Orkan Okan 🦋
@orkanokan.bsky.social
Professor of #HealthLiteracy, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine & Health, Dept. of Health & Sport Sciences, WHO CC Health Literacy: @whocc-hl.bsky.social & https://www.hs.mh.tum.de/en/healthliteracy/home/, EUPHA HLS: @eupha-hls.bsky.social
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"Health promotion might become the important lever for making a radical change in the way everybody is looking at Health" - Mahler
Learn about the history of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1H...
Learn about the history of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1H...
The journey from Ottawa to Health 2020
YouTube video by WHO European Region
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August 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Health promotion might become the important lever for making a radical change in the way everybody is looking at Health" - Mahler
Learn about the history of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1H...
Learn about the history of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1H...
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“Simply reporting a COI does not take the conflict away.”
Our latest editorial at @healthpromint.bsky.social discusses the messy, confusing and at times performative system for COI declarations in academic publishing.
Would love your thoughts!
#academicsky
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Our latest editorial at @healthpromint.bsky.social discusses the messy, confusing and at times performative system for COI declarations in academic publishing.
Would love your thoughts!
#academicsky
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Conflicts of interest in public health research and publications
Providing communities and knowledge users with reliable, independent, and evidence-based information has always been a core function of public health (Thom
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February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Simply reporting a COI does not take the conflict away.”
Our latest editorial at @healthpromint.bsky.social discusses the messy, confusing and at times performative system for COI declarations in academic publishing.
Would love your thoughts!
#academicsky
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Our latest editorial at @healthpromint.bsky.social discusses the messy, confusing and at times performative system for COI declarations in academic publishing.
Would love your thoughts!
#academicsky
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Looking for people interested in pursuing a #PhD in #healthliteracy and adolescent #health @ Swiss ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@whocc-hl.bsky.social
@eupha-hls.bsky.social
www.zhaw.ch/de/jobs/offe...
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@whocc-hl.bsky.social
@eupha-hls.bsky.social
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PhD position 100% | ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
www.zhaw.ch
January 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Looking for people interested in pursuing a #PhD in #healthliteracy and adolescent #health @ Swiss ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@whocc-hl.bsky.social
@eupha-hls.bsky.social
www.zhaw.ch/de/jobs/offe...
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@whocc-hl.bsky.social
@eupha-hls.bsky.social
www.zhaw.ch/de/jobs/offe...
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JMIR Formative Res: Using Health Information Resources for People With Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM Bayern): Registry-Based Cohort Study #DementiaAwareness #CognitiveHealth #HealthLiteracy #MentalHealth #DementiaCare
Using Health Information Resources for People With Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM Bayern): Registry-Based Cohort Study
Background: Dementia is a growing global health challenge with significant economic and social implications. Under-diagnosis of dementia is prevalent due to a lack of knowledge and understanding among the general population. Enhancing dementia literacy…
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January 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
JMIR Formative Res: Using Health Information Resources for People With Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM Bayern): Registry-Based Cohort Study #DementiaAwareness #CognitiveHealth #HealthLiteracy #MentalHealth #DementiaCare
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What is health literacy and why is it important? This blog article by Carrie Mesrobian provides a fine overview #healthliteracy
www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/heal...
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January 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What is health literacy and why is it important? This blog article by Carrie Mesrobian provides a fine overview #healthliteracy
www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/heal...
www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/heal...
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The Sydney Health Literacy Lab is coming to Bluesky soon! This is about half of us, working across a huge range of health topics. We're passionate about #healthcommunication that meets #healthliteracy needs to improve equity, using behavioural & social science methods with a codesign approach.
December 13, 2024 at 12:17 AM
The Sydney Health Literacy Lab is coming to Bluesky soon! This is about half of us, working across a huge range of health topics. We're passionate about #healthcommunication that meets #healthliteracy needs to improve equity, using behavioural & social science methods with a codesign approach.
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Hi Bluesky!
We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟
We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods.
Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!
We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟
We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods.
Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!
December 13, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Hi Bluesky!
We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟
We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods.
Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!
We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟
We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods.
Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!
