Institute for Infection Prevention and Control

Dr. Anneke Haddad investigates the psychology of infection prevention, with a particular focus on health literacy and behaviour change in the context of infectious diseases. Her research explores questions such as:

• What role does health literacy play in infection prevention and control?
• What do members of the general public understand about appropriate and inappropriate antibiotic use, especially for children?
• How do infections and infection prevention measures affect psychological wellbeing?
• How can we leverage insights from psychology and behaviour change to improve infection prevention and control?
• How can participatory approaches to health research improve outcomes and ensure that research questions and findings are relevant to affected individuals and communities?

Selected recent publications

• Kimmig, C., Langer, T., Loy, J. K., Bender, S., Haddad, A. (2024). Children and adolescents’ experiences of mandatory SARS-CoV-2 testing in schools: A cross-sectional survey. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 8(1), e002974. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002974
• Geweniger A, Barth M, Haddad A, Högl H, Insan S, Mund A, Langer T. Perceived social support and characteristics of social networks of families with children with special healthcare needs following the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health 12: 1322185. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1322185.
• Haddad ADM, Janda A, Renk H, Stich M, … Elling R. Long COVID symptoms in exposed and infected children, adolescents and their parents one year after SARS-CoV-2 infection: A prospective observational cohort study. eBioMedicine. 2022; 84:104245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104245
• Geweniger A, Haddad ADM, … Langer T. Mental health of children with and without special healthcare needs and of their caregivers during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 2022; 6:e001509. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001509
• Langer T, … Haddad A. Patientenpartizipation in der pädiatrischen Versorgungsforschung am Universitätsklinikum Freiburg – von der Projektbeteiligung zum Patientenbeirat. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbuilding und Qualität in Gesundheitswesen. 2022, 173:98-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2022.07.002
• Geweniger A, Barth M, Haddad AD, Högl H, Insan S, Mund A, Langer T. Amplifying inequalities: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health outcomes of healthy children, children with special health care needs and their caregivers - Results of a cross-sectional study. Front Ped. 2022;10:759066. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.759066
• Renk H, … Haddad A, … Elling R. Robust and durable serological response following pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27595-9
• Stich M, … Haddad A, … Henneke P. Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in households with children, southwest Germany, May-August 2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(12):3009-3019. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.210978