverhaltensweisen nachhaltig positiv zu beeinflussen. Dies geschieht häufig in Familien sowie Betreuungseinrichtungen, z.B. Ki...

Background The first 3 years of life offer an opportunity to prevent allergic diseases. Pediatricians are an important source of health information for parents. However, a certain degree of health literacy is necessary to understand, appraise, and apply preventive behavior, which can be supported by health literacy (HL) sensitive consultations and...

Background: Allergic diseases are a major public health concern. Promising new avenues of prevention may reduce the risk of allergies, particularly when addressed at families with young children. As part of a multicenter research group on health literacy in early childhood allergy prevention (HELICAP FOR 2959; German Research Foundation –GZ: CU 438...

Background Health professionals such as physicians and nurses may play an important role in the transformation process towards a healthy, sustainable and climate-sensitive society. However, little is known about their climate-specific health literacy. This study aimed to assess knowledge regarding climate change and its impacts on health and climat...

Introduction: Involving patients and the public in design, conduct and dissemination of research has gained momentum in recent years. While methods to prioritize research on treatment uncertainties have been successfully applied for various disease entities, patient and public involvement has not been prominent to prioritize research in health lite...

Background When parents want to make health-related decisions for their child, they need to be able to handle health information from a potentially endless range of sources. Early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP) is a good example: recommendations have shifted from allergen avoidance to early introduction of allergenic foods. We investigated how...

Background: Pediatricians are important sources of information for parents regarding their children's health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatricians faced a variety of challenges regarding information uptake and transfer to patients, practice organization and consultations for families. This qualitative study aimed at shedding light on German...

Objectives: Focus groups used for data collection in health research are increasingly conducted online. In two multi-center health research projects, we applied available methodological instructions for synchronous online focus groups (SOFGs). We describe necessary changes and specifications regarding the planning (recruitment, technology, ethics,...

Education for planetary health could be one of the key levers of the much-needed civilizational turn toward a sustainable and healthy future. Education goes beyond information provision and passing on of knowledge and includes competencies to transfer knowledge from one decision situation to another. There are a range of different literacy concepts...

Background Ensuring motivated and successful study participation is a key challenge in the design and conduct of health research studies. Previously, recruitment barriers and facilitators have been identified mainly from experience, and rarely based on theoretical approaches. We developed a framework of intentional and actional components of engag...

Background Ensuring motivated and successful study participation is a key challenge in the design and conduct of health research studies. Previously, recruitment barriers and facilitators have been identified mainly from experience, and rarely based on theoretical approaches. We developed a framework of intentional and actional components of engage...

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Background Ensuring motivated and successful study participation is a key challenge in the design and conduct of health research studies. Previously, recruitment barriers and facilitators have been identified mainly from experience, and rarely based on theoretical approaches. We developed a framework of intentional and actional components of engage...

505 | Workshop-Beitrag "Model of engaged participation in research studies"-theoriegeleitete Planung und Umsetzung von Rekrutierungsprozessen in der Public Health Forschung im Rahmen des DFG-Forschungsverbunds HELICAP (FOR 2959)

UNSTRUCTURED In early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP), parents act on behalf of their children. Parental health literacy and the availability of high-quality information, both online and offline, are crucial for effective ECAP. Recent research highlights three main points. First, parents need sufficient health literacy to discriminate between h...

Zusammenfassung Das Gesundheitssystem beeinflusst die Gesundheitskompetenz (GK) und Gesundheitschancen von Patienten. Gesundheitsfachkräfte können die GK von Patienten stärken, indem sie GK-orientierte Beratungsmethoden einsetzen, wie z.B. das Verwenden von einfacher Sprache. Um dieses Potenzial besser zu nutzen, müsste die Ausbildung von Gesundhei...

Background: Background: Health literacy (HL) is an important public health goal but also crucial in individuals providing medical care. During the pandemic, COVID-19-related HL of health professionals (HP) has gained momentum: it helps to minimize the risk of self-infection on the one hand, and to protect patients and relatives from infection on t...

In Germany, midwives are involved in extensive antenatal and postnatal care. As health professionals, they can play a key role in strengthening health literacy (HL) of parents on how to prevent chronic allergic diseases in their children. The objective of this study is to explore midwives’ perspectives regarding HL-sensitive counselling in early ch...

