CURRICULUM VITAE

NICOLA DIVIANI, PHD Last updated: October 2016

PERSONAL DATA Date and place of birth

February, 11th 1981, Locarno, Switzerland

Permanent address

Via Nosetto 4, P.O. Box 1387, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland

Nationality Swiss Contacts Mobile: +41 79 284 67 72

e-mail: nicola.diviani@paraplegie.ch (work) / nicola.diviani@gmail.com (private)

CURRENT POSITION Since 05/2016

Department of Health Science and Health Policy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – University of Lucerne, Lucerne (Switzerland) and Human Functioning Unit, Person Centered Health Care & Health Communication Group – Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil (Switzerland). SNF Ambizione Postdoctoral Research Fellow

RESEARCH INTERESTS Health communication

Health literacy (Online) Health information seeking eHealth and mHealth Consumer health informatics Quantitative and qualitative research methods Communication theory

ACQUIRED TITLES 11/2011 PhD in Communication Sciences 03/2008 Master of Science in Communication, Major in Public Communication, focus on Health Communication 12/2004 Bachelor of Art in Communication

EDUCATION 08/2008 – 11/2011

PhD in Communication Sciences, Institute of Communication and Health, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano (Switzerland) Date of graduation: November 2011 Thesis Title: Cancer and Health Literacy: Establishing a Concept of Cancer Literacy. Supervisor: Prof. Peter J. Schulz Board: Prof. K. Viswanath (Harvard School of Public Health) and Prof. H. Bonfadelli (University of Zurich)

09/2010 – 08/2011

Visiting scholar Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (USA)

09/2005 – 03/2008

Master degree in Public Communication, focus on Health Communication Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano (Switzerland) Date of graduation: March 2008 Thesis Title: The Threat of the Waves: A Content Analysis of an Online Forum about Non-Ionizing Radiation. Supervisor: Prof. Peter J. Schulz

09/2006 – 02/2007

Exchange Program «CH - Unimobil» IPMZ - Institut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung - Universität Zürich - Zürich (Switzerland)

09/2001 – 12/2004

Bachelor degree in Communication, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy Università degli Studi di Bologna – Bologna (Italy) Date of graduation: December 2004 Thesis title: STOP AIDS: a social marketing campaign Supervisor: Prof. Pina Lalli

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Since 05/2016

Department of Health Science and Health Policy – University of Lucerne, Lucerne (Switzerland) and Human Functioning Unit, Person Centered Health Care & Health Communication Group – Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil (Switzerland). SNF Ambizione Postdoctoral Research Fellow • Project “New insights into the concept of critical health literacy: Development and validation of a

measure of Health Information Appraisal Skills (Principal Investigator) 11/2013 – 04/2016

Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) – University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Postdoctoral researcher (SNSF Early & Advanced Postdoc.Mobility) • Project "Judging the credibility of online health information: the interaction between user health literacy

and website quality" (Principal Investigator) • Project “Internet and Health”. In collaboration with School of Medicine, University of Wollongong,

Australia and Bergen University College, Norway (Principal Investigator for the University of Amsterdam)

11/2011 – 10/2013

Institute of Communication and Health (ICH) – Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (Switzerland). Postdoctoral researcher • Project CALIS – “Cancer literacy and information seeking”. In collaboration with ASL Milano1, Regione

Lombardia and Scuola di specializzazione in igiene e medicina preventiva, Università degli Studi di Milano.

• Project VATI-M – “Vaccinazione contro il morbillo tra gli adolescenti in Ticino”. In collaboration with Ufficio del Medico Cantonale, Dipartimento della Sanità e Socialità Cantone Ticino, Bellinzona.

• Project USD 2 – “Estensione monitoraggio fase sperimentale Unità Scolastiche Differenziate”. Funded

by Fondazione Von Mentlen, Bellinzona; Fondazione Vanoni, Lugano; Dipartimento dell’educazione e della cultura, Divisione della scuola, Bellinzona; Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Divisione dell’azione sociale e delle famiglie, Bellinzona.

