GeWiMe
Health knowledge in research as well as in clinical contexts is usually understood as scientifically generated and transferred into practice. However, this understanding of knowledge which is necessary for medical research and practice distracts from the production of popular health knowledge, that people encounter in everyday life outside of clinics and practices. Various sources like the book market, the Internet, magazines or television are offering a wide range of popular information about human health. This subject is examined in the research project GewiMe (the German acronym for: Health Knowledge in Popular Media) regarding the provenance, transfer and acquisition of health knowledge.
Current Dimensions of the Project
- Thematic overviews of advice books for parents on child health
- Survey of the professional provenance of the authors of advice books for parents
- Document analyzes for baby health care and child nutrition in advice books for parents
Researchers
- PD Dr. phil. Ulf Sauerbrey
- Dr. med. Inga Petruschke
- Dr. med. Sven Schulz
- Anja Meier, M.A.
- Claudia Schick
- Sonja Wobig
- Ketura Herklotz
Cooperating Partners
- Scientific Network for the Examination of Parental Advice Books (funded by the German Research Foundation) at the University of Augsburg [Link einsetzen]