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#Healthliteracy plays a critical role in health outcomes for #ChronicIllness. How does a family's overall health and social support factor also into this equation? New research
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Healthdisparities #CaseManagement #PublicHealth @academicsky.org
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Healthdisparities #CaseManagement #PublicHealth @academicsky.org
The influence of family health on self-efficacy in patients with chronic diseases: the mediating role of perceived social support and the moderating role of health literacy - BMC Public Health
Background Chronic diseases are a global health challenge, and therefore, more attention should be paid to improving self-efficacy in people with chronic diseases. This study examined the relationship...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM
#Healthliteracy plays a critical role in health outcomes for #ChronicIllness. How does a family's overall health and social support factor also into this equation? New research
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Healthdisparities #CaseManagement #PublicHealth @academicsky.org
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Healthdisparities #CaseManagement #PublicHealth @academicsky.org
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Breaking information into manageable chunks & checking understanding has never been more important.
The health literacy website has more buff.ly/3E4UpBW #healthliteracy
The health literacy website has more buff.ly/3E4UpBW #healthliteracy
Chunk and check
Chunk and check can be used alongside tools such as teach back to assist in promoting understanding. When we speak to patients and clients there is often a lot of information to be discussed and we ma...
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December 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Breaking information into manageable chunks & checking understanding has never been more important.
The health literacy website has more buff.ly/3E4UpBW #healthliteracy
The health literacy website has more buff.ly/3E4UpBW #healthliteracy
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Behind the scene in today’s Skills4HealthLiteracy webinar - some of us in the small studio and others online.
#healthliteracy
#healthliteracy
December 16, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Behind the scene in today’s Skills4HealthLiteracy webinar - some of us in the small studio and others online.
#healthliteracy
#healthliteracy
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We are delighted to announce the winner of the Ilona Kickbusch Award 2024 for best paper @healthpromint.bsky.social by an Early Career Researcher.
Congratulations @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for
Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK.
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Congratulations @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for
Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK.
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December 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Ilona Kickbusch Award 2024 for best paper @healthpromint.bsky.social by an Early Career Researcher.
Congratulations @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for
Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Congratulations @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for
Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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Das #DNGK @dngk.bsky.social hat gewählt. Dem neuen Vorstand ( jetzt mit @orkanokan.bsky.social ) viel Erfolg!
Das #DNGK @dngk.bsky.social hat gewählt. Dem neuen Vorstand ( jetzt mit @orkanokan.bsky.social ) viel Erfolg!
Vorstand - Deutsches Netzwerk Gesundheitskompetenz DNGK
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November 21, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Das #DNGK @dngk.bsky.social hat gewählt. Dem neuen Vorstand ( jetzt mit @orkanokan.bsky.social ) viel Erfolg!
Das #DNGK @dngk.bsky.social hat gewählt. Dem neuen Vorstand ( jetzt mit @orkanokan.bsky.social ) viel Erfolg!
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#EPH2024 JoinTheNetwork Session for the @eupha-hls.bsky.social
@orkanokan.bsky.social
Catherine Jenkins
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Catherine Jenkins
November 14, 2024 at 2:05 PM
#EPH2024 JoinTheNetwork Session for the @eupha-hls.bsky.social
@orkanokan.bsky.social
Catherine Jenkins
@orkanokan.bsky.social
Catherine Jenkins
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Fantastic @eupha-hls.bsky.social meeting at #EPH this afternoon @eupha.bsky.social 👏👏👏 @orkanokan.bsky.social - President of new EUPHA section! Looking forward to contributing to section and finding supports 🙏
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Fantastic @eupha-hls.bsky.social meeting at #EPH this afternoon @eupha.bsky.social 👏👏👏 @orkanokan.bsky.social - President of new EUPHA section! Looking forward to contributing to section and finding supports 🙏
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Excellent analysis from Steve Cannane showing that gambling ads could still be broadcast during some of the TV programs most popular with children, despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's claim that he wants proposed new reforms to protect minors.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
The betting industry runs most of its ads after 7pm — the time when most children are tuning in
Gambling advertisements could be broadcast during TV programs that are popular with children, prompting concerns that the federal government's plans to restrict the ads won't go far enough to protect ...
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November 15, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Excellent analysis from Steve Cannane showing that gambling ads could still be broadcast during some of the TV programs most popular with children, despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's claim that he wants proposed new reforms to protect minors.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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“The common industry argument that a total or partial ban on gambling advertising would drive customers to unregulated, illegal and thus unsafe gambling markets is not supported by scientific evidence.”
