Mobile COVID Test Stations for system-relevant Industries in Lower Saxony (sub-project ‘MCA-Response’) (completed)
A transdisciplinary consortium has developed mobile coronavirus testing stations with the aim of regularly testing as many people as possible in system-relevant areas for the coronavirus in the shortest possible time. The aim is to improve the evidence base on the spread of the virus and give employees more certainty about their infection status. The increase in testing capacities also makes an important contribution to protecting the health of the population and effectively containing the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The project is supported by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony. The infrastructure developed will also be transferable to other locations and regions.
The Mobile Corona Analytics (MCA) project focuses on reliable and rapidly available testing for Sars-CoV-2 among employees in system-relevant industries. In the sub-project (‘MCA-Response’) based at [HC]², attitudes, experiences and the assessment of the information situation from the perspective of the tested persons are surveyed in three longitudinal studies and compared with the perceptions and assessments of the population in Lower Saxony. In addition, the media coverage of tests for Sars-CoV-2 during the course of the pandemic will be analysed. In this way, the dynamics of problem perceptions and assessments, information needs and information behaviour as well as public discourse will be traced. This should also help to recognise communication challenges for testing and to be able to meet them better in the future, to further develop the mobile testing infrastructure and to adapt it to the needs of employees. The project partners are Prof Dr Stefanie Heiden and Prof Dr Thomas Scheper from Leibniz Universität Hannover and Prof Dr Meike Stiesch from Hannover Medical School.
Project Website
www.mca-niedersachsen.de (only available in German)
Social Media
You can find more information on our Facebook page (only available in German).
Contact Person
Project Duration
April 2020 to 2021
Publications
Clarifying the Relationship Between Information Seeking and Avoidance: Longitudinal Analyses of Information Behaviors and Their Normative Influences (2024)
Link, E., Baumann, E. & Leuppert, R. (2024). Clarifying the Relationship Between Information Seeking and Avoidance: Longitudinal Analyses of Information Behaviors and Their Normative Influences. Health Communication, 39(5), 1038–1052. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2201736
Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study (2023)
Link, E., Leuppert, R., & Baumann, E. (2023). Outcomes of Information Seeking and Avoidance Behaviors: Insights from a German Longitudinal Study. Journal of Health Communication, (S. 793-804). DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2023.2268562
‘It's your own fault!’ - Stigmatisation of COVID-19 sufferers and the influence of individual information behaviour (2021)
Freytag, A., Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2021). „Selbst schuld!“ – Stigmatisierung von COVID-19-Erkrankten und der Einfluss des individuellen Informationshandelns. In F. Sukalla & C. Voigt (Hrsg.), Risiken und Potenziale in der Gesundheitskommunikation. Beiträge zur Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation 2020 (S. 43-53). DOI: 10.21241/ssoar.74284
Information avoidance during health crises: Predictors of avoiding information about the covid-19 pandemic among German news consumers (2021)
Link, E. (2021). Information avoidance during health crises: Predictors of avoiding information about the covid-19 pandemic among German news consumers. Information Processing & Management, 58(6), 102714. DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102714
Presentations
Avoidance of interpersonal discussions about the COVID-19 vaccination: Applying and extending the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2022)
Link, E. (2022, May). Avoidance of interpersonal discussions about the COVID-19 vaccination: Applying and extending the Theory of Motivated Information Management. Presentation at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), May, 26th to 30th, 2022, Paris, France.
Information Seeking and Avoidance: Longitudinal Analyses of the Interplay of Information Behaviors and Normative Influences (2022)
Link., E., Baumann, E. & Leuppert, R. (2022, May). Information Seeking and Avoidance: Longitudinal Analyses of the Interplay of Information Behaviors and Normative Influences. resentation at the 72nd Annual Meeting of theInternational Communication Association (ICA), May, 26th to 30th, 2022, Paris, France.
Information search and avoidance and their normative influences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis (2021)
Leuppert, R., Link, E., & Baumann, E. (2021, November). Informationssuche und -vermeidung und ihre normativen Einflüsse im Verlauf der COVID-19 Pandemie: Eine Längsschnittanalyse. Presentation at the 6th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Specialist Group, November 17th to 19th, 2021, Hohenheim, Germany [digital].
Avoiding face-to-face communication about COVID-19 vaccination: its predictors and relationship to vaccination intention (2021)
Link, E. (2021, November). Vermeidung des persönlichen Austauschs über die COVID-19-Impfung: Ihre Prädiktoren und Beziehung zur Impfintention. Presentation at the 6th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Specialist Group, November 17th to 19th, 2021, Hohenheim, Germany [digital].
Effects of Information Behavior on Stigmatization of COVID-19 Patients (2021)
Freytag, A , Link , E., & Baumann, E. (2021, November). Effects of Information Behavior on Stigmatization of COVID-19 Patients. Presentation at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 4th to 5th, 2021 [digital].
‘It's your own fault!’ - Stigmatisation of COVID-19 sufferers and the influence of individual information behaviour (2020)
Freytag, A., Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2020, November). "Selbst schuld!" - Stigmatisierung den COVID-19 Erkrankten und der Einfluss des individuellen Informationshandelns. Presentation at the 5th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Specialist Group, November 11th to 13th, 2020, Leipzig, Germany [digital].
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