Participation at the European Conference on Health Communication

From November 15 to 17, the European Conference on Health Communication 2023 took place in Klagenfurt, Austria, organized jointly by the Health Communication Divisions of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) and the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Tanja Kamin, Gregor Petrič, and Sara Atanasova were among the participants. At the conference, the paper titled "Exploring the impact of online health communities and features of the doctor-patient relationship on empowerment in the doctor-patient relationship: Perspectives of cancer patients and health professionals" by Sara Atanasova and Gregor Petrič received the award for the best conference paper. As part of the conference, Sara Atanasova, together with Isabell Koinig, organized a panel titled "Empowerment in Health Communication: Conceptualizations, Theory, and Methodological Approaches," in which Tanja Kamin presented the paper "What does it mean to be empowered in the field of health and is that enough to improve one’s health? Reflecting on facilitators and barriers of empowerment with the theory of capital," co-authored with Sara Atanasova.