Prof. Dr. Doreen Reifegerste

since 01/2021 professor for health communication in the AG4 of the school of public health

06/2018-12/2020 research associate at the frofessorship of communication studies with a focus on social communication, University of Erfurt

11/2015-05/2018 research associate at the institute of journalism and communication Research, University of Music, Drama and Media, Hannover, Germany

01/2014-10/2015 research associate at the institute of communication studies, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

01/2013-12/2013 research assistant and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Communication Studies, TU Dresden

03/2012 Completion of doctoral thesis (from 2009) at the University of Erfurt on the topic: "Application of evolutionary motives to increase the target group-specific effectiveness of prevention messages"

2005-2013 Employed by AOK PLUS as a specialist consultant for market research

1998-2003 Master's degree at the TU Dresden with a major in communication science and minors in psychology and economics

Head of the Bachelor Health Communication program

Co-editor of the European Journal of Health Communication.

Member of the Commission Environmental Public Health for the Robert Koch Institute

DISELMA (Digital Media for the self-management of chronic diseases) Subproject in ar DFG-research group about the "Influence of social network contacts on the integration of digital media for the self-management of chronic diseases in everyday life“. For further infos see here

KIKK - Kultursensible Information about Cancer Prevention for people migrated from the Middle and Near East, together with Dr. Hanna Lütke Lanfer. For further infos see here

RE-MEND - Building REsilience against MEntal illness during ENDo-crine-sensitive life stages within the funding HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01-02 - Towards a molecular and neurobiological understanding of mental health and mental illness for the benefit of citizens and patients, Work Package zur Mental health literacy and knowledge transfer

DFG-Project "Information search as a social support service in informal relationships - structures, functions, processes and effects of health-related proxy search". For further Information see here

TRIACOM - Competence promotion for triadic communication of relatives - Development and evaluation of an e-learning program for medical students, together with A. Bittner and A. Uerpmann (Medical Faculty of the University of Bielefeld), for further information see here.

MEN-ACCESS "Suicide prevention for men: development and evaluation of two genderspecific e-learning programs for gatekeepers and men at risk of suicide", together with Heide Glaesmer (Leipzig) and Birgit Wagner (Berlin)

Cancer prevention in dialogue - Helmholtz funding for knowledge transfer, together with the Cancer Information Service (KID) of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), together with Eva Baumann (HMTM Hannover) and Haus der Krebs-Selbsthilfe - Bundesverband e.V. (HKSH-BV), Bonn

"Finished Projects"

MEN-ACCESS "Suicide prevention for men: development and evaluation of two genderspecific e-learning programs for gatekeepers and men at risk of suicide", together with Heide Glaesmer (Leipzig) and Birgit Wagner (Berlin)

DFG project "Representation and Effect of Responsibility Frames on Health Topics: A Comparison of the Level of Influence of the Individual, the Social Network, and Society," together with Sebastian Scherr (Uni Augsburg). For further information see here

Mobile Health in Consumer Health Protection (MogeV) for the prevention of child accidents and in emergency response; together with Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and Constanze Rossmann & Paula Stehr (LMU Munich)

Publications (Selection)

An overview of publications can be found here.

Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Weber, W., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Geulen, J., Klein, S., Müller, A., Hahne, A., & Weg-Remers, S. (2024). Digital clinical empathy in a live chat: Multiple findings from a formative qualitative study and usability tests. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 314. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10785-8

Wagner, A., & Reifegerste, D. (2024). Gender-Specific Non-Disclosure of Mental Distress. European Journal of Health Communication, 5(2), 60–80. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2024.204

Wagner, A. J., & Reifegerste, D. (2024). Real men don't talk? Relationships among depres-siveness, loneliness, conformity to masculine norms, and male non-disclosure of mental distress. SSM - Mental Health, 5, 100296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100296

Reifegerste, D., Wagner, A., Bittner, A., & Uerpmann, A.‑L. (2024). Besser sprechen mit Angehörigen: Digitale, interaktive Lernvideos zur Entwicklung von Kommunikationskompetenzen in Gesundheitsberufen. Die Hochschullehre.

Berlekamp, M., Reifegerste, D., & Temmann, L. J. (2024). Effects of Health Responsibility Frames on Attributions, Emotions, and Social Support Intentions in the Context of Dementias. Health Communication, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2307204

Schulze, A., Lindemann, A.‑K., Brand, F., Geppert, J., Menning, A., Stehr, P., Reifegerste, D. & Rossmann, C. (2023). Mobile Apps Aimed at Preventing and Handling Unintention-al Injuries in Children Aged <7 Years: Systematic Review. interactive Journal of Medical Research, 12, e45258. https://doi.org/10.2196/45258

Stehr, P., Ermel, L., Rossmann, C., Reifegerste, D., Lindemann, A.-K. & Schulze, A. (2023). A mobile health information behavior model: Theoretical development and mixed-method testing in the context of mobile apps on child poisoning prevention. Journal of Health Communication, 28(10), 648-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2250313

