Dorothee Heinemeier

dorothee.heinemeier@uni-erfurt.de

Dorothee Heinemeier

Background

Dorothee Heinemeier is a doctoral student in health communication with specialization in health decision making studies. She received her M.Sc. from University of Erfurt and her B.Sc. from Leuphana University Lueneburg. Dorothee’s dissertation project examines the determinants of vaccine hesitancy with particular focus on how to make them usable for evidence based vaccination campaigns.

Areas of expertise: vaccine communication, vaccination campaigns, vaccine hesitancy, health knowledge, health decision-making

Curriculum Vitae

Academic career     

  • 2015 – present          Doctoral student in psychology & health communication, University of Erfurt
  • 2012 – 2015               Master of Science in Psychology, University of Erfurt
  • 2008 – 2012               Bachelor of Science in Business psychology and Education Sciences, Leuphana University Lueneburg

Employment

  • 2025 – present           University Hospital Jena, Researcher (65%), research project “Equal opportunities for cancer patients in Thuringia” (ChaT), funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research.
  • 2020 – 2024                Start-up project Communication Lab Erfurt
  • 2016 – 2019                University of Erfurt, Researcher (80%), research project “Vaccination60+”, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research.
  • 2015 – 2016                University of Erfurt, Researcher (65%), research project “Revision of the MMR-decision aid”, funded by the Federal Center for health education (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Auf-klärung, BZgA).

Publications

  • Best, S. & Heinemeier, D. (2025). Open Innovation in der Gesundheitskommunikation: Entwicklung praxisnaher Interventionen mit Design Thinking. Ein Anwendungsbeispiel für inter- & transdisziplinäre Lehrsettings. die hochschullehre, Jahrgang 11/2025. DOI: 10.3278/ HSL2464W. Online unter: wbv.de/die-hochschullehre
  • Heinemeier, D., Terhardt, M., & Betsch, C. (2021). Impfverhalten psychologisch erklären und verändern am Beispiel der HPV-Impfung. Der Gynäkologe, 54(9), 665–672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00129-021-04839-9
  • Eitze, S., Heinemeier, D., Schmid-Küpke, N. & Betsch, C. (2021). Decreasing vaccine hesitancy with knowledge about sequelae. A longitudinal randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 40(2): 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001045
  • Betsch, C., Bach Habersaat, K., Deshevoi, S., Heinemeier, D., Briko, N., Kostenko, N., Kocik, J., Böhm, R., Zettler, I., Wiysonge, C. S., Dubé, È., Gagneur, A., Botelho-Nevers, E., Gagneux-Brunon, A., & Sivelä, J. (2020). Sample study protocol for adapting and translating the 5C scale to assess the psychological antecedents of vaccination. BMJ Open, 10(3), e034869. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034869
  • Steinmeyer, L., Heinemeier, D. & Betsch, C. (2019). Die Gründe für Impfmüdigkeit messen und Entwicklungen beobachten. Trillium Immunologie, 3(3).
  • Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Schmid, P., Korn, L., Steinmeyer, L., Heinemeier, D., Eitze, S. & Küpke, N.K. (2019). Impfverhalten psychologisch erklären, messen und verändern. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-019-02900-6
  • Betsch, C., Schmid, P., Heinemeier, D., Korn, L., Holtmann, C., Böhm, R. (2018) Beyond confidence: Development of a measure assessing the 5C psychological antecedents of vaccination. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208601. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208601  Open Data Open Material
  • Heinemeier, D., Meißner, C. & Betsch, C. (2018). Was bedeutet Evidenzbasierung/Evidenzinformierung in der Gesundheitskommunikation? Eine Befragung währen der 2. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der DGPuK. In: P. Stehr, D. Heinemeier & C. Rossmann (Hrsg.), Evidenzbasierte/evidenzinformierte Gesundheitskommunikation, 19 (S. 47-59). Baden-Baden: Nomos. Open Data Open Material
  • Juang, L.P, Simpson, J.A., Lee, R.M., Rothman, A.J., Titzmann, P.F., Schachner, M., Korn, L., Heinemeier, D., Betsch, C. (2018). Using attachment and relational perspectives to understand adaptation and resilience among immigrant and refugee youth. American Psychologist, 73(6), 797–811. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000286
  • Betsch, C., Rossmann, C., Pletz, M.W., Vollmar, H.C., Freytag, A., Wichmann, O., ... (2018). Increasing influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake in the elderly: Study protocol for the multi-methods prospective intervention study Vaccination60+. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 885. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5787-9
  • Schmid, P., Rauber, D., Betsch, C., Lidolt, G., Denker, M.-L. (2017) Barriers of Influenza Vaccination Intention and Behavior – A Systematic Review of Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy, 2005 – 2016. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0170550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170550 Open Data

Chapter:

  • Betsch, C., Schmid, P., Holtmann, C., Heinemeier, D. & Korn, L. (2018). Erklärung und Veränderung von Präventionsverhalten. In: C.-W. Kohlmann, C. Salewski & M.A. Wirtz: Psychologie in der Gesundheitsförderung. Bern: Hogrefe Verlag.