So... under not yet fully understood circumstances, interventions targeting motivation or intentions may help the privileged more than the disadvantaged - and knowledge (risk) or social influence (P&P) the other way round. But: We don't really know what these circumstances are...

⚠️ Finding #2: Are determinant effects similar for everyone? Well... it's complicated. We found that IF determinants (e.g., intentions, beliefs, emotions) had differential effects, they were mostly stronger in less disadvantaged groups. BUT: We don't really know WHEN effects differ (and when not).

This suggests current theories may miss key mechanisms of how inequality "gets under the skin" through behaviour - the large nonsig chunks of the bar and sankey plots. We need to look beyond social cognitions to understand health inequalities, and environmental aspects of opportunity seem promising.

🔍 Finding #1: Do health behavior theories explain social inequalities?
We found COM-B factors motivation and opportunity to be the strongest mediators linking inequality to both preventative and health risk behaviours. BUT: 58% of tests showed NO significant mediation.

Similarly, participants in Study 2 consumed more sugar-sweetened beverages when they encountered availability cues such as seeing soft drink cans - but again, this effect was only seen in those with lower educational attainment.

Participants smoked more when they were exposed to social cues such as others smoking - but this effect was found only in those who reported lower educational attainment.

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Is this a bit ironic or what? An ad for advertisements on the landing page for an article on commercial determinants of health...
The article however is excellent and well worth a read, though.
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

I love jumping on bandwagons, too, so here is the overdue version for #healthpsychology. Can you spot my own research in it?

Prof. Tanja Schultz läutet hier in an der @unibremen.bsky.social die nacht-der-biosignale.de ein - wen's interessiert, um 20:30 gibt es einen Vortrag zu Potenzialen und Herausforderungen von #biosignals für #publichealth von mir. Die ganze Veranstaltung im Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhu4...