Stehr, P., Reifegerste, D., Rossmann, C., Lindemann, A.‑K. & Schulze, A. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities to the Flow of Communication: Online Focus Groups with Par-ents of Young Children, Professional Caregivers, and Intermediaries. American Behavioral Scientist, Artikel 00027642231206326. Vorab-Onlinepublikation. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642231206326

Schaller, S., Wiedicke, A., Reifegerste, D. & Temmann, L. J. (2023). (De)Stigmatizing De-pression on Social Media: The Role of Responsibility Frames. Journal of Health Com-munication, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2266702

Wiedicke, A., Rattei, F. & Reifegerste, D. (2023). Assigning Responsibility for Depression and Diabetes: Frame Building Factors in Health Coverage. Health Communication, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2216485

Temmann, L., Reifegerste, D., Wiedicke, A., Scherr, S. & Schaller, S. (2023). Effects of Health Responsibility Frames: Testing a Mediation Model of Attributions, Emotions, and Social Support Intentions. Journal of Health Communication.

Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Berg, A., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Weber, W., Geulen, J., Müller, A., Hahne, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2023). Understanding Trust Determinants in a Live Chat Service on Familial Cancer: Qualitative Triangulation Study With Focus Groups and Interviews in Germany. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e44707. https://doi.org/10.2196/44707

Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Geulen, J., Weber, W., Hahne, A., Müller, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2023). Intentions of Patients With Cancer and Their Relatives to Use a Live Chat on Familial Cancer Risk: Results From a Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e45198. https://doi.org/10.2196/45198

Daube, D., Wiedicke, A., Reifegerste, D., & Rossmann, C. (2023). Who is Responsible? Attribution of Responsibility in the Context of Dementia: A Content-Analysis of Framing in Media Coverage. Journal of Health Communication, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2199684

Reifegerste, D., Rosset, M., Czerwinski, F., Baumann, E., Gaisser, A., Kludt, E., & Weg-Remers, S. (2023). Understanding the pathway of cancer information seeking: Cancer information services as a supplement to information from other sources. Journal of Cancer Education, 38(1), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02095-y

Wiedicke, A., Reifegerste, D., Temmann, L. J. & Scherr, S. (2022). Verbal and visual framing of responsibility for type 1 diabetes by patient influencers on instagram. Social Media + Society, 8(4), 205630512211361. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221136114

Wiedicke, A., Reifegerste, D., Temmann, L. & Scherr, S. (2022). Framing depression: Individual, societal, and social network responsibility attributions in media coverage. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(3), 92–117. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.305

Wagner, A. & Reifegerste, D. (2022). Health-related communication in everyday life: Communication partners, channels, and patterns. Communications. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2021-0027

Reifegerste, D., Stehr, P., Ermel, L., Rossmann, C., Lindemann, A.‑K. & Schulze, A. (2022). Multiperspektivität im Multiplikatorenansatz [Multiperspectivity in the multiplier approach]. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-022-00978-6

Reifegerste, D., & Kessler, S. H. (2022). Digitales Self-tracking aus historischer Perspektive [Digital Self-tracking from a historical perspective]. In Schwarzenegger, C., Koenen, E., Pentzold, C., Birkner, T., & Katzenbach, C. (Ed.), Digitale Kommunikation und Kommunikationsgeschichte: Perspektiven, Potentiale, Problemfelder. Digital Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.48541/dcr.v10.0

Stehr, P., Reifegerste, D., Rossmann, C., Caspar, K., Schulze, A., & Lindemann, A.‑K. (2022). Effective communication with caregivers to prevent unintentional injuries in children under seven years. A systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling. Ad-vance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.04.015

Scherr, S., Reifegerste, D., Arendt, F., van Weert, J. C., & Alden, D. L. (2022). Family involvement in medical decision making in Europe and the United States: A replication and extension in Five Countries. Social Science & Medicine, 114932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114932

Riesmeyer, C., Wilhelm, C., & Reifegerste, D. (2022). Die Mischung macht's. MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung, 46, 24–50. https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/46/2022.01.13.X

Temmann, L. J., Wiedicke, A., Schaller, S., Scherr, S., & Reifegerste, D. (2021). A Systematic Review of Responsibility Frames and Their Effects in the Health Context. Journal of Health Communication, 26(12), 828–838. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2021.2020381

Wilhelm, C., Riesmeyer, C., & Reifegerste, D. (2021). Distanzlernen in der Krise aus Sicht der Eltern: Lektionen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. Ein Werkstattbericht. Medien-journal: Zeitschrift Für Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung, 45(3), 65–78.

