Antibiotikaeinsatz: Psychologische Einflussfaktoren auf die Wahrnehmung und das Verhalten von Ärzt*innen und Patient*innen - Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz Antibiotic resistance threatens the effectiveness of standard therapies. The dynamics of antibiotic resistance are substantially affected by inappropriate antibiotic use. Therefore, this article place...

🚨NEUER ARTIKEL🚨 im #Bundesgesundheitsblatt zusammen mit @riangross.bsky.social, Lars Korn, @schneali.bsky.social, @elisie.bsky.social & @corneliabetsch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s001... (1/4)

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These findings highlight the importance of promoting transparency and designing healthcare environments that reduce opportunities for information avoidance to encourage appropriate antibiotic prescribing. (5/6)

Using a behavioral decision-making task, we found clear evidence: when faced with diagnostic uncertainty, many healthcare professionals chose not to resolve it, leading to higher rates of immediate antibiotic prescribing. (4/6)

Our study (N = 698, US/UK) explored whether willful ignorance—the active avoidance of information about potential negative consequences of one’s actions—contributes to this behavior. (3/6)

Despite understanding the risks of antibiotic resistance, overprescription remains common, especially under diagnostic uncertainty and patient pressure. (2/6)

Healthcare professionals play a key role in antibiotic prescribing, often navigating a social dilemma between prioritizing patients’ short-term demands and safeguarding the long-term effectiveness of antibiotics. (1/6)

Tomorrow marks the start of 🌍 World AMR Awareness Week 2025! We’ll be sharing insights from our AMR research as psychologists at @univie.ac.at @ipb.bsky.social @unierfurt.bsky.social and BNITM. Like/share this post for updates throughout the week! #AMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #WAAW2025

Looking for a PhD candidate to join a project at the intersection of health comms & computer science! We’ll use LLMs to create synthetic patient populations to test vaccine uptake interventions & build a training tool for better vax communication. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Project-... Please repost!

A few spots are still available to present at the upcoming Behavioural Insights & Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop, May 15/16 in Vienna — so we’re extending the submission deadline to April 13!

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Erstes WHO-Kollaborationszentrum an der Uni Wien startet Robert Böhm und Janina Kehr leiten das "WHO Collaborating Centre for Social and Behavioural Research in Antimicrobial Resistance"

Das erste @who.int -Kollaborationszentrum an der Uni Wien startet. Seit 15. Jänner 2025 leiten @robertboehm.bsky.social und @janinakehr.bsky.social das "WHO Collaborating Centre for Social and Behavioural Research in Antimicrobial Resistance". 🦠 🔬
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We're beyond excited to officially join BlueSky! 🌟 Stay tuned for exciting content on tackling antimicrobial resistance through innovative behavioural science approaches! 🦠🥊