03/2008 – 10/2011

Institute of Communication and Health (ICH) – Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (Switzerland). PhD student and scientific collaborator • Project CHELLY – “Cancer and Health Literacy: Establishing a Concept of Cancer Literacy”. Funded by

ONCOSUISSE. This project was the basis for the PhD dissertation. • Project PSYCHIMAGE – “L’immagine pubblica di psicologi e psicoterapeuti in Ticino”. Funded by

Associazione Ticinese Psicologi e Piscoterapeuti (ATPP). • Project USD – “Monitoraggio fase sperimentale Unità Scolastiche Differenziate”. Funded by Fondazione

Von Mentlen, Bellinzona; Fondazione Vanoni, Lugano; Dipartimento dell’educazione e della cultura, Divisione della scuola, Bellinzona; Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Divisione dell’azione sociale e delle famiglie, Bellinzona.

• Project SCIRA - “Structure and Effects of Societal Communication on non-Ionizing Radiations”. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

09/2010 – 08/2011

Viswanath Lab, Center for Community-Based Research (CCBR), Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (USA) Visiting researcher (SNSF Fellowship for prospective researchers)

07-10/2008 M.I.S Trend – Institut de recherches sociales et economiques – Lausanne (Switzerland) Validation of SILC1, SILC2, ERC questionnaires of the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics Scientific collaborator (cognitive interviews)

05/2008 – 02/2009

Verein Outcome, Zürich (Switzerland) Validation of the questionnaires (cognitive interviews) “Gestione della dimissione” and “Complicanze anestesiologiche e disturbi perioperatori”. Scientific collaborator (cognitive interviews)

06/2007 Osservatorio della Vita Politica - Ufficio di Statistica del Canton Ticino, Bellinzona (Switzerland) Project “Elezioni cantonali ticinesi 2007”. Survey on 2007 Ticino poll. Scientific collaborator

02/2006 Health Care Communication Laboratory (HCCLAB) – Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (Switzerland) Project DIFU – “Analysis of mass response to the introduction of a smoking ban in Canton Ticino”. Scientific collaborator (phone interviews)

01/06/2003 Bandiera Gialla- La rete solid@le (http://www.bandieragialla.it), Bologna (Italy) Editing of short articles for the online newspaper

01-12/2000 Istituto Gfs.Bern, Forschung für Kommunikation, Politik und Wissenschaft, Bern (Switzerland). Scientific collaborator (face-to-face interviews)

TEACHING 09/2016 – present

University of Lucerne, Master in Health Sciences and Health Policy Lecturer Health Communication II Science Communication Master colloquium

05/2016 – present

Swiss Paraplegic Research / University of Lucerne, Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy Supervision of Master’s theses Soldati C. (expected 2016) “The internet as a resource in palliative cancer care. An empirical study” (co-

supervisor) Dragulovic P. (expected 2016) “Herbalife. A content-analysis of tweets” (co-supervisor)

11/2014 – present

University of Amsterdam, Graduate School of Communication. Scientific advisor ASCoR Participation, Research Master in Communication Science (6 ECTS)

11/2011 – 10/2013

Università della Svizzera italiana, Faculty of Communication Sciences. Supervision of Master’s theses: Sak G. (2013) “Assessing the quality of vaccination online information retrieved with a popular search

engine and two experimental conditions: a content analysis” (co-supervisor) Palazzo S. (2013) “Validation of an Italian version of the eHealth Literacy scale (eHEALS) among the

Swiss-Italian population” (co-supervisor) Zini L. (2013) “Exploring the role of health literacy, empowerment and health information search in the field

of mumps vaccination among a sample of Bosnian parents” (co-supervisor) Buser M. (2013) “Challenges in the interaction between physicians and obstinate pain patients” (co-

supervisor) Shpagina A. (2013) “Translation and validation of the Russian version of the Short Test of Functional

Health Literacy” (co-examiner) Brunetti E. (2013) “The evolution of pharmacies” (co-examiner) Vogel T. (2013) “Using an online tool or mobile app to support dieting. A panel study” (co-examiner) Silfverberg M. (2013) “The effects of thematic categorization on the eating experience- an empirical

investigation” (co-examiner) Amati R. (2012) “Health professionals’ role with respect to end-of-life patients” (co-examiner) Madussi E. (2012) “Assessing communication skills in medical consultation: A regional case” (co-examiner) Popova O. (2012) “How the media break news of active and passive euthanasia” (co-examiner) Supervision of Bachelor’s theses: Ferrandino R. (2013) “La ‘socialpolitik’ in Italia. Social media e nuove modalità di fare politica: il caso di

Beppe Grillo” (co-supervisor) Scannapieco G. (2013) “’Like’ generation: tipologia dei contenuti nelle comunicazioni via Facebook” (co-

examiner) Quinto S. (2013) “L’uso dei media da pate dei giovani e il rendimento scolastico: risultati di un pilot study”

(co-examiner) Mantegazzi A. (2012) “La percezione dei cognitive enhancing drugs: uno studio su un campione di studenti

universitari” (co-examiner) 02/2016 Università della Svizzera italiana, Faculty of Communication Sciences.

