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Overview

Peter J. Schulz is affiliated with the Universita della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences and health professions, with significant contributions to health literacy, patient-provider communication, and the impact of digital technologies on health behaviors.

The main fields of study for Peter J. Schulz include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Within these fields, their work covers subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Education

Key topics of their research focus on:

  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on health literacy and digital communication, including:

  • "Global Sentiments Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic on Twitter: Analysis of Twitter Trends," 2020, published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • "Digital Media Use and Adolescents' Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," 2022, published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among children and adolescents: A systematic review of longitudinal studies," 2020, published in Telematics and Informatics
  • "Generation Gaps in Digital Health Literacy and Their Impact on Health Information Seeking Behavior and Health Empowerment in Hungary," 2021, published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Effects of Objective and Subjective Health Literacy on Patients' Accurate Judgment of Health Information and Decision-Making Ability: Survey Study," 2020, published in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Peter J. Schulz has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as:

  • Serena Petrocchi
  • Laura Marciano
  • Angela Chang
  • May O. Lwin
  • Anne-Linda Camerini

Their work is regularly published in journals including:

  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • BMC Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Computers in Human Behavior

In addition to articles, Peter J. Schulz has published a book titled Worse Than Ignorance in 2024 under Cambridge University Press. This reflects their engagement with academic publishing beyond journal articles.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Information Communication Technology Interventions on Reducing Social Isolation in the Elderly: A Systematic Review.

    Yi-Ru Regina Chen;Peter J Schulz

  • Mapping mHealth Research: A Decade of Evolution

    Maddalena Fiordelli;Nicola Diviani;Peter J Schulz

  • Is patient empowerment the key to promote adherence? A systematic review of the relationship between self-efficacy, health locus of control and medication adherence

    Lilla Náfrádi;Kent Nakamoto;Peter J. Schulz

  • Health literacy and patient empowerment in health communication: the importance of separating conjoined twins.

    Peter J. Schulz;Kent Nakamoto

  • Digital Media Use and Adolescents' Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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  • The Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Disparities: A Systematic Review

    Sarah Mantwill;Silvia Monestel-Umaña;Peter J. Schulz

  • Global Sentiments Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic on Twitter: Analysis of Twitter Trends.

    May Oo Lwin;Jiahui Lu;Anita Sheldenkar;Peter Johannes Schulz

  • The Role of Health Literacy in Diabetes Knowledge, Self-Care, and Glycemic Control: a Meta-analysis

    Laura Marciano;Anne-Linda Camerini;Peter J Schulz

  • The Effect of Social Support Features and Gamification on a Web-Based Intervention for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ahmed Allam;Zlatina Kostova;Kent Nakamoto;Peter Johannes Schulz

  • Defining and measuring health literacy: how can we profit from other literacy domains?

    Anne-Linda Frisch;Luca Camerini;Nicola Diviani;Peter J. Schulz

  • Online Health Information Seeking in the Context of the Medical Consultation in Switzerland

    Maria Caiata-Zufferey;Andrea Abraham;Kathrin Sommerhalder;Peter J Schulz

  • Quality of Online Pharmacies and Websites Selling Prescription Drugs: A Systematic Review

    Grazia Orizio;Anna Merla;Peter J Schulz;Umberto Gelatti

  • Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among children and adolescents: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

    Anne-Linda Camerini;Laura Marciano;Anna Carrara;Peter J. Schulz

  • Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization in Youth: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

    Laura Marciano;Peter J Schulz;Anne-Linda Camerini

  • Theories and models of communication

    Paul Cobley;Peter J. Schulz

  • Strategic Uses of Facebook in Zika Outbreak Communication: Implications for the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Model

    May Oo Lwin;Jiahui Lu;Anita Sheldenkar;Peter J. Schulz

  • Debiasing Health-Related Judgments and Decision Making: A Systematic Review

    Ramona Ludolph;Peter J Schulz

  • The Impact of Search Engine Selection and Sorting Criteria on Vaccination Beliefs and Attitudes: Two Experiments Manipulating Google Output

    Ahmed Allam;Peter Johannes Schulz;Kent Nakamoto

  • Interactive sections of an Internet-based intervention increase empowerment of chronic back pain patients: randomized controlled trial.

    Silvia Riva;Anne-Linda Camerini;Ahmed Allam;Peter J Schulz

  • Differential effects of health knowledge and health empowerment over patients' self-management and health outcomes: a cross-sectional evaluation.

    Luca Camerini;Peter J. Schulz;Kent Nakamoto

  • Distorted food pyramid in kids programmes: a content analysis of television advertising watched in Switzerland.

    Simone K. Keller;Peter J. Schulz

Frequent Co-Authors

May O. Lwin
May O. Lwin Nanyang Technological University
Arnstein Finset
Arnstein Finset University of Oslo
Steven Nordin
Steven Nordin Umeå University
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Nawi Ng
Nawi Ng University of Gothenburg
Gabriella Pravettoni
Gabriella Pravettoni University of Milan
Hye-Jin Paek
Hye-Jin Paek Hanyang University
Gary L. Kreps
Gary L. Kreps George Mason University

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