Dr. Heide Busse

Heide Busse is head of the Applied Health Intervention research unit within the department prevention and evaluation at BIPS. Her research focuses on the development, evaluation and implementation of complex public health interventions for health promotion and prevention. The promotion of physical activity, mental health and a healthy diet in children, adolescents and young adults is her key concern. In addition, Heide has a strong interest in health inequalities, digital public health interventions, participatory research methods, as well as the promotion of evidence-based health promotion and prevention.


Since 08/2019 Head of the Applied Health Intervention research unit at BIPS, Bremen

01/2019 - 06/2019 Public health researcher at the Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Great Britain

12/2018 Ph.D. Public Health, University of Bristol, Great Britain

01/2015 - 12/2018 Public health researcher and doctoral student at the Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Great Britain

11/2012 - 12/2014 Public health researcher in the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) and the National Institute for Health Research’s School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Great Britain

2011 - 2012 Master of Science (MSc) in Health Psychology, University of Bath, Great Britain

2008 - 2011 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands

  • Development, evaluation and implementation of complex public health interventions
  • Health promotion and prevention in children, adolescents and young adults
  • Physical activity, mental health and healthy diet
  • Health inequalities
  • Digital public health interventions
  • Participatory research methods

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    Selected BIPS-Publications

  • Articles with peer review

  • Krukowski RA, Ross KM, Western M, Cooper R, Busse H, Forbes CC, Kuntsche E, Allmeta A, Silva AM, John-Akinola YO, König LM. Digital health interventions for all? Examining inclusivity across all stages of the digital health intervention research process. Trials. 2024;25:98.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07937-w
  • Sell L, Brandes M, Brandes B, Zeeb H, Busse H. Determinants promoting and hindering physical activity in primary school children in Germany: A qualitative study with students, teachers and parents. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;12:1280893.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1280893
  • Brandes B, Sell L, Buck C, Busse H, Zeeb H, Brandes M. Use of a toolbox of tailored evidence-based interventions to improve children's physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in primary schools: Results of the ACTIPROS cluster-randomized feasibility trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2023;20:99.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01497-z
  • Busse H, Fuhr D. School-based interventions for the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental health problems: Review of the literature. Public Health Forum. 2023;31(3):181-187.
    https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2023-0059
  • König LM, Krukowski RA, Kuntsche E, Busse H, Gumbert L, Gemesi K, Neter E, Mohamed NF, Ross KM, John-Akinola YO, Cooper R, Allmeta A, Silva AM, Forbes CC, Western M. Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2023;22:249.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02055-6
  • Szinay D, Forbes CC, Busse H, DeSmet A, Smit ES, König LM. Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight-related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review. Obesity Reviews. 2023;24(3):e13542.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13542
  • Brandes B, Busse H, Sell L, Christianson L, Brandes M. A scoping review on characteristics of school-based interventions to promote physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness among 6- to 10-year-old children. Preventive Medicine. 2022;155:106920.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106920
    https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6431668
  • Busse H, Buck C, Stock C, Zeeb H, Pischke CR, Matos Fialho PM, Wendt C, Helmer S. Engagement in health risk behaviours before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in German university students: Results of a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(4):1410.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041410
  • Saleem M, Kühne L, De Santis KK, Christianson L, Brand T, Busse H. Understanding engagement strategies in digital interventions for mental health promotion: Scoping review. JMIR Mental Health. 2021;8(12):e30000.
    https://doi.org/10.2196/30000
  • Van de Velde S, Buffel V, van der Heijde CM, Çoksan S, Bracke P, Abel T, Busse H, Zeeb H, Rabiee-Khan F, Stathopoulou T, Van Hal G, Ladner J, Tavolacci M-P, Tholen R, Wouters E, on behalf of the C19 ISWS consortium. Depressive symptoms in higher education students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. An examination of the association with various social risk factors across multiple high- and middle-income countries. SSM - Population Health. 2021;16:100936.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100936
  • Brandes B, Busse H, Sell L, Christianson L, Brandes M. Protocol for a scoping review to identify and map intervention components of existing school-based interventions for the promotion of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness among school children aged 6–10 years old. BMJ Open. 2020;10:e037848.
    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037848

  • Editorials

  • Busse H, Samkange-Zeeb F, Moore G. Editorial: Socioeconomic status and health in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. Frontiers in Public Health. 2022;10:1042331.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1042331

  • Book chapters

  • Zeeb H, Busse H. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung: Aussichten für die Zukunft. In: Hurrelmann K, Richter M, Stock S, editors. Referenzwerk Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung: Grundlagen, Konzepte und Umsetzungsstrategien. 6. Auflage. Bern: Hogrefe. 2024. S. 559-568.
  • Brandes B, Busse H, Helmer S, Müllmann S. Gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit in der digitalen Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention am Beispiel des Settings Schule. In: Dockweiler C, Stark AL, Albrecht J, editors. Settingbezogene Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention in der digitalen Transformation. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 2023. S. 153-174.
    https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748913641

For further publications please follow this link:

  • Aufnahme in das Mentoring-Programm der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
    Leibniz Gemeinschaft (2023)
  • Doctoral Scholarship
    Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Universität Bristol, Großbritannien (2013)
    Dissertationsvorhaben

Overview of teaching activities since 2020. *WiSe= Winter semester; SuSe= Summer semester
  • SuSe 2023 Seminar and Journal Club in module “Evidence-based health promotion and prevention“, Master Health Promotion and Prevention, University of Bremen
  • SuSe 2022 Seminar and Journal Club in module “Evidence-based health promotion and prevention“, Master Health Promotion and Prevention, University of Bremen
  • SuSe 2021 Epidemiology I (Seminar), University of Bremen
  • WiSe 2020/2021 Epidemiology II (Seminar), University of Bremen
  • SuSe 2020 Epidemiology II (Seminar), University of Bremen

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Heide Busse

Contact

Phone:
+49 (0)421 218-56-912
e-mail:
busse(at)leibniz-bips.de