Health Promotion UGent

Health Promotion Research Group @UGent, supervised by Prof. Benedicte Deforche and Prof. Maïté Verloigne. Tweets in English and Dutch.

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Happy holidays from our research unit to you! We'll be back in the new year to keep promoting healthy habits 😁☀️🏃😴🥤💡

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Our Babette Demeester presenting on how adolescents experienced cocreating a #smokingprevention intervention. Invest in creating a bond of trust and make it meaningful! #ehps2024

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Our very own Kenji Leta presenting on how he #cocreated a #smokingprevention intervention with adolescents and youth workers in social work organisations #ehps2024

[UGent Geneeskunde & Gezondheidswetenschappen @ugent_fge]

😴Steeds meer jongeren slapen slecht. En daar zit schermgebruik voor iets tussen. Onderzoeker @Anneke_VDD en prof. Karlien Dhondt: "'Ik denk, dus ik ben’ is ‘ik ben wakker, dus ik scrol’ 📱geworden."

@uzgent
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[UGent Geneeskunde & Gezondheidswetenschappen @ugent_fge]

🧑‍🔬Onderzoeker Maxim Dierckens: "Vlaamse 15-jarigen scoren eerder laag wat betreft condoomgebruik. Op gebied van de pil doen we het wel erg goed: Vlaamse jongeren blijven internationaal koploper in het gebruik van de anticonceptiepil".
https://t.co/AFlg7AvQyM

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Onze collega Rabab Chrifou presenteerde onlangs op het 17th World Congress of Bioethics! 👏

[Health CASCADE @health_cascade]

Rabab Chrifou (ESR2) presented two of her studies during the World Congress of Bioethics (Doha, Qatar): a review on the ethical responses and reasoning within co-creation, and the Youth, Ethics and Participation study. @CILE_Center @HBKU @WISHQatar @IABioethics @MSCActions

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

📚 Our latest publication in Appetite explores social inequalities in adolescent dietary behaviors across 21 European countries, encompassing over 340,000 adolescents, shedding light on the role of cultural values.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/2re2s1OsvI

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

🎉 Our latest research on the association between sedentary time and cognition in adolescents has been published! 🧠 While most cognitive functions appear unaffected, increased sedentary time is linked to decreased planning abilities. 🔍 Full article: https://t.co/ELshwH9YcN

[Fien De Block @FienDeBlock_]

🔎WANTED🔎

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A third PRESENTER and a DISCUSSANT to join @IrisMaes9 and me for a symposium on mHealth interventions in older adults at the @EHPS2024 conference next September.

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Deadline for submission: February 14th

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Please reach out if you are interested! 🙏

@EHPSociety

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Just wrapped up our final research meeting of the year with an inspiring presentation by our international master's student Marita.🌍Followed by a festive Christmas party, filled with laughter and team spirit. We are grateful for our amazing team! Happy holidays! 🎄✨

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Our very own Jelle Vancauwenberg and @louise_poppe are calling to embrace #causalthinking using directed acyclic graphs #DAGs! Why? Get convinced by reading this commentary 👇

[IJBNPA @IJBNPA]

New @IJBNPA: From association to causation: a call to embrace causal thinking using directed acyclic graphs in behavioral nutrition and physical activity research. #causalinference @HealthUGent @health_psycho 🇧🇪
https://t.co/5IrknIhtaW

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Curious about how to combine #ParticipatoryActionResearch with #InterventionMapping? More curious about the results of this combination to develop a #healthysleepintervention? Read all about the process leading up to and content of our healthy sleep intervention for adolescents👇

[Anneke_VDD @Anneke_VDD]

Proud to announce that my paper on combining Participatory Action Research with Intervention Mapping to develop and plan the implementation of a healthy sleep intervention for adolescents was finally published! Curious? 👉 https://t.co/d7cMwyO4ld

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

@MiraVogelsang, PhDs within @health_cascade and on secondment with us, shared insights on planning your cocreation journey. She sparked a discussion regarding distinctions between #cocreation, cocreation process, cocreation methods, etc. An enlightening and impactful discussion!

[Anneke_VDD @Anneke_VDD]

Gisteren gaf ik op het congres van @GezondLevenvzw uitleg over de #gedragsveranderingstechnieken die verwerkt zitten in de #slaap interventie die ik co-creërde met jongeren! Dit nav hun nieuwe waardevolle filtertool voor gedragsveranderingstechnieken: https://t.co/2BxEH7t2Bf

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Onze duimworstelwedstrijd en taartactie voor @DeWarmsteWeek bracht gisteren maar liefst €390 op!

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

@health_cascade's @MiraVogelsang presented her research on co-creation in the work-place to reduce sedentary behavior to our reserach team yesterday. Thanks Mira for the interesting insights!

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Veranderingen in de omgeving kunnen een grote impact hebben op je gedrag en je gezondheid. Zo toonde ons onderzoek aan dat de vernieuwing van een Gents stadspark voor ruim drie keer zo veel bezoekers zorgde. Lees er alles over in onze factsheet 👇

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

📣 Startling findings from new @HBSCStudy 📊 Girls' mental health & wellbeing lags behind boys across all measures😔 As they grow older, the disparities only worsen. Let's prioritize the well-being of our youth! 🔎https://t.co/aXBXyj2kOF #youthmentalhealthday #HBSCstudy

[Health Promotion UGent @HealthUGent]

Wij doen mee! Op 10 oktober om 10u met z'n allen 10 minuten wissel werken! @GezondLevenvzw #wisselwerken

[HBSC Study @HBSCStudy]

🚀Launching on #WorldMentalHealthDay🌎! @WHO_Europe's new report📊 on adolescent mental health in Europe, Central Asia & Canada 🧠. Join us👥 online 🕐13:00-14:00 CEST, Oct 10th, to explore vital insights & actions 🌐 Register: https://t.co/HoUKOY11RQ