Verena Flügel (née Krah)
M.Sc.
(currently on maternity leave)
- telephone:+49 (0) 331 977 -
- fax:+49 (0) 331 977 - 702564
- E-Mail:verena.fluegeluuni-potsdampde
address: Campus Golm
University of Potsdam
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
Building 24, Room 1.32
14476 Potsdam
Germany
opening time: consulting hours
by appointment
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Main areas of work/research:
- Health promotion and prevention in settings
- Health literacy
- Obesity prevention
- Digital interventions on health promotion and prevention
CV
Professional Experience
- From 06/2025: Research Associate, Faculty of Human Sciences, Chair of Health Education in Sports, University of Potsdam
- 2019 to 2025: Research Associate, Department of Health Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- 2018 to 2019: Lecturer in the Bachelor's Program for Medical Management, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Gießen)
- 2018: Master's Candidate in Occupational Health Management
- 2016 to 2018: Instructor for Orthopedics and Internal Medicine
- 2015 to 2016: Fitness Trainer and Health Consultant
Higher Education
- Since 2023: Doctoral Candidate on Parental Health Literacy – University of Potsdam (previously Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
- 2016 to 2018: Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Master of Science in Public Health
- 2013 to 2016: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bachelor of Science in Physical Activity and Health
Selected Publications
Flügel, V., Hering, T. & Dadaczynski, K. (2025). Development and validation of a questionnaire on parental health literacy in the context of promoting healthy lifestyles during childhood: A study protocol. BMJ Open, 15:e088037. doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088037
Krah, V., Frank, D. & Dadaczynski, K. (2023). Location-based Games als Medium zur Förderung von Gesundheitskompetenzen. In K. Rathmann, K. Dadaczynski, O. Okan & M. Messer (Hrsg.), Gesundheitskompetenz (Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit, Kapitel 47). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67055-2_47
Krah, V., Frank, D., & Dadaczynski, K. (2022). Medien- und Gesundheitskompetenz zusammen denken und fördern. Überlegungen am Beispiel des Projekts Nebolus. merz – Zeitschrift für Medienpädagogik, 66, 43-50. https://doi.org/10.21240/merz/2022.1.13
Dadaczynski, K., Krah, V., Frank, D., Zügel-Hintz, E. & Poehlmann, F. (2021). Promoting navigation health literacy at the intersection of schools and communities: Development of the game-based intervention Nebolus. Frontiers in Public Health, 9:752183. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.752183
Krah, V., Frank, D. & Dadaczynski, K. (2021). Von Pokémon Go & Co lernen: Spielend zur Gesundheitskompetenz bei Jugendlichen mit Nebolus. HAG Stadtpunkte THEMA, 01/2021, 22–23.
Dadaczynski, K., Krah, V., & Zügel-Hintz, E. (2021). Förderung von Gesundheitskompetenzen mit Location-based Games: Eine partizipative Entwicklung. Das Gesundheitswesen, 83(8/9):664. doi.org/155. 10.1055/s-0041-1731989
Dadaczynski, K., Frank, D. & Krah, V. (2021). Nebolus: A location-based game to promote (mental) health literacy of adolescents. European Journal of Public Health, 31:iii285. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.747
Schulenkorf, T., Krah, V., Dadaczynski, K. & Okan, O. (2021). Addressing health literacy in schools in Germany: Concept analysis of the mandatory digital and media literacy school curriculum. Frontiers in Public Health, 9:687389. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.687389