Paula Memenga, M.A.
Vitae
- 1992 born in Westerstede
- 2012-2015 Apprenticeship as audiovisual media clerk at TVN MEDIA PROFESSIONALS GmbH, Hanover
- 2015-2016 Production assistant at TVN CORPORATE MEDIA GmbH & Co. KG, Hanover
- 2016-2021 Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and Master's degree in Health Communication at the University of Erfurt
- 2018 Internship in the field of artist placement at Konzertdirektion Schmid, Hannover
- 2018 Internship in the field of corporate communications at FleishmanHillard Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
- 2020 Internship in the field of infection protection and epidemiology at the Lower Saxony State Health Office, Hanover
- 2021 Research Assistant in the COSMO project of the University of Erfurt
- Since July 2021 Research Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research
Major teaching and research interests
- Health communication
- Digital health information and dialogue offerings
- Vaccination communication and determinants of vaccination decision
Activities
- Research Associate in externally funded project "Caring for patients during and beyond the corona crisis: The need for digital transformation of health information provision to acutely and chronically ill patients" (DigiCare)
- Research Associate in externally funded project "Cancer prevention in dialogue"
- Research Associate in externally funded project "OnkoRiskNET"
Publications
2022
Tecklenburg, J., Vajen, B., Morlot, S., Anders, P., Memenga, P., Link, E., Baumann, E., Wölffling, S., Schröck, E., Bergmann, A. K. & Schlegelberger, B. (2022). OnkoRiskNET: a multicenter, interdisciplinary, telemedicine-based model to improve care for patients with a genetic tumor risk syndrome. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 805. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08172-2
2021
Betsch, C., Sprengholz, P., Siegers, R., Eitze, S., Korn, L., Goldhahn, L., Schmitz, J., Giesler, P., Knauer, G. & Jenny, M. (2021). Empirical evidence to understand the human factor for effective rapid testing against SARS-CoV2. PNAS, 118(32) e2107179118. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107179118
Papers
2022
Scheper, J., Link, E. & Giesler, P. (2022, May). Would you mind sharing your opinion about the COVID-19 vaccination? Explaining opinion expression as form of information sharing. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, 2022, Paris, France.
2021
Giesler, P., Eitze, S., Shamsrizi, P., Addo, M.M. & Betsch, C. (2021, November). Guter Impfstoff - schlechte Kommunikation: Der Einfluss von unerwünschten Vorfällen bei AstraZeneca-Impfstudien auf das Vertrauen, die Impfbereitschaft und die Teilnahmebereitschaft [Good vaccine - poor communication: The impact of adverse events in AstraZeneca vaccination trials on trust, vaccination readiness, and willingness to participate]. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Health Communication, November 17-19, 2021, Hohenheim [digitally].
Posselt, J., Giesler, P., Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2021, November). Kompetent und informierter?! Das Zusammenwirken von (digitaler) Gesundheitskompetenz und Gesundheitsinformationshandeln [Competent and more informed?! The interaction of (digital) health literacy and health information action]. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Health Communication, November 17-19, 2021, Hohenheim [digitally].
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