Invited lecturer (in collaboration with Dr. Alex Dima, ASCoR, University of Amsterdam) Item Response Theory (Workshop for doctoral students of the Pro*Doc program Adapitivity in Health Communication)

2013 Convegno “Strategie di vaccinazione per l’adolescente e l’adulto” organized by ASL Milano, April, 22 – May, 20 – June, 3, 2013. Milan (Italy). Invited lecturer Communication in the field of adolescents’ vaccination

09/2012 – 06/2013

Università della Svizzera italiana, Faculty of Communication Sciences. Lecturer Content Analysis (1.5 ECTS Bachelor level).

02/2012 – 09/2013

Università della Svizzera italiana, Faculty of Communication Sciences. Scientific advisor Field project, Master in Communication, Management and Health (6 ECTS)

09/2009 – 06/2013

Università della Svizzera italiana, Faculty of Communication Sciences. Teaching assistant and seminar lecturer Theories and semiotics models of communication (6 ECTS Bachelor level). Research methods for the Communication Sciences (6 ECTS Bachelor level).

05/2003 Camignolo Middle School, Camignolo (Switzerland). Substitute French Teacher

FURTHER EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 04/2015 Workshop Item Analysis. University of Amsterdam. Dr. Alex Dima. 09/2014 Collaborative workshop CPC/WUN Health Literacy Network. Amsterdam Medical Center. 12/2011 Doctoral seminar Structural Equation Modeling II. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of

Lugano. Prof. James Jaccard. 03/2011 Workshop Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals. Center for Disease Control and Prevention,

web-based (1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM) 05/2010 Doctoral seminar Theories of Health Behaviour. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of

Lugano. Prof. Karen Glanz (1.5 ECTS) 04/2010 Career Workshop. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Neuchatel. Prof. Marianne Schmidt-

Mast (0.5 ECTS) 01/2010 Doctoral seminar Structural Equation Modeling, University of Lugano. Prof. James Jaccard. 03/2009 Doctoral seminar Research Methods II: Analyses. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of

Neuchatel. Prof. Judith Hall (1.5 ECTS) 05/2009 Doctoral seminar Research Methods III: Writing, Publishing, and Obtaining Funding. Pro*Doc

Communication and Health. University of Neuchatel. Prof. Petra Klumb, Prof. Marianne Schmid Mast, Prof. Arnstein Finset (1.5 ECTS)

05/2009 Doctoral seminar Interpersonal Communication. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Neuchatel. Prof. Adrian Bangerter (1.5 ECTS)

10/2009 Doctoral seminar Current Trends in Health Communication. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Teresa L. Thompson (1.5 ECTS)

11/2009 Doctoral seminar Social Network Analysis. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Alessandro Lomi (1.5 ECTS)

08/2009 Applied Analysis of Variance and Linear Modeling. 13th Summer School on Advanced Methods in the Social Sciences 2009. University of Lugano. Prof. Edgar Erdfelder & Dr. Martin Brandt.

02/2009 Doctoral seminar La società, il linguaggio, i contesti professionali visti dall’interazione: metodi a confronto. University of Lugano. Prof. Lorenza Mondada.

02/2009 Doctoral seminar Quantitative Aspects of Empirical Research. University of Lugano. Prof. Bert Meuffels (5 ECTS)

12/2008 Doctoral seminar Academic Presentation: Communicating Research Results at Conferences. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Martin Eppler (0.75 ECTS)

12/2008 Doctoral seminar Milestones in Communication Research. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Wolfgang Donsbach (1.5 ECTS)

09/2008 Doctoral seminar Theory III: Health Campaigns. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Zurich. Prof. Charles Atkin (1.5 ECTS)

06/2008 Doctoral seminar Theory II: Risk Communication. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Hans Mathias Kepplinger (1.5 ECTS)

