Timo‐kolja Pförtner
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 293144 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Timo‐kolja Pförtner |
| NOMBRES | Timo‐kolja |
| APELLIDO | Pförtner |
| FIRMA | PFÖRTNER T K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cologne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8188-894X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Educational differences in mental health-related quality of life during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Objectives: A large body of evidence shows poorer mental health among lower socioeconomic groups, with chronic stress being an important pathway in this relationship. It was expected that the mental health of people with low socioeconomic status may have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While it has been established that stress also impacted mental health during the pandemic, the aim of this study was to analyze if pandemic-in…
Household-income trajectories and mental health inequalities in Germany before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic
These findings revealed that regular and fluctuating household income trajectories (S2-S5) are particularly vulnerable to mental health impacts during crises. Females are disproportionately affected, highlighting the need for targeted public health interventions. Strengthening institutional supports, such as childcare, and addressing gender disparities can help build resilience and advance progress toward the SDGs
A multilevel analysis of climate change worry
Socioeconomic differences and global trends in youth wellbeing and emotional distress in 165 countries and territories
Social stratifications in youth wellbeing are a concern for social policy. Using data from the Gallup World Poll (2009-2022), we examined time trends and income differences in youth wellbeing and their associations with area-level income and income inequality. Results showed that a growing proportion of youth have experienced emotional distress in recent years, and this trend disproportionately affected youth at lower incomes. Higher income inequ…
The Covid-19 pandemic as an accelerator of economic worries and labor-related mental health polarization in Germany? A longitudinal interacted mediation analysis with a difference-in-difference compar…
Our results highlight that mediators competing to economic worries must have emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic. Such mediators could be the risk of infection at the workplace, the possibility of remote work, and gender-specific mediators. Our study is also the first to extend the mediational g-formula with the difference-in-difference approach. It can be used as a blueprint for researchers interested in evaluating the impact of events, such as…
Is the Systemic Agency Capacity of Long-Term Care Organizations Enabling Person-Centered Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Organizational Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained long-term care organization staff and placed new demands on them. This study examines the role of the general ability and power of a long-term care organization to act and react collectively as a social system, which is called systemic agency capacity, in safeguarding the provision of person-centered care during a crisis. The question of how the systemic agency capacity of long-term care organizations helps to e…
Trends in educational disparities in preventive behaviours, risk perception, perceived effectiveness and trust in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Results indicate persistent educational disparities in preventive behaviour and risk perception and a general decline in perceived effectiveness and trust in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. To address this overall downward trend and existing disparities, comprehensive and strategic management is needed to communicate the risks of the pandemic and the benefits of COVID-19 containment measures. Both must be adapted to the differ…
Socioeconomic differences in the reduction of face-to-face contacts in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Our results indicate disadvantages for groups with lower socioeconomic status in private and professional contact reductions in the first wave of the pandemic. This may be associated with the higher risk of infection among individuals in lower socioeconomic groups. Preventive measures that a) adequately explain the importance of contact restrictions with respect to varying living and working conditions and b) facilitate the implementation of thes…
Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health
This study analyzes the longitudinal association between precarious employment and physical and mental health in a dualized labor market by disaggregating between-employee and within-employee effects and considering mobility in precariousness of employment. Analyses were based on the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2002 to 2018 considering all employees ages 18 to 67 years (n = 38,551). Precariousness of employment was measured as an additive in…
Relative food insecurity, mental health and wellbeing in 160 countries
Is Organizational Communication Climate a Precondition for Patient-Centered Care? Insights from a Key Informant Survey of Various Health and Social Care Organizations
Health and social care organizations are under pressure of organizing care around patients' needs and preferences while complying with regulatory frameworks and constraint resources. To implement patient-centered care in health and social care organizations successfully, particular organizational preconditions need to be considered. Findings on the implementation of patient-centered care and its preconditions are rare and insufficiently account f…
Health literacy of commercial industry managers
Managers have been neglected in health literacy research. There still is little known about the health-literacy status and needs of commercial industry managers. This article reduces the existing knowledge gap by presenting findings of an exploratory qualitative study. We conducted 23 separate semi-structured interviews of managers from all management levels (low, middle and top) and experts in the field of health management and/or personnel mana…
Inequalities in adolescent self-rated health and smoking in Europe
