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Raffael Heiss

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Nickel B, Moynihan R, Gram E, Copp T, Taba M, Shih P, et al.
JAMA Netw Open . 2025 Feb; 8(2):e2461940. PMID: 40009378
Importance: Social media is an influential source of medical information, but little is known about how posts discuss medical tests that carry potential for overdiagnosis or overuse. Objective: To investigate...
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Nickel B, Heiss R, Shih P, Gram E, Copp T, Taba M, et al.
JMIR Res Protoc . 2024 Jun; 13:e56899. PMID: 38833693
Background: In recent years, social media have emerged as important spaces for commercial marketing of health tests, which can be used for the screening and diagnosis of otherwise generally healthy...
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Heiss R, Bode L, Adisuryo Z, Brito L, Cuadra A, Gao P, et al.
Health Commun . 2024 Feb; 39(13):3059-3071. PMID: 38389200
In recent years, short-form social media videos have emerged as an important source of health-related advice. In this study, we investigate whether experts or ordinary users in such videos are...
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Engel E, Gell S, Heiss R, Karsay K
Soc Sci Med . 2023 Dec; 340:116387. PMID: 38039770
Social media influencers (SMIs) have become an important source of health information for adolescents. However, the lack of expertise and commercial interests of SMIs pose challenges for adolescent health. To...
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Gell S, Pejkovic E, Heiss R
Appetite . 2023 Jun; 188:106636. PMID: 37390919
Background: Adolescents face high-choice school food environments that offer plenty of highly processed foods. Processed food producers target young people in their marketing, but there is limited data on the...
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Waser M, Heiss R, Borena W
Hum Vaccin Immunother . 2022 Oct; 18(6):2126251. PMID: 36251011
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection that causes cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, other urogenital cancers, and genital warts. In Austria, where HPV vaccination is free for...
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Heiss R, Naderer B, Matthes J
Health Promot Int . 2021 Apr; 36(4):1029-1038. PMID: 33855341
In the context of exceeding levels of sugar consumption, some food companies advertise high-sugar products using inappropriate and misleading health claims (i.e. healthwashing). To reduce sugar consumption, consumers need to...
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Heiss R, Gell S, Rothlingshofer E, Zoller C
Pers Individ Dif . 2021 Feb; 175:110672. PMID: 33518866
According to appraisal theory, individuals cope with perceived threats in different ways. If engaging in problem-focused coping, for example, they may seek information useful for eliminating the root cause of...