05/2008 Doctoral seminar Theory I: Two-Step Flow Communication. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Elihu Katz (0.75 ECTS)

05/2008 Doctoral seminar Research Methods I: Writing a Literature Research. Pro*Doc Communication and Health. University of Lugano. Prof. Martin Eppler (0.75 ECTS)

GRANTS & AWARDS 08/2016 Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione - 36-month grant at University of Lucerne, Lucerne

(Switzerland). CHF 483'681 08/2016 Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW) – Travel grant for participation to the

Conference of the European Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH), Heidelberg (Germany). CHF 500

12/2014 Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Postdoc.Mobility - 12-month grant at Amsterdam School for Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). CHF 53’000

07/2014 Connect2Sea (http://www.connect2sea.eu) - Funding for workshop "The role of partner support in mobile-phone based (mHealth) interventions for chronic disease management" in Munich, Germany in fall 2014. EUR 4’500

06/2014 Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW) – Travel grant for participation to the Conference of the International Communication Association (ICH), Seattle (USA). CHF 1’200

06/2013 Swiss National Science Foundation Early Postdoc.Mobility - 18-month grant at Amsterdam School for Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). CHF 66’000

01/2013 Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW) – Travel grant for participation to 34th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA (USA). CHF 1’100

02/2012 Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW) – Travel grant for participation to Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Kentucky (USA). CHF 1’200

06/2010 Swiss National Science Foundation – Fellowship for prospective researchers to spend 1 year at Harvard School of Public Health/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (USA). USD 40’000

09/2009 Associazione Ticinese Psicologi e Piscoterapeuti (ATPP) - Research grant “Project PSYCHIMAGE – L’immagine pubblica di psicologi e psicoterapeuti in Ticino” (co-applicant). CHF 21’000

08/2009 Swiss National Science Foundation – PhD Summer School Grant. CHF 700 12/2004 Fondazione per la cultura italiana del Cantone Ticino. Grant for Italian-speaking Swiss students studying

in Italy. CHF 2’000 12/2003 Fondazione per la cultura italiana del Cantone Ticino. Grant for Italian-speaking Swiss students studying

in Italy. CHF 4’000 OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES / SERVICE 07/2016 - present

European Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH) Elected national representative for Switzerland

2011 – present

Ad Hoc reviewer for Patient Education and Counseling, Health Promotion International, Public Understanding of Science, Journal of Medical Internet Research, BMC Public Health, Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Communication, Health Education and Behavior, Mobile Media and Communication, Western Journal of Nursing Research, BioMed Research International.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS Languages Italian (Mother tongue), English (C2), French (understanding C2, oral and written production B2), German

(understanding C1, oral and written production B1) IT skills Operating systems: Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows (expert)

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (expert) Statistical software: SPSS (expert), AMOS (good knowledge), R (basic knowledge) Qualitative software: MAXQDA, NVivo (expert) Web design: basic knowledge

PUBLICATION LIST

JOURNAL ARTICLES (PEER REVIEWED)

Meppelink C, Smit E, Diviani N, van Weert JCM. (forthcoming). Health literacy and online health information processing; the underlying mechanism. Journal of Health Communication.

Diviani N, van den Putte B, Meppelink C, van Weert JCM. (in press). Exploring the link between health literacy and evaluation of online health information: insights from a mixed-methods study. Patient Education and Counseling, Corrected proof available online: doi:10.1016/j.pec.2016.01.007

Sak G, Diviani N, Allam A, Schulz PJ. (2016). Comparing the Quality of Pro- and Anti-Vaccination Online Information: A Content Analysis of Vaccination-Related Webpages. BMC Public Health, 16, 38, doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2722-9

Diviani N, van den Putte B, Giani S, van Weert JCM. (2015). Health literacy and evaluation of online health information: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(5), e112, doi:10.2196/jmir.4018

Nobile M, Cereda D, Bastiampillai AJ, Gabrielli E, Germeni E, Diviani N, Beghi G et al. (2015). CALIS-CAncer Literacy and Information Seeking: a study in the setting of colorectal screening. European Journal of Public Health, 25(suppl 3): 172-034.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2014). Association between cancer literacy and cancer-related behavior: evidence from Ticino, Switzerland. Journal of Public Health Research, 3(2). doi:10.4081/jphr.2014.295

Fiordelli M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2013). Mapping mHealth research: a decade of evolution. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(5):e95. doi:10.2196/jmir.2430

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2012). First insights on the validity of the concept of Cancer Literacy: A test in a sample of Ticino (Switzerland) residents. Patient Education and Counseling, 87:152-159. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2011.08.016

Camerini L, Diviani N. (2012). Activism, health and the Net: Are new media shaping our perception of uncertainty? Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture, 3(3): 335-343.

