First publication from our hism-fwf.com project ! In this scoping review, we summarize the state-of-the-art on health influencers and adolescents' health. lnkd.in/d5t4Rp2Z Elena Engel (Health Communication, M.A.) Sascha Gell Raffael Heiss MCI Center for Social & Health Innovation SOWI Uni Wien

#SociaMedia influencers and adolescents’ health: A scoping review sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - Influencers often lack expertise - commercial interests present challenges - provide inaccurate diagnosis/ treatment advice - Mental/sexual health issues currently underrepresented

Working on #socialmedia #influencers and #health? Check out our new #scopingreview on the role of influnecers for #youth health 👇👇👇 W/ Elena Engel (Health Communication, M.A.) Sascha Gell Kathrin Karsay For a summary visit our HISM (FWF) website: hism-fwf.com/copy-of-scopin…

1. "Science is European Commission’s North Star guiding their work on food system". Really? Good exemple: despite the >130 scientific papers in favour of the #NutriScore, C. Bury has recently hinted that the EC might not retain Nutri-Score as the mandatory european nutritional label…

Really stoked about this important paper published today in The BMJ! Co-led with superstar Tessa Copp and an amazing team of women from Sydney Health Literacy Lab, Wiser Healthcare, Sydney Health and Minna Johansson jadoust bmj.com/content/384/bm…

9 months after publishing this paper (paper in the 5% of most read papers in BMJ Global Health) we are violently attacked by lobbyists & some scientists paid by food industry. Despite this we will continue to denounce conflicts of interest & their impact on our public policies !

Important piece on how predatory journals can be used to promote/sell low or no value care - "just because something has been published doesn’t necessarily mean we should take it at face value" 👇👇

Protocol for our important and timely study of social media promotion of five popular health tests now published in JMIR Publications! Big thanks to Joshua Zadro, Ray Moynihan and team for all of the support! Sydney Health Literacy Lab Wiser Healthcare researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e56899

The proportion of vapers 💨 using high-strength #nicotine has increased sharply in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 since 2021, when disposable #ecigarettes first became popular. ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jun/….

Our analysis "How to Reduce the Impact of Disinformation on Europeans' Health" is finally out. We review the causes, main channels & targets of health disinformation, and offer recommendations for political action. Full report: europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/d…