Benjamin Schüz

A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs

1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

🔎 Wir suchen aktuelle Studierende aus Deutschland, Österreich oder der deutschsprachigen Schweiz, die ihren Emotionen zum Klimawandel in unserer kurzen Online Studie Ausdruck verleihen möchten.
🎁 Es werden 20 mal 20 Wunschgutscheine verlost.

Call for Papers: “Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters”: European Journal of Health Psychology: Vol 0, No 0

Reminder: Abstract submissions for our @ejhp93.bsky.social special issue "Focus on Planetary Health and Sustainability: Health Psychology Matters" close this Sunday! #PsychSciSky #HealthPsych
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Time to upgrade inequality from "control variable" to central theoretical concern.
Thanks to everyone involved in this epic review adventure - Lisa, Doro, Núria, Mark and @psychjones.bsky.social!

🔬 What now? Our review reveals major gaps:
Health behavior theories need explicit integration of social inequality mechanisms, and environmental & situational factors deserve more attention than stable cognitions.
The heterogeneity in our findings shows we need MORE systematic research, not less.

So... under not yet fully understood circumstances, interventions targeting motivation or intentions may help the privileged more than the disadvantaged - and knowledge (risk) or social influence (P&P) the other way round. But: We don't really know what these circumstances are...

⚠️ Finding #2: Are determinant effects similar for everyone? Well... it's complicated. We found that IF determinants (e.g., intentions, beliefs, emotions) had differential effects, they were mostly stronger in less disadvantaged groups. BUT: We don't really know WHEN effects differ (and when not).

A sankey plot showing flows of relations between inequality dimensions, health behaviour determinants and health behaviours.

This suggests current theories may miss key mechanisms of how inequality "gets under the skin" through behaviour - the large nonsig chunks of the bar and sankey plots. We need to look beyond social cognitions to understand health inequalities, and environmental aspects of opportunity seem promising.

Figure showing that the majority of examined studies found no significant mediation

🔍 Finding #1: Do health behavior theories explain social inequalities?
We found COM-B factors motivation and opportunity to be the strongest mediators linking inequality to both preventative and health risk behaviours. BUT: 58% of tests showed NO significant mediation.

Social inequality, health behaviour determinants and health behaviour: a systematic review Health inequalities are partly due to social differences in health behaviours, but we know little about the underlying mechanisms. Health behaviour theories, summarised e.g. in the Theoretical Doma...

Just out (after an epic >5y): Systematic review on social inequality, health behaviour and determinants (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....). We reviewed 109 studies to understand HOW social inequality shapes health behaviours. It's apparently more complex than we (and current theories) thought...

Digital Public Health This open access book gives an overview of the core issues in digital public health, such as prevention, population health, and health systems.

Our new comprehensive #openaccess book on #DigitalPublicHealth is now available online: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
We present current interdisciplinary research and concepts on digital technology for population health including legal & ethical issues, challenges and engineering perspectives.

What a night! The EHPS Band had everyone on their feet and brought incredible energy to the room. From classic grooves to surprise jams, it was the perfect way to celebrate our community after a full day of sessions. 🎶

#EHPS2025

Another excellent EHPS conference, in Groningen, comes to an end.

Great science, people & what a fantastic, vibrant community.

Thanks to the @EHPSociety Team, organisers & the wonderful EHPS Band “Revise and Resubmit” led by the one & only Ben Schüz. #ehps2025

It's a wrap on an amazing #EHPS2025: LOC chair Adelita Ranchor handed over the baton to #EHPS2026 LOC chair Angelos Kassianos! A huge thanks to everyone who made this year's conference a success, and we are looking forward to seeing you again next year in Cyprus.

Incredible take.

All sorts of health problems --> grip strength.

Thus, anything that improves grip strength will improve overall health.

QED

Join our team!
MARUM and partner institutes within the #ExcellenceCluster Ocean Floor are offering ➡️ 15 doctoral researcher positions. Please find out more about it here: www.marum.de/en/career/op...

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BLACK SKIES OVER PROJECT (Apartment) 2025

PUBLIC ENEMY drop surprise new album,!!