Werneburg, I., Reifegerste, D., & Jäpelt, B. (2021). Lieber professionell als spirituell und kommerziell: Die Kommunikation von Angeboten der Achtsamkeitsförderung im Hochschulsetting. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. Online first: https://www.springermedizin.de/lieber-professionell-als-spirituell-die-kommunikation-von-angebo/19897392?fulltextView=true

Wagner, A., & Reifegerste, D. (2021). "The Part Played by People" in Times of COVID-19: Interpersonal Communication about Media Coverage in a Pandemic Crisis. Health Communication, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1989786

Luetke Lanfer, H. & Reifegerste, D. (2021). Embracing challenging complexity: Exploring handwashing behavior from a combined socioecological and intersectional perspec-tive in Sierra Leone. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1857. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11923-1

Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., & Kargbo, S. I. (2021). Collecting quantitative experimental data from a non-WEIRD population: Challenges and practical recommenda-tions from a field experiment in rural Sierra Leone. BMC Research Notes, 14(1), 414. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05828-w

Reifegerste, D., Harst, L. & Otto, L. (2021). Sauerbruch, STARPAHC, and SARS: Historical Perspectives on Readiness and Barriers in Telemedicine. Journal of Public Health, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01513-1

Reifegerste, D., Wiedicke, A., Temmann, L., Scherr, S., & Temmann, L. J. (2021). Mut zur Lücke: Verantwortungszuschreibung im sozialen Netzwerk als neuer Bereich in der Framingforschung zu Gesundheitsthemen Publizistik, 66(2), 255–276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-021-00652-5

Reifegerste, D., Wiedicke, A., Temmann, L. J. (2021). Medienberichterstattung zu Präventions- und Therapiemöglichkeiten an den Beispielen Diabetes mellitus und Depression. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 64, 28–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-020-03250-4

Reifegerste, D. (Hrsg.). (2021). PR und Organisationskommunikation im Gesundheitswesen. Wiesbaden: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-658-32884-9

Reifegerste, D. (2020): Kommunikation über Gesundheitsthemen. Werte als zentrale Treiber. In: Communicatio Socialis 53 (3), S. 296–307. https://doi.org/10.5771/0010-3497-2020-3-296.

Reifegerste, D., Blech, S. & Dechant, P. (2020). Understanding Information Seeking about the Health of Others: Applying the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking to Proxy Online Health Information Seeking. Journal of Health Communication, 25(2), 126–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2020.1716280

Link, E., Reifegerste, D., & Klimmt, C. (2020). Family Involvement in the Context of Chronic Diseases: The Role of Social Support in Treatment Decision Making for Surgical Procedures, 32 (1), Journal of Family Research. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-160

Reifegerste, D. (2019). Die Rollen der Angehörigen in der Gesundheitskommunikation. Modelle, Funktionen und Strategien. Wiesbaden: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-25031-7

Reifegerste, D. (2019). Theoretische Grundlagen der Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen und ihre aktuellen Weiterentwicklungen. Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik, 65 (4), 351–367. https://doi.org/10.14623/zfme.2019.4.351-367

Rosset, M., Reifegerste, D., Baumann, E., Kludt, E., & Weg-Remers, S. (2019). Langzeittrends beim Krebsinformationsdienst (KID) Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 62(9), 1120–1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-019-02996-w

Timpel, P., Harst, L., Reifegerste, D., Weihrauch-Blüher, S., & Schwarz, P. E. H. (2019). What should governments be doing to prevent diabetes throughout the life course? Diabetologia, 62(10), 1842–1853. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-019-4941-y

Reifegerste, D. & Bachl, M. (2019). Informationssuche als Beziehungstat. Der Zusammenhang zwischen relationalen Faktoren und Motiven der stellvertretenden Suche nach Gesundheitsinformationen. Studies in Communication | Media, 8(3), 378–412. Online hier

Reifegerste, D. (2019). Geschlechtersensible Gesundheitskommunikation. Public Health Forum, 27(2), 154–156. https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2019-0009

Reifegerste, D., Czerwinski, F., Rosset, M., Baumann, E., Kludt, E. & Weg-Remers, S. (2019). Demographic and cancer‐related differences between self‐seeking patients and supported patients: Analysis of cancer information-service data. Psy-cho‐Oncology (online first), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5016

Reifegerste, D. & Ort, A. (2018). Lehrbuch Gesundheitskommunikation. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Online hier

Reifegerste, D., Bachl, M. & Baumann, E. (2017). Surrogate health information seeking in Europe: Influence of source type and social network variables. International Journal of Medical Informatics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.04.006

Klenk, S., Reifegerste, D., & Renatus, R. (2017). Gender differences in gratifications from fitness app use and implications for health interventions. Mobile Media & Communi-cation, 5(2), 178–193. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050157917691557.

Baumann, E., Czerwinski, F. & Reifegerste, D. (2017). Gender-specific determinants and patterns of online health information seeking: Results from a representative German health survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(4), e92. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.6668