BACKGROUND: Although there is evidence for socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviour in adolescents, different indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) have rarely been compared within one data sample. We examined associations of five SES indicators with self-rated health (SRH) and smoking (ie, a leading cause of health inequalities) in Europe. METHODS: Data of adolescents aged 14-17 years old were obtained from the 2013 SILNE sur…
Trends in the association of different forms of precarious employment and self-rated health in Germany. An analysis with the German Socio-Economic Panel between 1995 and 2015
BACKGROUND: Precarious employment has increased in Germany by means of labour market flexibilisation throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In this study, trends in the association of self-rated health (SRH) with different dimensions of precarious employment by gender in Germany between 1995 and 2015 were assessed considering different periods of labour market reforms and the Great Recession. METHODS: Analyses were conducted using the German Socio-Econo…
The Role of Welfare State Characteristics for Health and Inequalities in Health from a Cross-National Perspective
Adolescents’ psychological health during the economic recession
The results partially support our hypothesis and highlight that policy initiatives in terms of an increase in family benefits might partially benefit adolescent health, but tend to widen social inequalities in adolescent health during the recent recession
Widening inequalities in self-rated health by material deprivation? A trend analysis between 2001 and 2011 in Germany
BACKGROUND: Research on inequalities in health has shown a strong association between the lack of standard of living (defined as material deprivation) and self-rated health (SRH). In this study, we sought to further examine this association in a trend analysis of relative and absolute inequalities in SRH as defined by material deprivation in Germany. METHODS: Data were obtained from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) between 2001 and 2011. M…
Is educational differentiation associated with smoking and smoking inequalities in adolescence? A multilevel analysis across 27 European and North American countries
This study aims to determine whether educational differentiation (i.e. early and long tracking to different school types) relate to socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent smoking. Data were collected from the WHO ‐Collaborative ‘Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children ( HBSC )’ study 2005/2006, which included 48,025 15‐year‐old students (N boys = 23,008, N girls = 25,017) from 27 European and North American countries. Socioeconomic position wa…
Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents
Research on socioeconomic differences in overweight and obesity and on the ecological association between income inequality and obesity prevalence suggests that relative deprivation may contribute to lifestyle risk factors for obesity independently of absolute affluence. We tested this hypothesis using data on 25,980 adolescents (11-15 years) in the 2010 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. The Yitzhaki index of relativ…
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002–2010
Decreases in adolescent weekly alcohol use in Europe and North America
BACKGROUND: This study examined trends in adolescent weekly alcohol use between 2002 and 2010 in 28 European and North American countries. METHODS: Analyses were based on data from 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents who participated in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study in 2002, 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: Weekly alcohol use declined in 20 of 28 countries and in all geographic regions, from 12.1 to 6.1% in Anglo-Saxon countri…
The use of parental occupation in adolescent health surveys. An application of Isco-based measures of occupational status
BACKGROUND: Recent research has emphasised that the challenge in researching socioeconomic differences in adolescent health cross-nationally lies in providing valid and comparable measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) across regions. This study aims to examine measures of occupational status derived from the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), alongside commonly used affluence measures in association with adolescent se…
Armut und Gesundheit in Europa
Armut und Gesundheit in Europa
Inequalities in Croatian pupils' risk behaviors associated to socioeconomic environment at school and area level
Relative food insecurity, mental health and wellbeing in 160 countries
Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents
Research on socioeconomic differences in overweight and obesity and on the ecological association between income inequality and obesity prevalence suggests that relative deprivation may contribute to lifestyle risk factors for obesity independently of absolute affluence. We tested this hypothesis using data on 25,980 adolescents (11-15 years) in the 2010 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. The Yitzhaki index of relativ…
Is educational differentiation associated with smoking and smoking inequalities in adolescence? A multilevel analysis across 27 European and North American countries
This study aims to determine whether educational differentiation (i.e. early and long tracking to different school types) relate to socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent smoking. Data were collected from the WHO ‐Collaborative ‘Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children ( HBSC )’ study 2005/2006, which included 48,025 15‐year‐old students (N boys = 23,008, N girls = 25,017) from 27 European and North American countries. Socioeconomic position wa…
The Role of Welfare State Characteristics for Health and Inequalities in Health from a Cross-National Perspective
Widening inequalities in self-rated health by material deprivation? A trend analysis between 2001 and 2011 in Germany
BACKGROUND: Research on inequalities in health has shown a strong association between the lack of standard of living (defined as material deprivation) and self-rated health (SRH). In this study, we sought to further examine this association in a trend analysis of relative and absolute inequalities in SRH as defined by material deprivation in Germany. METHODS: Data were obtained from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) between 2001 and 2011. M…
The use of parental occupation in adolescent health surveys. An application of Isco-based measures of occupational status
