Publications

CONFERENCES

2025

Kammerer, R., Esser, A.-L., Riesmeyer, C., Reifegerste, D. (2025, October 09). Die Rolle formeller und informeller Netzwerke für das digitale Selbstmanagement chronischer Krankheiten. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Netzwerkforschung, Bayreuth, Germany.

Singh, F., Metag, J., & Raupp, J. (2025, September 26). Between independence and influence – A content analysis of the role of organizations in reporting on digital health technologies in the context of chronic diseases. Conference of the DGPuK Journalism Division 2025, Münster, Germany.

Kammerer, R., Riesmeyer, C. (2025, September, 26). Ideally on Equal Terms? Physicians’ Perception of the Physician-Patient Relationship. European Conference on Health Communication 2025, Braga, Portugal.

Sawalha, N., Lux, A., & Rossmann, C. (2025, September 12). Wirksamkeit von mHealth im Diabetes-Selbstmanagement. Ein systematisches Review und Drei-Level-Meta-Analyse [Paper presentation]. Joint Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication and Science Communication Division 2025, Munich, Germany.

Singh, F., & Metag, J. (2025, September 11). Sick due to climate? – A content analysis of German media reports on the connection between chronic diseases and climate/weather events [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication and Science Communication Division 2025, Munich, Germany.

Kammerer, R. & Riesmeyer, C. (2025, June 12). Digital Self-Management for Chronic Diseases – Curse or Blessing? Decision Factors For or Against Reccomendations by Physicians [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

Karnowski, V. & Rödel, N. (2025, June 12). Measuring the use of digital media in diabetes self-management: Preliminary results of a systematic revie [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon or Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

Rödel, N. (2025, June 12). Different approaches, identical outcomes? Strategies for comparing an experience sampling study and a factorial survey on digital self-management of chronic diseases [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

Rossmann, C. (2025, June 12). Digital Media in Chronic Disease Self-Management. Introducing the Research Unit DISELMA [Paper presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

Singh, F. & Metag, J. (2025, June 12). Crossing Boundaries – An Analysis of German Media Coverage of Digital Disease Self-Management [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

Singh, F. & Metag, J. (2025, March). Zwischen Fitbits und Bytes – Data Risks in der Berichterstattung über digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen für chronischen Krankheiten. 70th annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Berlin, Germany.

2024

Kammerer, R. (2024, December). Intrarollenkonflikte und Identitätskonstruktion von Gefängnisärzt:innen. 9. Gefängnis-Medizin-Tage 2024, Darmstadt, Germany.

Riesmeyer, C., Kammerer, R., Dzakula, H. (2024, November). Useful or harmful? Opportunities and challenges for digital media use in the self-management of chronic diseases. First results of an online survey with physicians. 9th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division 2024, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Sawalha, N. (2024, November). Motivation in mobile self-management: A panel-based mixed-methods study on the use and impact of mHealth in type 1 and type 2 diabetes [PhD Workshop presentation]. 9th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division 2024, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Kammerer, R. (2024, October). Bifunktionalität von Gefängnisärzt:innen. [Poster Presentation]. 13. Europäische Konferenz zur Gesundheitsförderung in Haft. Vienna, Austria.

Kammerer, R. (2024, September). Prison physicians dilemma: The relationship between prison physicians’ bifunctional role on their intra-role conflicts an identity construction. [Presentation of the Master’s Thesis]. European Conference on Health Communication (ECREA) 2024, Ljubliana, Slovenia.

Sawalha, N., Lux, A. & Rossmann C. (2024, September, 17). Mobile health in the self-management of chronic diseases: A systematic meta-analytical review of effects across the mobile media ecosystem. [Research Talk]. 53rd Conference of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.

Esser, A.-L. & Reifegerste, D. (2024, September, 12). Let’s talk about self-management – Der Einfluss von interpersonaler Kommunikation auf das Selbstmanagement chronischer Erkrankungen [Poster presentation]. Conference of DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS and DGPH „Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln“, Dresden, Germany.

Reifegerste, D. (2024, September, 12). Fischen mit dem Netz: Erforschung des Gesundheitsinformationsverhaltens vernachlässigter Populationen mit der Ego-Netznetzwerkmethode [Paper presentation]. Conference of DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS and DGPH „Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln“, Dresden, Germany.

Rödel, N. & Karnowski, V. (2024, September, 12). Dive deep into the real situation – Die Bedeutung von in-situ-Studien für das digitale Selbstmanagement von chronischen Erkrankungen [Poster presentation]. Conference of DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS and DGPH „Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln“, Dresden, Germany.

Lux, A., Sawalha, N., Rödel, N., Riesmeyer, C., Karnowski, V., Rossmann C. & Kammerer, R. (2024, June, 19). Moving beyond the metaphor: Exploring theoretical and methodological conceptualizations of the mobile media ecosystem [Workshop]. Mobile Preconference of the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.

Rossmann, C. (2024, May,10). Interdisciplinary Collaborations. Challenges, Opportunities, and Implementation Using the Example of the Research Group DISELMA. Lecture within Future Workshop 2024: Intra- and Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Zurich, Switzerland.

Lux, A., Kammerer, R. & Rossmann C. (2024, April, 11). Research Unit DISELMA. [Poster presentation]. LMU Global Health Day, Munich, Germany.

Rossmann, C., Karnowski, V., Metag, J., Raupp, J., Reifegerste, D., Riesmeyer, C., Sawalha, N., Esser, A.-L., Kammerer, R., Lux, A., Neuberger, M., Rödel, N. & Singh, F. (2024, March, 14). Digitale Medien im Selbstmanagement chronischer Erkrankungen (DISELMA): Visionen für ein besseres Leben? Presentation of a new DFG research group. Open window at the 69th annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.

2023

Sawalha, N. & Rossmann, C. (2023, November, 16). Patient-Facing Mobile Chronic Disease Interventions with Healthcare Provider Co-Use: A Systematic Review of Tool Characteristics and Effectiveness [Paper presentation]. European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC) 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Sawalha, N. & Rossmann, C. (2023, May, 26). Mobile Health for the Self-Management of Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review of Tool Characteristics, Usage, and Health-Related Effects [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

Participating Universities

The Research Unit DISELMA is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) – 456132969.