Diviani N, Camerini A-L, Reinholz D, Galfetti A, Schulz PJ. (2012). Health literacy, health empowerment and health information search in the field of MMR vaccination. A cross-sectional study protocol. BMJ Open, 2:e002162. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002162

Schulz PJ, Hartung U, Diviani N, Keller S. (2012). Dangerous Towers, Harmless Phones? Swiss Newspaper Coverage of the Risk Associated with Non-Ionizing Radiation. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 20(1):53-70. doi:10.1080/15456870.2012.637030

Frisch, A.-L., Camerini L, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2012). Defining and Measuring Health Literacy: How can we profit from other literacy concepts? Health Promotion International. doi:10.1093/heapro/dar043

Diviani N. (2011). Expanding Research on Health Literacy: Lessons from traditional literacy studies. Studies in Communication Sciences,11(2):85-98.

Diviani N, Viswanath K. (2011). Health disparities and communication inequalities: the case of Switzerland. Studies in Communication Sciences, 11(1):67-81.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2011). What should laypersons know about cancer? Towards an operational definition of Cancer Literacy. Patient Education and Counseling, 85:487–492. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.08.017

Camerini L, Diviani N, Tardini S. (2010). Health virtual communities: is the Self lost in the Net? Social Semiotics, 20(1):83-98.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2009). Establishing a concept of cancer literacy. A Delphi study among Swiss oncology experts. European Journal of Cancer Supplements, 7(2):211. Joint ECCO 15 – 34th ESMO Multidisciplinary Congress BERLIN, 20–24 SEPTEMBER 2009 Abstract Book

JOURNAL ARTICLES SUBMITTED OR UNDER REVIEW

Diviani N, Meppelink C. (under review). The Impact of recommendations and warnings on the quality evaluation of health websites: An online experiment. Computers in Human Behavior.

Diviani N, van den Putte B, Meppelink C, van Weert JCM. (submitted). Health literacy, use of evaluation criteria, and ability to evaluate online health information: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Health Communication.

Diviani N, Dima A, Schulz PJ. (under review). I-eHEALS: A validation of the Italian version of the eHealth literacy scale using item response theory. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Allam A, Sak G, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (under review). The contribution of different quality markers to overall health website quality. Computers in Human Behavior.

Camerini, A.-L., Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (under review). Parents’ attitudes towards childhood vaccination in Switzerland: The case of MMR. International Journal of Public Health.

JOURNAL ARTICLES TO BE SUBMITTED

Diviani N, Amann J, Rubinelli S. (in preparation). Exploring the potential of health-related online forums as a tool to transfer health literacy skills from patients to patients: A systematic review and taxonomy.

Linn AJ, Gebeyehu BG, Sanders R, Diviani N, Smit EG, van Dijk L, van Weert JCM. (in preparation). A longitudinal study exploring the impact of patients’ online seeking behavior on patient outcomes, Journal of Health Communication.

Diviani N, Meppelink C, Mullan J, Haukeland Fredriksen E, Warren R, Therkildsen Sudmann T (in preparation). Health-related online health information seeking: An international comparative qualitative study.

Fiordelli M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (in preparation). Health disparities and social isolation: the potential of mHealth in connecting people. TBD. Presented at ICA 2014, Seattle.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS (NON-PEER REVIEWED)

Keller S, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2012). Sull’onda dei telefonini. Comportamenti e conoscenze in Ticino. Dati – Statistiche e Società, 7(1):15-21.

BOOKS

Schulz PJ, Diviani N, Fiordelli M. (2013). La ricerca empirica nelle scienze della comunicazione. Fondamenti, metodi e strumenti. [Empirical research in communication sciences: foundations, methods, tools] Carocci: Roma.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Diviani N, Camerini A-L. (2014). Gesundheitskompetenz [Health Literacy]. In: Hurrelman, K. & Baumann, E. (eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitskommunikation [Health Communication Handbook]. Verlag Hans Huber: Bern.