BACKGROUND: Recent research has emphasised that the challenge in researching socioeconomic differences in adolescent health cross-nationally lies in providing valid and comparable measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) across regions. This study aims to examine measures of occupational status derived from the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), alongside commonly used affluence measures in association with adolescent se…
Trends in the association of different forms of precarious employment and self-rated health in Germany. An analysis with the German Socio-Economic Panel between 1995 and 2015
BACKGROUND: Precarious employment has increased in Germany by means of labour market flexibilisation throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In this study, trends in the association of self-rated health (SRH) with different dimensions of precarious employment by gender in Germany between 1995 and 2015 were assessed considering different periods of labour market reforms and the Great Recession. METHODS: Analyses were conducted using the German Socio-Econo…
Socioeconomic differences and global trends in youth wellbeing and emotional distress in 165 countries and territories
Social stratifications in youth wellbeing are a concern for social policy. Using data from the Gallup World Poll (2009-2022), we examined time trends and income differences in youth wellbeing and their associations with area-level income and income inequality. Results showed that a growing proportion of youth have experienced emotional distress in recent years, and this trend disproportionately affected youth at lower incomes. Higher income inequ…
Inequalities in adolescent self-rated health and smoking in Europe
BACKGROUND: Although there is evidence for socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviour in adolescents, different indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) have rarely been compared within one data sample. We examined associations of five SES indicators with self-rated health (SRH) and smoking (ie, a leading cause of health inequalities) in Europe. METHODS: Data of adolescents aged 14-17 years old were obtained from the 2013 SILNE sur…
Inequalities in Croatian pupils' risk behaviors associated to socioeconomic environment at school and area level
Armut und Gesundheit in Europa
Armut und Gesundheit in Europa
Inequalities in Croatian pupils' risk behaviors associated to socioeconomic environment at school and area level
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002–2010
Decreases in adolescent weekly alcohol use in Europe and North America
BACKGROUND: This study examined trends in adolescent weekly alcohol use between 2002 and 2010 in 28 European and North American countries. METHODS: Analyses were based on data from 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents who participated in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study in 2002, 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: Weekly alcohol use declined in 20 of 28 countries and in all geographic regions, from 12.1 to 6.1% in Anglo-Saxon countri…
The use of parental occupation in adolescent health surveys. An application of Isco-based measures of occupational status
BACKGROUND: Recent research has emphasised that the challenge in researching socioeconomic differences in adolescent health cross-nationally lies in providing valid and comparable measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) across regions. This study aims to examine measures of occupational status derived from the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), alongside commonly used affluence measures in association with adolescent se…
Adolescents’ psychological health during the economic recession
The results partially support our hypothesis and highlight that policy initiatives in terms of an increase in family benefits might partially benefit adolescent health, but tend to widen social inequalities in adolescent health during the recent recession
Widening inequalities in self-rated health by material deprivation? A trend analysis between 2001 and 2011 in Germany
BACKGROUND: Research on inequalities in health has shown a strong association between the lack of standard of living (defined as material deprivation) and self-rated health (SRH). In this study, we sought to further examine this association in a trend analysis of relative and absolute inequalities in SRH as defined by material deprivation in Germany. METHODS: Data were obtained from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) between 2001 and 2011. M…
Is educational differentiation associated with smoking and smoking inequalities in adolescence? A multilevel analysis across 27 European and North American countries
This study aims to determine whether educational differentiation (i.e. early and long tracking to different school types) relate to socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent smoking. Data were collected from the WHO ‐Collaborative ‘Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children ( HBSC )’ study 2005/2006, which included 48,025 15‐year‐old students (N boys = 23,008, N girls = 25,017) from 27 European and North American countries. Socioeconomic position wa…
Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents
Research on socioeconomic differences in overweight and obesity and on the ecological association between income inequality and obesity prevalence suggests that relative deprivation may contribute to lifestyle risk factors for obesity independently of absolute affluence. We tested this hypothesis using data on 25,980 adolescents (11-15 years) in the 2010 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. The Yitzhaki index of relativ…
Health literacy of commercial industry managers
Managers have been neglected in health literacy research. There still is little known about the health-literacy status and needs of commercial industry managers. This article reduces the existing knowledge gap by presenting findings of an exploratory qualitative study. We conducted 23 separate semi-structured interviews of managers from all management levels (low, middle and top) and experts in the field of health management and/or personnel mana…
Inequalities in adolescent self-rated health and smoking in Europe
