Sibylle Juvalta

Work at ZHAW

Position

scientific associate

Focus

Child and Youth Public Health

Teaching

• Health Literacy
• Qualitative methods
• Basics of digital health literacy and digital health interventions
• Questionnaire development

Experience

• Interviewer in the Zurich program for sustainable development of mental health services (ZInEP)
  University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich
  01 / 2011 - 01 / 2012
• scientific assistant
  Swiss Paraplegic Research Nottwil
  05 / 2008 - 12 / 2011

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Arts in social sciences / Sociology, political sciences, gender studies
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2016 - 07 / 2024
• Master of Science in Public Health / Public Health
  Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  10 / 2009 - 01 / 2012
• Bachelor of Arts in cultural sciences / Major: Sociology, Minor: history, philosophy, religious studies
  University of Lucerne
  03 / 2005 - 12 / 2007

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1378-847X

Projects

• Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy / Team member / laufend
• Public COVID-19 pandemic discourses / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Fine motor skills in school-aged Children with ADHD: A case-control study using digital pens (FAST) / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Digital Parent Advisor / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Profiles of young recipients of disability pensions due to mental disorders / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents in the Swiss canton of Zurich / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Wagner, Aylin; Juvalta, Sibylle; Speranza, Camilla; Suggs, L. Suzanne; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Let's talk about COVID-19 vaccination : relevance of conversations about COVID-19 vaccination and information sources on vaccination intention in Switzerland.

  Vaccine.

  41(36), pp. 5313-5321.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.004

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Speranza, Camilla; Robin, Dominik; El Maohub, Yassmeen; Krasselt, Julia; Dreesen, Philipp; Dratva, Julia; Suggs, L. Suzanne,

  2022.

  Young people's media use and adherence to preventive measures in the “infodemic” : is it masked by political ideology?.

  Social Science & Medicine.

  317(115596).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115596

• Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Parents’ health information seeking behaviour : does the child’s health status play a role?.

  BMC Family Practice.

  21(266).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01342-3

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2020.

  Electronic health literacy in Swiss-German parents : cross-sectional study of eHealth literacy scale unidimensionality.

  Journal of Medical Internet Research.

  22(3), pp. e14492.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/14492

• Jaks, Rebecca; Baumann, Isabel; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.

  BMC Public Health.

  19(225).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6524-8

• Baumann, Isabel; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Baer, Niklas; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,

  2018.

  Employment prospects of young adults with mental disorders.

  Swiss Journal of Sociology.

  44(2), pp. 259-280.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0012

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2022.

  Digitale Heilsversprechen in Gesundheitsberufen

  .

  In:

  Cappel, Valeska; Kappler, Karolin Eva, eds.,

  Gesundheit – Konventionen – Digitalisierung : eine politische Ökonomie der (digitalen) Transformationsprozesse von und um Gesundheit.

  Wiesbaden:

  Springer.

  pp. 137-158.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34306-4_5

• Dratva, Julia; Balmer, Thomas; Gantschnig, Brigitte; Grylka, Susanne; Juvalta, Sibylle; Volken, Thomas; Zysset, Annina,

  2020.

  Chronische Krankheiten und Behinderungen

  .

  In:

  Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020.

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 136-175.

• Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Bargetzi, Mario; Renner, Christoph; Taverna, Christina; Dratva, Julia,

  2021.

  Beliefs about medicines in patients with multiple myeloma in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  4th Swiss Oncology & Hematology Congress (SOHC), Zurich, 18-20 November 2021.

  EMH Swiss Medical Publishers.

  pp. 28-29.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30107

• Dreesen, Philipp; Krasselt, Julia; Dratva, Julia; Stücheli-Herlach, Peter; Suggs, Suzanne; Juvalta, Sibylle; Speranza, Camilla; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Daniela; El Maohub, Yassmeen; et al.,

  2021.

  COVIDisc – a focus on vector populations [poster].

  In:

  Scientific «Reality Check», online, 17 November 2021.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23592

• Zysset, Annina; Stapel, Leonie; Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18493

• Zysset, Annina; Stapel, Leonie; Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik; Albermann, Kurt; von Rhein, Michael; Wieber, Frank,

  2019.

  Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD [poster].

  In:

  1. Digital Health Lab Day, Wädenswil, 3. Oktober 2019.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2018.

  Digital health literacy of Swiss-German parents : results from DIGE, a study on parental utilization of digital child health information [paper].

  In:

  11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.

• Dratva, Julia; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle,

  2018.

  “Dear Internet, what should I do when…?” : parents’ digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 489.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky218.233

• Baumann, Isabelle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,

  2018.

  “Dear Internet, what should I do when…?”: parents’ digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.

• Baumann, Isabel; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Baer, Niklas; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,

  2016.

  Labor market integration of adolescents with mental disorders [paper].

  In:

  LacOSA International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Method,s Lausanne, 8-10 June 2016.

• Meidert, Ursula; Schaffert, René; Juvalta, Sibylle; et al.,

  2024.

  Integration of sex and gender in teaching of health professions in Switzerland.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2540

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2020.

  Digitale Medien auf dem Prüfstand : eine Befragung unter angehenden Gesundheitsfachpersonen [poster].

  In:

  Dreiländertagung Public Health3: Gesundheitskommunikation im 21. Jahrhundert, Steckborn, 17.-18. Januar 2020.