Diviani N. (2013). Cancer and Health Literacy: Establishing a Concept of Cancer Literacy. In: Moore R & Perry D (eds.), Health Literacy: Developments, Issues and Outcomes. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge NY.

Camerini L, Diviani N, Galli N, Schulz PJ. (2010). Quando il benessere va in onda: effetti, distorsioni, implicazioni. In: Antonelli L, Gelatti U (eds.), Pagine di benessere. Spunti di riflessione. Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Brescia (Italy). 171-183.

CONFERENCE PAPERS (COMPETITEVELY SELECTED)

Diviani N, Meppelink C, van Weert, Mullan J, Haukeland Fredriksen E, Warren R, Therkildsen Sudmann T (2016). Online health information quality and strategies to assess it: A cross-cultural qualitative study. Accepted at 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, 7-10 September 2016. Heidelberg, Germany.

Diviani N, Dima A, Schulz PJ. (2016). Validation of an Italian Version of the eHealth Literacy Scale Using Item Response Theory. Accepted at 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 9-13 June 2016. Fukuoka, Japan.

Meppelink C, Smit E, Diviani N, van Weert JCM. (2016). How Health Literacy Influences Online Health Information Processing: Revealing the Underlying Mechanisms. Accepted at 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 9-13 June 2016. Fukuoka, Japan.

Meppelink C, Smit E, Diviani N, van Weert JCM. (2016). How Health Literacy Influences Online Health Information Processing: Results From Two Studies. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, 4-5 February 2016. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Linn A, Gebeyehu B, Sanders R, Diviani N, Smit E, van Weert JCM. (2016). Online medication related information seeking behavior: A longitudinal study exploring differences in chronic patients’ credibility, beliefs and adherence. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, 4-5 February 2016. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Diviani N, van den Putte B, Meppelink C, van Weert JCM. (2015). Exploring the role of health literacy in the evaluation of the quality of online health information: Insights from a qualitative study. International Conference on Communication in Healthcare ICCH 2015. 25-28 October, New Orleans, USA.

Karnowski V, Chib A, Ling R, Wilkin HA, Rossmann C, Pechan P, Diviani N, Fiordelli M. (2015). BlueSky Workshop: The Future of mHealth Interventions. 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 21-25 May 2015. Puerto Rico.

Diviani N, van den Putte B, van Weert JCM. (2015). Health literacy and evaluation of online health information: A qualitative study. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2015, 2-3 February 2015, Antwerp, Belgium.

Diviani N, Giani S, van den Putte B, van Weert JCM. (2014). Assessing the Credibility of Health Information on the Web: Does Health Literacy Play a Role? Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Research, 14-15 November 2014. Maui (HI), USA.

Fiordelli M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2014). Are We Fully Exploiting the Potential of Mobile Devices? Addressing social isolation through mHealth. Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Research, 14-15 November 2014. Maui (HI), USA.

Diviani N, Palazzo S, Schulz PJ. (2014). Validation of an Italian Version of the eHealth Literacy Scale (I-eHEALS). Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Research, 14-15 November 2014. Maui (HI), USA.

Diviani N, Giani S, van den Putte B, van Weert JCM. (2014). The role of health literacy in the judgment of online health information: a systematic review. 12th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), September 28-October 1st, 2014. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Linn AJ, Sanders R, Diviani N, van Dijk L, Smit, EG, van Weert JCM. (2014). Patients’ medication related information seeking behavior, perceived credibility and preferences. 12th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), September 28-October 1st, 2014. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Diviani N, Buser M, Schulz PJ. (2014). Health literacy and desire for autonomy in the interaction between physicians and obstinate pain patients. 12th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), September 28-October 1st, 2014. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Fiordelli M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2014). Health disparities and social isolation: the potential of mHealth in connecting people. 64th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 22-26 May 2014. Seattle (WA), USA.

Buser M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2013). Sfide nell’interazione tra medico e paziente problematico con dolori subacuti o cronici. ABCD…Ecografia: Evento scientifico in occasione del 25esimo di attività di SUMSI, 12 October, 2013. Lugano, Switzerland.

Diviani N, Camerini A-L, Schulz PJ. (2013). Parents’ beliefs and attitudes towards MMR vaccination: the role of interpersonal discussions. Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction Conference, 3-4 October 2013. Lugano, Switzerland.

