Dorothee Heinemeier

dorothee.heinemeier@uni-erfurt.de

PhD student (Faculty of Philosophy)

Contact

Lehrgebäude 1 / Raum 146

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Visiting address

Campus
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Philosophische Fakultät
Seminar für Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt

Dorothee Heinemeier

Dorothee Heinemeier is a doctoral student in health communication with specialization in health decision making studies. She received her M.Sc. from University of Erfurt and her B.Sc. from Leuphana University Lueneburg. Dorothee’s dissertation project examines the determinants of vaccine hesitancy with particular focus on how to make them usable for evidence based vaccination campaigns.

Out of her scientific activity, Dorothee founded the Communication Lab Erfurt, and offers evidence-based health communication training and consulting.

Curriculum Vitae

Academic career     

  • 2015 – present          Doctoral student in psychology & health communication, University of Erfurt
  • 2012 – 2015               Master of Science in Psychology, University of Erfurt
  • 2008 – 2012               Bachelor of Science in Business psychology and Education Sciences, Leuphana University Lueneburg

Employment

  • 2020 – present           Founder of Communication Lab Erfurt
  • 2016 – 2019                University of Erfurt, Researcher (80%), research project “Vaccination60+”, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research.
  • 2015 – 2016                University of Erfurt, Researcher (65%), research project “Revision of the MMR-decision aid”, funded by the Federal Center for health education (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Auf-klärung, BZgA).

Publications & preprints

  • Heinemeier, D., Terhardt, M., & Betsch, C. (2021). Impfverhalten psychologisch erklären und verändern am Beispiel der HPV-Impfung. Der Gynäkologe, 54(9), 665–672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00129-021-04839-9
  • Eitze, S., Heinemeier, D., Schmid-Küpke, N. & Betsch, C. (2021). Decreasing vaccine hesitancy with knowledge about sequelae. A longitudinal randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 40(2): 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001045
  • Betsch, C., Bach Habersaat, K., Deshevoi, S., Heinemeier, D., Briko, N., Kostenko, N., Kocik, J., Böhm, R., Zettler, I., Wiysonge, C. S., Dubé, È., Gagneur, A., Botelho-Nevers, E., Gagneux-Brunon, A., & Sivelä, J. (2020). Sample study protocol for adapting and translating the 5C scale to assess the psychological antecedents of vaccination. BMJ Open, 10(3), e034869. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034869 
  • Steinmeyer, L., Heinemeier, D. & Betsch, C. (2019). Die Gründe für Impfmüdigkeit messen und Entwicklungen beobachten. Trillium Immunologie, 3(3).
  • Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Schmid, P., Korn, L., Steinmeyer, L., Heinemeier, D., Eitze, S. & Küpke, N.K. (2019). Impfverhalten psychologisch erklären, messen und verändern. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-019-02900-6 
  • Betsch, C., Schmid, P., Heinemeier, D., Korn, L., Holtmann, C., Böhm, R. (2018) Beyond confidence: Development of a measure assessing the 5C psychological antecedents of vaccination. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208601. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208601  Open Data Open Material
  • Heinemeier, D., Meißner, C. & Betsch, C. (2018). Was bedeutet Evidenzbasierung/Evidenzinformierung in der Gesundheitskommunikation? Eine Befragung währen der 2. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der DGPuK. In: P. Stehr, D. Heinemeier & C. Rossmann (Hrsg.), Evidenzbasierte/evidenzinformierte Gesundheitskommunikation, 19 (S. 47-59). Baden-Baden: Nomos. Open Data Open Material
  • Juang, L.P, Simpson, J.A., Lee, R.M., Rothman, A.J., Titzmann, P.F., Schachner, M., Korn, L., Heinemeier, D., Betsch, C. (2018). Using attachment and relational perspectives to understand adaptation and resilience among immigrant and refugee youth. American Psychologist, 73(6), 797–811. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000286 
  • Betsch, C., Rossmann, C., Pletz, M.W., Vollmar, H.C., Freytag, A., Wichmann, O., ... (2018). Increasing influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake in the elderly: Study protocol for the multi-methods prospective intervention study Vaccination60+. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 885. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5787-9 
  • Schmid, P., Rauber, D., Betsch, C., Lidolt, G., Denker, M.-L. (2017) Barriers of Influenza Vaccination Intention and Behavior – A Systematic Review of Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy, 2005 – 2016. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0170550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170550 Open Data

Chapter:

  • Betsch, C., Schmid, P., Holtmann, C., Heinemeier, D. & Korn, L. (2018). Erklärung und Veränderung von Präventionsverhalten. In: C.-W. Kohlmann, C. Salewski & M.A. Wirtz: Psychologie in der Gesundheitsförderung. Bern: Hogrefe Verlag.