Zusammenfassung Durch „Nudging“ (englisch „to nudge” = anstupsen) soll die spontane Entscheidungsfindung hin zu einem gesünderen Verhalten beeinflusst werden. Kritisch daran zu sehen ist die paternalistische Tendenz des Ansatzes und die Vernachlässigung der Gesundheitskompetenz des Einzelnen. Für eine ethische Legitimität wäre es wünschenswert, „Nu...

Introduction Paediatricians, general practitioners (GPs) and midwives in primary care are important sources of information for parents on early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP). Research has shown that preventive counselling by health professionals can be effective in improving patients’ health literacy (HL) and health behaviour. Providing effec...

Pediatricians in outpatient care in Germany experience substantial changes in their routine work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. practice organization and infection protection measures. They are especially affected by rapidly changing official recommendations and a changed (degree of capacity) utilization.

Background Our aim was to gain insight into the experiences of women suffering from the urinary component of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) and to understand the impact of urinary complaints as part of GSM on the lives of affected women. Design Qualitative study. Setting Online, primary care. Participants and methods Postmenopausa...

Background Lack of physical activity and long, uninterrupted periods of sitting are increasingly considered as independent health risk factors and are very pronounced in people with a high level of education. This particularly affects young adults in general and university students in particular.Objectives Evaluation of acceptance and effectiveness...

Hintergrund Die COVID-19-Pandemie stellt gesundheitsbezogene Forschungsprojekte vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Besonders betroffen sind empirische Studien mit direktem Kontakt zu Teilnehmenden (TN), beispielsweise über Fokusgruppen. Im Rahmen zweier Forschungsprojekte (Health Literacy in Early Childhood Allergy Prevention; Multiple Sklerose – Pa...

Background Syrian migrants represent the third-largest group of foreigners in Germany and are therefore potential users of health promotion initiatives, including nutrition programs. It is little known how (healthy) nutrition is understood and implemented by this group and which factors influence their experiences related to food and eating in the...

Die Ankunft eines Kindes stellt eine Umbruchsphase im Alltag von Familien dar, wodurch sich die bis dahin entwickelten kulturellen Wertvorstellungen vielfach ändern oder in Frage gestellt werden. Es ist nun primär das Wohl des Kindes, das sich als handlungsleitend erweist. Was von den Eltern dabei als gut und richtig empfunden wird, unterliegt jedo...

Background: In early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP), parents act on behalf of their children. Parental health literacy and the availability of high-quality information, both online and offline, are crucial for effective ECAP. Recent research highlights three main points. First, parents need sufficient health literacy to discriminate between hi...

Background: In early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP) parents act on behalf of their children. Parental health literacy as well as the availability of high-quality information – both online and ‘offline’ – are crucial for effective ECAP. Recent research highlights three main points: First, parents need sufficient HL to discriminate between high-...

Background In early childhood allergy prevention (ECAP), parents act on behalf of their children. Parental health literacy and the availability of high-quality information, both online and offline, are crucial for effective ECAP. Recent research highlights three main points. First, parents need sufficient health literacy to discriminate between hig...

Background: Sedentary time is high among university students. Prolonged sitting time and reduced physical activity is linked to a number of health risks, therefore interventions to increase options for physical activity on campuses are of high public health relevance. Evidence about the influence of the campus environment on movement and sedentary...

Hintergrund und Stand (inter)nationaler Forschung: COVID-19 hat die Versorgungsarbeit von Hebammen in Deutschland verändert: Schnell wechselnde Gesundheitsinformationen und Infektionsschutzmaßnahmen stellen Hebammen vor Herausforderungen in ihrer Betreuung von Familien rund um die Geburt, z.B. in Geburtsvorbereitungskursen, in der Klinik und in der...

Werdende Eltern suchen aus diversen Gründen nach Gesundheitsinformationen für ihr Kind, z.B. um sich über mögliche Risiken aufgrund von familiären Dispositionen zu informieren. Dabei stehen sie auch in regelmäßigem Austausch mit Gesundheitsfachkräften, vor allem mit Pädiatern, Allgemeinärzten und Hebammen. Aspekte der Gesundheitskompetenz (GK), das...

Background: Due to the civil war in Syria, many Syrian citizens have had to flee their country during recent years, among them many physicians. Germany is among the preferred immigration countries. Immigrant Syrian physicians could help overcome the prevailing shortage of medical specialists in Germany. This study explores the experiences and perc...