Nobile M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2013). Doctor-patient communication and adherence to colorectal cancer screening: a review of the literature. Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction Conference, 3-4 October 2013. Lugano, Switzerland.

Diviani N, Camerini A-L, Schulz PJ. (2013). Factors influencing acceptance of MMR vaccination: a survey among parents of adolescents in Italian-speaking Switzerland. ICCH - International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, September 29 – October 2, 2013. Montréal, Canada.

Fiordelli M, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2013). mHealth: a systematic review of the first 10 years of research. 63rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 17-21 June 2013. London, UK.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2013). Micro-cultural differences in the relationship between social isolation and smoking behavior in Switzerland. 34th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 20-23 2013. San Francisco (CA), USA.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2012). Choice of health information sources: the role of interpersonal and mediated communication in developing knowledge about cancer risk and prevention. ECREA 2012 4th European Communication Conference, October 24-27 2012. Istanbul, Turkey.

Fiordelli M, Diviani N, Lips T, Schulz PJ. (2012). Mapping M-Health: A Decade of Evolution. Medicine 2.0, September 15-16 2012. Boston (MA), USA.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2012). Explaining tobacco disparities in Switzerland: the role of social support. 12th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine “Behavioral Medicine: From Basic Science to Clinical Investigation and Public Health”, August 29-September 3 2012. Budapest, Hungary.

Diviani N. (2012). What should we know about cancer? Establishing a concept of Cancer Literacy. Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Europe Annual Meeting 2012, 18-20 June 2012. Zurich, Switzerland.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2012). Going beyond functional literacy skills: A context-specific approach to health literacy and health outcomes. Kentucky Conference on Health Communication “Health Literacy Research and Practice”, April 19-21 2012. Lexington (KY), USA.

Camerini L, Frisch A-L, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2011). Advancing Research on Health Literacy: An Exploration of Different Literacy Domains. 61st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26th-30th May 2011. Boston, MA (USA).

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2011). Cancer and Health Literacy: Establishing a Concept of Cancer Literacy. IHA’s Tenth Annual Health Literacy Conference, “Health Literacy = Effective Communication: Translating Ideas Into Practice.”, 6th-8th May 2011. Irvine, CA (USA).

Diviani N. (2010). From literacy to health literacies: adapting the concept to the increasing complexity. Adaptivity in Health Communication. PhD Conference organized by the Pro*Doc Communication and Health, September 2010. Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.

Diviani N, Keller S, Schulz PJ. (2010). Misrepresentation of Non Ionizing Radiation: How Swiss Newspapers Depict Politics and Measures. ECREA - 3rd European Communication Conference, 12th-15th October 2010. Hamburg, Germany.

Camerini L, Diviani N. (2010). Activism and the Net: are new media shaping our perception of uncertainty? ECREA - 3rd European Communication Conference, 12th-15th October 2010. Hamburg, Germany.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2010) Cancer Literacy from laypeople’s perspective: a qualitative study. Conference "Making Sense Of: Health, Illness and Disease" 2010. Oxford, UK.

Frisch A-L, Camerini L, Diviani N, Schneider M., Schulz PJ. (2010). Defining and Measuring Health Literacy: How Can We Profit from Other Literacy Concepts?. 8th Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine, and Ethics organized by COMET Society, 28th-30th June 2010. Boston (MA), USA.

Schulz PJ, Hartung U, Keller S, Diviani N. (2010). Dangerous Towers, Harmless Phones? Swiss Newspaper Coverage of the Risk Associated with Non-Ionizing Radiation (NIR). Science and the Public 2010. London, UK.

Keller S, Schulz PJ, Hartung U, Diviani N. (2009). Dangerous Towers, Harmless Phones? Swiss Newspaper Coverage of the Risk Associated with Non-Ionizing Radiation. COMET 2009. Cardiff, UK.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ, Hartung U. (2009). What should we know about cancer? A Delphi study among experts in the oncology field. COMET 2009. Cardiff, UK.

Diviani N., Schulz PJ, Hartung U. (2009). What should we include in a concept of cancer literacy? A Delphi study among experts in the oncology field. Swiss Public Health Conference 2009. Zürich, Switzerland.

Keller S, Schulz PJ, Diviani N. (2009). Risky Towers, Innocuous Phones: A Paradox in the Swiss Newspaper Coverage. Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2009. Mexico City, Mexico.