New Editorial about Belgian ad ban @healthpromint.bsky.social
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New Editorial about Belgian ad ban @healthpromint.bsky.social
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Insights into the Belgian gambling advertising ban: the need for a comprehensive public policy approach
Despite strong lobbying efforts from the gambling, media and sports industries, the Belgian federal government issued a Royal Decree in July 2023 that bans
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August 31, 2024 at 9:29 PM
“The common industry argument that a total or partial ban on gambling advertising would drive customers to unregulated, illegal and thus unsafe gambling markets is not supported by scientific evidence.”
New Editorial about Belgian ad ban @healthpromint.bsky.social
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New Editorial about Belgian ad ban @healthpromint.bsky.social
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@orkanokan.bsky.social and Kristine Sørensen kicking off the first in-person #IHLASUMMIT2024 on #healthliteracy
September 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM
@orkanokan.bsky.social and Kristine Sørensen kicking off the first in-person #IHLASUMMIT2024 on #healthliteracy
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"Remember, these algorithms are learning from a lot of information on the internet, including text from unreliable or downright problematic sources." - Mia Sato on #GenerativeAI, an important chapter in our revamped "Intro to Algorithms" lesson
👉🏾 Dive in today: bit.ly/AlgorithmsLe...
#EduSky
👉🏾 Dive in today: bit.ly/AlgorithmsLe...
#EduSky
August 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM
"Remember, these algorithms are learning from a lot of information on the internet, including text from unreliable or downright problematic sources." - Mia Sato on #GenerativeAI, an important chapter in our revamped "Intro to Algorithms" lesson
👉🏾 Dive in today: bit.ly/AlgorithmsLe...
#EduSky
👉🏾 Dive in today: bit.ly/AlgorithmsLe...
#EduSky
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This is good but if you are really lucky, you may catch the public health advertising! 😳
August 15, 2024 at 5:22 AM
This is good but if you are really lucky, you may catch the public health advertising! 😳
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If you think wearing an n95 in public is hard, consider how much harder it’ll be for you to cope with immune dysregulation, new health problems, and/or disability, all of which will make it even more important for you to mask in public in the future.
Protect yourself, your family, your community.
Protect yourself, your family, your community.
Almost 5% of ALL people in the world have long covid.
The number rises by about 100 million every year, and your risk of developing it increases with every covid infection – even minor ones. It has no cure. over 90% of people still have it after 2 years.
The number rises by about 100 million every year, and your risk of developing it increases with every covid infection – even minor ones. It has no cure. over 90% of people still have it after 2 years.
Long COVID science, research and policy - Nature Medicine
This Review outlines the current state of scientific evidence on long COVID, discusses its impacts on patients, health systems, economies and global health metrics, and proposes a forward-looking rese...
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August 13, 2024 at 11:40 PM
If you think wearing an n95 in public is hard, consider how much harder it’ll be for you to cope with immune dysregulation, new health problems, and/or disability, all of which will make it even more important for you to mask in public in the future.
Protect yourself, your family, your community.
Protect yourself, your family, your community.
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The World Health Organization has declared that mpox is a public health emergency of international concern
WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a publi...
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August 14, 2024 at 7:35 PM
The World Health Organization has declared that mpox is a public health emergency of international concern
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📢 Educators: It's not too late to sign up for today's 5pm ET webinar: bit.ly/ScienceHealt...
Learn about communities historically harmed by science & health misinformation, & explore steps you can take to help students avoid falsehoods & build confidence in making fact-based decisions.
Learn about communities historically harmed by science & health misinformation, & explore steps you can take to help students avoid falsehoods & build confidence in making fact-based decisions.
February 13, 2024 at 9:04 PM
📢 Educators: It's not too late to sign up for today's 5pm ET webinar: bit.ly/ScienceHealt...
Learn about communities historically harmed by science & health misinformation, & explore steps you can take to help students avoid falsehoods & build confidence in making fact-based decisions.
Learn about communities historically harmed by science & health misinformation, & explore steps you can take to help students avoid falsehoods & build confidence in making fact-based decisions.