• Baer, Niklas; Juvalta, Sibylle; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,

  2016.

  Jung, psychisch krank und invalidisiert.

  Soziale Sicherheit: CHSS.

  2016(1), pp. 49-54.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1780

• Baer, Niklas; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Frick, Ulrich; Rüesch, Peter,

  2015.

  Profile von jungen IV-Neurentenbeziehenden mit psychischen Krankheiten.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen.

  Beiträge zur sozialen Sicherheit ; 15.

• Rüesch, Peter; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Robin, Dominik,

  2014.

  Behandlung von ADHS bei Kindern und Jugendlichen im Kanton Zürich : Forschungsbericht.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1778

• Rüesch, Peter; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle,

  2014.

  Diagnose und Behandlung junger Menschen mit psychischen Krankheiten : Literaturstudie zu evidenzbasierten, internationalen Leitlinien zur Diagnostik und Behandlung von psychischen Krankheiten bei Minderjährigen und jungen Erwachsenen.

  Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1779

• Rüesch, Peter; Bänziger, Andreas; Dutoit, Laure; Gardiol, Lucien; Juvalta, Sibylle; Volken, Thomas; Künzi, Kilian,

  2014.

  Prognose Gesundheitsberufe Ergotherapie, Hebammen und Physiotherapie 2025.

  ZHAW Reihe Gesundheit

  ; 3.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905983-07-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-87

• Rüesch, Peter; Bührlen, Bernhard; Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Träbert, Silke,

  2013.

  Die Behandlung von Personen mit psychischen Krankheiten - Bestandsaufnahme der Behandlungssituation vor und während eines Rentenbezugs der Invalidenversicherung : Machbarkeitsstudie - Schlussbericht.

  Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1783

• Dreesen, Philipp; Krasselt, Julia; Dratva, Julia; Stücheli-Herlach, Peter; Suggs, Suzanne; Juvalta, Sibylle; Speranza, Camilla; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Daniela; El Maohub, Yassmeen; Rothenhäusler, Klaus; Fluor, Matthias; Rocco, Goranka; Canavese, Paolo; et al.,

  2023.

  COVIDisc : COVID-19 pandemic discourses in Switzerland – a focus on 15-34 year olds.

  In:

  SNSF Corona Research Conference, Thun, Switzerland, 21-23 March 2023.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Feer, Sonja; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Digital health literacy – an evolving concept.

  In:

  16th European Public Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 November 2023.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ii45-ii46.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.121

• Feer, Sonja; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia,

  2023.

  Measuring digital health literacy in children and adolescents.

  In:

  16th European Public Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 November 2023.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. ii46.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.122

• Ackermann, Günter; Juvalta, Sibylle; Marti, Simona; Wieber, Frank,

  2022.

  Gesundheitskompetenz in herausfordernden Kontexten : eine Bedarfsanalyse zur Förderung der Gesundheitskompetenz bei Menschen in schwierigen Lebenslagen durch sozialberatende Stellen.

  In:

  Jahrestagung des DACH-Netzwerks für Gesundheitsförderung, Hall in Tirol, Österreich, 16.-18. September 2022.

• Wieber, Frank; Ackermann, Günter; Juvalta, Sibylle; Marti, Simona,

  2022.

  Health literacy in challenging contexts : the potential of social counselling services.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, 7. Stakeholderkonferenz Nationale Strategie zur Prävention nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten (NCD), Bern, Schweiz, 13.-14. September 2022.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Speranza, Camilla; Mehdiyeva, Ramila; Robin, Dominik; Dratva, Julia; Suggs, L. Suzanne,

  2021.

  Media use in the infodemic – is it masked by political ideology?.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

• Wieber, F.; von Rhein, M.; Gawrilow, C.; Zysset, A.; Kühnhausen, J.; Stapel, L.; Dratva, J.; Albermann, K.; Juvalta, S.; Robin, D.,

  2021.

  Objektive Bewegungsdaten als Grundlage für die Entwicklung digitaler Interventionen bei Kindern mit ADHS.

  In:

  Careum Konferenz “Chronisch krank in der digitalen Welt”, Aarau (online), 13. Januar 2021.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Angehende Gesundheitsfachpersonen und ihre Gesundheitskonzepte im Lichte des digitalen Wandels.

  In:

  Dreiländerkongress Gesundheits- und Medizinsoziologie 2019, Winterthur, 27.-28. August 2019.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Kerry-Krause, Matthew J.; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Application of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a sample of Swiss parents.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019 : Child and Adolescent Public Health, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Gesundheitsbezogene digitale Kompetenzen angehender Gesundheitsfachleute.

  In:

  Digitalisierung der Arbeit im Gesundheits- und Sozialsektor, Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland, 21.-22. Mai 2019.

• Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Digital health literacy of health care profession students.

  In:

  12th European Public Health Conference, Marseille, France, 20 - 23 November 2019.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 32-33.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.069

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Future health professionals on the use of digital media in their professional work.

  In:

  Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2019, Neuchâtel, 10-12 September 2019.

• Juvalta, Sibylle; Jaks, Rebecca; Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Dratva, Julia,

  2019.

  Health information seeking behaviour of Swiss German parents.

  In:

  Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics SSP, Bellinzona, 6 - 7 June 2019.

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