Papers
Journal contributions
Danqa, D., Muehlmann, M., Menzinger, J., & Tomczyk, S. (2025). Experiencing stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among healthcare workers. BMC Infectious Diseases, 25, 1104. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11486-1
Paterson, A., Mughogho, K. K., Cheyne, A., Kabajaasi, O., Sarkar, T., Dimitrios, K. H., Tulunay, H., Adiukwu, F. N., Alatrany, S. S., Mamaghani, E. A., Barberia, L. G., Bu, H., Chikura-Dlamini, P., Dunning, J., Gregorio, E. R., Hassan, M. Z., Hossain, M. B., Jamrozik, E., Mistry, S. K., … Rojek, A. (2025). The (Re)-emerging And ePidemic Infectious Diseases (RAPID) stigma Scales: A cross-outbreak scale development and pyschometric validation study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00161-6
Kuhlmann, I., Muehlmann, M., Danqa, D., & Tomczyk, S. (2025). Measuring Healthcare Worker stigma During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Scales and Their Psychometric Properties. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000893
Conferences
Danqa, D., Kuhlmann, I., Muehlmann, M., Menzinger, J., & Tomczyk, S. (2025, September 22–24). stigmatisation bei COVID-19 und vergleichbaren Infektionskrankheiten: Systematische Erfassung von Messinstrumenten und Interventionen [Poster]. 24. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF), Hamburg, Deutschland. DOWNLOAD
Tomczyk, S., Danqa, D., Menzinger, J., Muehlmann, M., Kuhlmann, I., & Alpers, C. (2025, September 17–19). stigmatisation im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie: Erkenntnisse aus dem Forschungsprojekt „StiPEx“ [Vortrag]. 60. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP), Berlin, Deutschland. DOWNLOAD
Tomczyk, S., Danqa, D., Kuhlmann, I., & Muehlmann, M. (2025, September 3–5). stigmatisation bei COVID-19 und vergleichbaren Infektionskrankheiten: Systematische Erfassung von Messinstrumenten und Interventionen [Vortrag]. Gemeinsamer Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Psychologie (DGMP) und Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie (DGMS), Jena, Deutschland. DOWNLOAD
Danqa, D., Menzinger, J., Muehlmann, M., & Tomczyk, S. (2025, August 26–29). Challenges in Implementing Anti-Stigma Interventions in Context of COVID-19: Insights from Public Health Experts [Poster]. 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Groningen, Netherlands. DOWNLOAD
Danqa, D., Kuhlmann, I., Muehlmann, M., Menzinger, J., & Tomczyk, S. (2025, June 30 – July 2). Reducing stigma in the context of COVID-19 and comparable diseases: A systematic review of interventions [Poster]. Pandemic Sciences Conference, Oxford. DOWNLOAD
Danqa, D., Mühlmann, M., Menzinger, J., Tomczyk, S. (2024, September 25-27). Erfassung von Anti-Stigma-Interventionen im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie: Einblicke von Expert*innen in Deutschland [Poster]. 23. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung, Potsdam, Deutschland. DOWNLOAD
Danqa, D., Mühlmann, M., Menzinger, J., Tomczyk, S. (2024, September 11-13). (Intersektionale) Herausforderungen in der Umsetzung von Anti-Stigma-Maßnahmen im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie: Einblicke von Expert*innen in Deutschland [Vortrag]. Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln: Kooperationstagung der GMDS, DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS und DGPH, Dresden, Deutschland. DOWNLOAD
Menzinger, J., Muehlmann, M., Alpers, C., McLaren, T., Danqa, D., & Samuel Tomczyk, S. (2024, July 1-2). The pandemic passes, the stigma remains? An exploratory study on Covid-19-related stigmatizing attitudes in Germany [Poster]. Pandemic Sciences Institute Conference, Oxford. DOWNLOAD
Danqa, D., Menzinger, J., Muehlmann, M., & Tomczyk, S. (2024, July 1-2). Stigmatization in the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from healthcare workers’ experiences [Poster]. Pandemic Sciences Institute Conference, Oxford. DOWNLOAD
Menzinger, J., Muehlmann, M., Alpers, C., McLaren, T. Danqa, D. & Tomczyk, S. (2024, June 10-11). stigmatisation in the context of the corona pandemic [Poster]. 29. Deutscher Präventionstag, Cottbus. DOWNLOAD
Report Psychologie
stigmatisation in the context of the corona pandemic
Research project "StiPEx" at the University of Greifswald
June 2023
Tomczyk, S., Muehlmann, M., Kuhlmann, I. & Danqa, D. (2023). Stigmatisierung im Kontext der Corona-Pandemie: Forschungsprojekt „StiPEx“ an der Universität Greifswald. reportpsychologie, 48, 17–21.
Deutscher Präventionstag
When corona leads to exclusion and discrimination - prevent processes of segregation
14.02.2023
Corona has characterised both social debates and private discussions since the beginning of 2020. The pandemic dominated the media for an unusually long time. Topics such as mandatory masks, coronavirus warning apps, vaccinations and quarantine were discussed from various perspectives... Read the full article (German)
Ostsee Zeitung
Researchers from Greifswald: To what extent has coronavirus led to marginalisation?
12.02.2023
The coronavirus pandemic has led to increased fear, stress and uncertainty. All of this has also intensified stigmatisation in society. Nurses, elderly, infected and unvaccinated people experienced marginalisation for various reasons. Sometimes social, sometimes familial, ... Read the full article (German)
University of Greifswald
Media information
06.02.2023
In the StiPEx research project, researchers at the University of Greifswald will be investigating stigmatisation processes in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and their ... Read the full article (German)
RatSWD
Project presentation
07.02.2023
The StiPEx project investigates stigmatisation processes in the context of the corona pandemic from multiple perspectives (including those affected, healthcare professionals, anti-stigma actors) and uses various social science methods (such as interviews, focus groups, surveys, online studies). ... Read the full article (German)
Preregistry of Anti-Stigma-Interventions Review
Dafina Danqa, Isabel Kuhlmann, Marlene Muehlmann, Jule Menzinger, Samuel Tomczyk. Interventions to reduce stigma in the context of COVID-19 and comparable infectious diseases: A systematic review. PROSPERO 2024 Available from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42024582260
OSF-project
Information on collected data https://osf.io/gsfx4
Preregistry of Measurement instruments review
Isabel Kuhlmann, Marlene Charlotte Muehlmann, Dafina Danqa, Samuel Tomczyk. Tools for measuring stigma in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023421746 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023421746
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