We hear you and we here to still Fight the Power with ya as The Hits Keep On Comin

You can’t stream it but you can pay what you want for the next 72 hours at bandcamp.

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1/ 🚨 New preprint alert!

We (@lisawarner.bsky.social @ajamesgreen.bsky.social and myself) estimated the carbon footprint of air travel associated with >20 international conferences (2023–2025) in psychology & behavioral medicine.

Spoiler: it’s a lot. 🛫🌍🧠

Preprint 👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Whales spotted off Hobart 'having a rest' during northern migration Humpback whales are spotted in the River Derwent as far up as Hobart's northern suburbs, using the river for some rest and relaxation during their northern migration.

Whales in the Derwent River/timtumili minanya! How good is #Hobart!

🚨 Don’t miss today’s webinar!

Get exclusive tips from former poster prize winners on how to make your poster shine @ehps2025.bsky.social ! 🌟

When? Today, 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Sign-up ➡️ uni-mannheim.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📊 New study: What makes people share personal data with digital services?
Large-scale experiment shows:
🤝 Friend recommendations strongly increase data sharing willingness
🌱 Sustainability promises work - but mainly for environmentally conscious users

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Was misst der HLS-EU-Q16 eigentlich, wenn er in sozial benachteiligten Gruppen eingesetzt wird? Neues Paper von Himal Singh legt nahe, dass es große Verständnisschwierigkeiten bei Personen mit Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit gibt.
#Healthliteracy #Gesundheitskompetenz
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„Auf der Arbeit schmeckt es immer“ – Gründe für das Rauchen von Pflegefachkräften im Krankenhaus: Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung Background The healthcare sector is facing a shortage of skilled workers, which is compounded by high sickness rates and early retirement among nursing professionals; thus, the health and health behav...

Neuer qualitativer OA-Artikel von Studierenden aus dem Master Public Health @unibremen.bsky.social: Warum Pflegefachkräfte im Krankenhaus rauchen. Spoiler: Multifaktorielle Gründe und Arbeitsbedingungen - z.B. Fehlende Pausen, Legitimation von "Raucherpausen" und Soziales.
doi.org/10.1007/s115...

Scientific committee chair Val Morrison and I where overwhelmed by the many great submissions we received for @ehps2025.bsky.social #EHPS2025! We are so excited for the conference and hope that you are, too.

MSCA-PF Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Vienna

#HPGVienna welcomes expressions of interest from potential applicants for the next round of MSCA postdoctoral fellowships focusing on #healthpsychology. @univie.ac.at is a excellent place to work. More info also about support for applications: forschungsservice.univie.ac.at/foerdermoegl...

🚨 Missed the deadline to apply for the CREATE workshop? No worries — we've got good news!

📅 The application deadline is extended until May 26, 2025!

Join us in beautiful Groningen 🇳🇱 for an inspiring experience with fellow early career researchers to learn about open science practices.

Thanks to everybody who chimed in!

I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.

So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

Soziale Benachteiligung und Gesundheitskompetenz in Deutschland - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung Background and research question Low health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health, higher mortality, and higher utilisation of emergency services. It has, therefore, become an important topic...

Neue Befunde mit alten GEDA-Daten zu Benachteiligung und #Gesundheitskompetenz: Wir finden komplexe Interaktionen von sozioökonomischen Indikatoren und GK, z.B. höhere GK bei TN mit hoher Bildung und Migrationshintergrund. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HealthLiteracy #PublicHealth #HealthPsych

Soziale Benachteiligung und Gesundheitskompetenz in Deutschland - Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung Background and research question Low health literacy (HL) is associated with poorer health, higher mortality, and higher utilisation of emergency services. It has, therefore, become an important topic...

GEDA data shows complex socieconomic interactions in health literacy, e.g., differential association of education w/ #Healthliteracy in migrants versus non-migrants (paper in German only, sorry!) link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HealthLiteracy #PublicHealth #HealthPsych

🌟 Calling all early and mid-career EHPS members!
The Ari Haukkala Mentoring Programme is back this September. Join us to grow your skills with the support of experienced mentors.
🔗 Register here: ehps.net/mentoring/
🗓️ Deadline: Friday 23rd May 2025
#Mentoring #CareerDevelopment #EHPS