BACKGROUND: Although there is evidence for socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviour in adolescents, different indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) have rarely been compared within one data sample. We examined associations of five SES indicators with self-rated health (SRH) and smoking (ie, a leading cause of health inequalities) in Europe. METHODS: Data of adolescents aged 14-17 years old were obtained from the 2013 SILNE sur…
Trends in the association of different forms of precarious employment and self-rated health in Germany. An analysis with the German Socio-Economic Panel between 1995 and 2015
BACKGROUND: Precarious employment has increased in Germany by means of labour market flexibilisation throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In this study, trends in the association of self-rated health (SRH) with different dimensions of precarious employment by gender in Germany between 1995 and 2015 were assessed considering different periods of labour market reforms and the Great Recession. METHODS: Analyses were conducted using the German Socio-Econo…
The Role of Welfare State Characteristics for Health and Inequalities in Health from a Cross-National Perspective
Is Organizational Communication Climate a Precondition for Patient-Centered Care? Insights from a Key Informant Survey of Various Health and Social Care Organizations
Health and social care organizations are under pressure of organizing care around patients' needs and preferences while complying with regulatory frameworks and constraint resources. To implement patient-centered care in health and social care organizations successfully, particular organizational preconditions need to be considered. Findings on the implementation of patient-centered care and its preconditions are rare and insufficiently account f…
Relative food insecurity, mental health and wellbeing in 160 countries
Is the Systemic Agency Capacity of Long-Term Care Organizations Enabling Person-Centered Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Organizational Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained long-term care organization staff and placed new demands on them. This study examines the role of the general ability and power of a long-term care organization to act and react collectively as a social system, which is called systemic agency capacity, in safeguarding the provision of person-centered care during a crisis. The question of how the systemic agency capacity of long-term care organizations helps to e…
Trends in educational disparities in preventive behaviours, risk perception, perceived effectiveness and trust in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Results indicate persistent educational disparities in preventive behaviour and risk perception and a general decline in perceived effectiveness and trust in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. To address this overall downward trend and existing disparities, comprehensive and strategic management is needed to communicate the risks of the pandemic and the benefits of COVID-19 containment measures. Both must be adapted to the differ…
Socioeconomic differences in the reduction of face-to-face contacts in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Our results indicate disadvantages for groups with lower socioeconomic status in private and professional contact reductions in the first wave of the pandemic. This may be associated with the higher risk of infection among individuals in lower socioeconomic groups. Preventive measures that a) adequately explain the importance of contact restrictions with respect to varying living and working conditions and b) facilitate the implementation of thes…
Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health
This study analyzes the longitudinal association between precarious employment and physical and mental health in a dualized labor market by disaggregating between-employee and within-employee effects and considering mobility in precariousness of employment. Analyses were based on the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2002 to 2018 considering all employees ages 18 to 67 years (n = 38,551). Precariousness of employment was measured as an additive in…
The Covid-19 pandemic as an accelerator of economic worries and labor-related mental health polarization in Germany? A longitudinal interacted mediation analysis with a difference-in-difference compar…
Our results highlight that mediators competing to economic worries must have emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic. Such mediators could be the risk of infection at the workplace, the possibility of remote work, and gender-specific mediators. Our study is also the first to extend the mediational g-formula with the difference-in-difference approach. It can be used as a blueprint for researchers interested in evaluating the impact of events, such as…
Socioeconomic differences and global trends in youth wellbeing and emotional distress in 165 countries and territories
Social stratifications in youth wellbeing are a concern for social policy. Using data from the Gallup World Poll (2009-2022), we examined time trends and income differences in youth wellbeing and their associations with area-level income and income inequality. Results showed that a growing proportion of youth have experienced emotional distress in recent years, and this trend disproportionately affected youth at lower incomes. Higher income inequ…
Educational differences in mental health-related quality of life during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Objectives: A large body of evidence shows poorer mental health among lower socioeconomic groups, with chronic stress being an important pathway in this relationship. It was expected that the mental health of people with low socioeconomic status may have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While it has been established that stress also impacted mental health during the pandemic, the aim of this study was to analyze if pandemic-in…
Household-income trajectories and mental health inequalities in Germany before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic
These findings revealed that regular and fluctuating household income trajectories (S2-S5) are particularly vulnerable to mental health impacts during crises. Females are disproportionately affected, highlighting the need for targeted public health interventions. Strengthening institutional supports, such as childcare, and addressing gender disparities can help build resilience and advance progress toward the SDGs
A multilevel analysis of climate change worry
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