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2009) Establishing a concept of cancer literacy. A Delphi study among Swiss oncology experts. Poster Joint ECCO 15 – 34th ESMO Multidisciplinary Congress 2009. Berlin, Germany.

Schulz PJ, Keller S, Diviani N. (2009). Dangerous Towers, Harmless Phones? Swiss Newspaper Coverage of the Risk Associated with Non-Ionizing Radiation. SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM NRP 57 “Non-Ionising Radiation – Health and Environment”. Davos, Switzerland.

Diviani N. (2009). What should we know about cancer? Results from a Delphi study among experts in the oncology field. EpiDay – First USI-Com Young Scholars Research Day. Lugano, Switzerland.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Diviani N. (2014). Challenges in interaction between physician and difficult patient: the role of health literacy and self-determination. Workshop “Right patient, right place, right time When and how to use the emergency department: health literacy, decision-making and communication”, 11-12 April 2014. Milan, Italy.

Diviani N. (2013). Judging the credibility of online health information: the interaction between user health literacy and website quality. PersCom Research Meeting, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, 28 November 2014. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Diviani N. (2010). Gesundheitskompetenz im Bereich Krebsprävention: Ergebnisse einer Delphi Studie. 5. IfKW Mediengespräch: „Neue Erkenntnisse aus der Gesundheitskommunikationsforschung”, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung, Ludvig-Maximilians-Universität. München, Germany.

Diviani N. (2010). PsychImage: L’immagine pubblica di psicologi e psicoterapeuti in Ticino. Presentazione dello studio e primi risultati. 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Associazione Ticinese Psicologi e Psicoterapeuti. Sementina, Switzerland.

Diviani N. (2009). Cancer and Health Literacy. Establishing a Concept of Cancer Literacy. Presentation of the study and first results. Research Colloquium of the Institute of Communication and Health, Università della Svizzera italiana. Lugano, Switzerland.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Diviani N, Betté L, Schulz PJ. (2013). Estensione monitoraggio progetto Unità Scolastiche Differenziate (USD). Rapporto finale. Funded by Fondazione Von Mentlen, Bellinzona, Fondazione Vanoni, Lugano, Dipartimento dell’educazione e della cultura, Divisione della scuola, Bellinzona, Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Divisione dell’azione sociale e delle famiglie, Bellinzona.

Diviani N, Betté L, Fabbretti S, Schulz PJ. (2012). Monitoraggio fase sperimentale Unità Scolastiche Differenziate. Rapporto finale. Funded by Fondazione Von Mentlen, Bellinzona, Fondazione Vanoni, Lugano, Dipartimento dell’educazione e della cultura, Divisione della scuola, Bellinzona, Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Divisione dell’azione sociale e delle famiglie, Bellinzona.

Brnic S, Corbino S, Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2011) Monitoraggio fase sperimentale Unità Scolastiche Differenziate. Rapporto intermedio. Funded by Fondazione Von Mentlen, Bellinzona, Fondazione Vanoni, Lugano, Dipartimento dell’educazione e della cultura, Divisione della scuola, Bellinzona, Dipartimento della sanità e della socialità, Divisione dell’azione sociale e delle famiglie, Bellinzona (Switzerland).

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2010) PsychImage: L’immagine pubblica di psicologi e psicoterapeuti in Ticino. Rapporto finale. Funded by Associazione Ticinese Psicologi e Psicoterapeuti (ATPP), Mendrisio (Switzerland).

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2009) Schlussbericht: Übersetzungsprozess PEQ Italienisch. Funded by Verein Outcome, Zürich (Switzerland).

Diviani N, Schulz PJ. (2009) Schlussbericht: Übersetzungsprozess PEQ Geburt Italienisch. Funded by Verein Outcome, Zürich (Switzerland)

REFERENCES Prof. Sara Rubinelli Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Human Functioning Unit, Person Centered Health Care & Health Communication Group, Nottwil, Switzerland sara.rubinelli@paraplegie.ch Prof. Peter J. Schulz Institute of Communication and Health, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland schulzp@usi.ch Prof. Julia C.M. van Weert Amsterdam School of Communication Research / ASCoR, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands J.C.M.vanWeert@uva.nl Prof. Kasisomayajula “Vish” Viswanath Department of social and behavioral sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA Vish_Viswanath@dfci.harvard.edu