Member profile
Janissa Altona
Building/room: Grazer Straße 4 (GRA4) A2020
Phone: +49 421 218-68911
Research associate
Janissa Altona is a health scientist at the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP) at the University of Bremen. She is particularly involved in research into the care of people with dementia.
Publications & Social Media
Research
Social health of people with dementia
Influence of (built) environmental factors on people with dementia and cognition
Health services research on medical and nursing care
- Qualitative and quantitative methods, mixed methods
Teaching
since summer semester 2022 Ethics and Healthcare Justice (M.Sc., M.Ed., M.A.)
- since winter semester 2022/23 Health Services Research (B.A.)
Professional Career | |
Since 11/2021 | Research assistant in the Department of Health Care Research, Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen |
2020 | Internship at the IGES Institute Berlin, Health Policy Department |
2018-2020 | Student assistant at the State Association for Health and Academy for Social Medicine e.V., Lower Saxony/Bremen |
2018 – 2019 | Tutor techniques for scientific working in the bachelor's degree programme Public Health/Health Sciences |
2016 | Internship at the Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality |
Academic career | |
2018-2021 | Master's programme Public Health/Health Care, Health Economics and Management at the University of Bremen, M.A. Master's thesis topic: "Study designs of psychosocial interventions for people with dementia: a pilot study on strengths and limitations" |
2017 | Semester abroad at Maastricht University in the Bachelor's programme Health Sciences, B.Sc. |
2014-2018 | Bachelor's degree programme in Public Health/Health Sciences at the University of Bremen, B.A. Topic of the Bachelor's thesis: "Potentials and limitations of HIV prevention in Germany" |