Sibylle Juvalta

Work at ZHAW

Position

scientific associate

Focus

Child and Youth Public Health

Teaching

• Health Literacy
• Qualitative methods
• Basics of digital health literacy and digital health interventions
• Questionnaire development

Experience

• Interviewer in the Zurich program for sustainable development of mental health services (ZInEP)
  University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich
  01 / 2011 - 01 / 2012
• scientific assistant
  Swiss Paraplegic Research Nottwil
  05 / 2008 - 12 / 2011

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Arts in social sciences / Sociology, political sciences, gender studies
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2016 - 07 / 2024
• Master of Science in Public Health / Public Health
  Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  10 / 2009 - 01 / 2012
• Bachelor of Arts in cultural sciences / Major: Sociology, Minor: history, philosophy, religious studies
  University of Lucerne
  03 / 2005 - 12 / 2007

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1378-847X

Projects

• Health literacy of adolescents in Switzerland in an increasingly digital society / Team member / ongoing
• Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy / Team member / completed
• Public COVID-19 pandemic discourses / Team member / completed
• Digital Parent Advisor / Team member / completed
• Profiles of young recipients of disability pensions due to mental disorders / Team member / completed
• Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents / Team member / completed
• Treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents in the Swiss canton of Zurich / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Marshall, D. A. et al. (2024) 'Uncovering the hidden socioeconomic impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and paving the way for other rare childhood diseases : an international, cross-disciplinary, patient-centered approach (PAVE Consortium)', Pediatric Rheumatology, 22(1), p. 74. doi: 10.1186/s12969-024-01012-z.
• Wagner, A. et al. (2023) 'Let's talk about COVID-19 vaccination : relevance of conversations about COVID-19 vaccination and information sources on vaccination intention in Switzerland', Vaccine, 41(36), pp. 5313–5321. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.004.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2022) 'Young people's media use and adherence to preventive measures in the "infodemic" : is it masked by political ideology?', Social Science & Medicine, 317(115596). doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115596.
• Baumann, I. et al. (2020) 'Parents' health information seeking behaviour : does the child's health status play a role?', BMC Family Practice, 21(266). doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01342-3.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2020) 'Electronic health literacy in Swiss-German parents : cross-sectional study of eHealth literacy scale unidimensionality', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(3), p. e14492. doi: 10.2196/14492.
• Jaks, R. et al. (2019) 'Parental digital health information seeking behavior in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study', BMC Public Health, 19(225). doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6524-8.
• Baumann, I. et al. (2018) 'Employment prospects of young adults with mental disorders', Swiss Journal of Sociology, 44(2), pp. 259–280. doi: 10.1515/sjs-2018-0012.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Gemperle, M. et al. (2022) 'Digitale Heilsversprechen in Gesundheitsberufen', in Cappel, V. and Kappler, K. E. (eds) Gesundheit – Konventionen – Digitalisierung : eine politische Ökonomie der (digitalen) Transformationsprozesse von und um Gesundheit. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 137–158. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-34306-4_5.
• Dratva, J. et al. (2020) 'Chronische Krankheiten und Behinderungen', in Gesundheit in der Schweiz : Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene : Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2020. Bern: Hogrefe, pp. 136–175.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Altwicker-Hámori, S. et al. (2021) 'Beliefs about medicines in patients with multiple myeloma in Switzerland', in Swiss Medical Weekly. EMH Swiss Medical Publishers, pp. 28–29. doi: 10.4414/smw.2021.w30107.
• Dreesen, P. et al. (2021) 'COVIDisc – a focus on vector populations', in Scientific «Reality Check», online, 17 November 2021. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-23592.
• Zysset, A. et al. (2019) 'Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD', in Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-18493.
• Zysset, A. et al. (2019) 'Towards an automatic assessment of impaired handwriting (and visuo-motor skills) in children with ADHD', in 1. Digital Health Lab Day, Wädenswil, 3. Oktober 2019.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2018) 'Digital health literacy of Swiss-German parents : results from DIGE, a study on parental utilization of digital child health information', in 11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 November - 1 December 2018.
• Baumann, I. et al. (2018) '"Dear Internet, what should I do when…?": parents' digital media behaviour when searching for information on children's health in Switzerland', in Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.
• Dratva, J. et al. (2018) '"Dear Internet, what should I do when…?" : parents' digital media behaviour when searching for information on children's health in Switzerland', in European Journal of Public Health. Oxford University Press, p. 489. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky218.233.
• Baumann, I. et al. (2016) 'Labor market integration of adolescents with mental disorders', in LacOSA International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Method,s Lausanne, 8-10 June 2016.

Other publications

• Juvalta, S. et al. (2025) Final report SWIFS - Swiss Infant Feeding Study 2024 : national monitoring on infant feeding in the first year of life. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2576.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2025) 'SWIFS – Swiss infant feeding study 2024 : national monitoring on infant feeding in the first year of life', Food Risk Assess Europe, 3(4), p. 0075E. doi: 10.2903/fr.efsa.2025.fr-0075.
• Hasler, V. et al. (2024) Sex and gender dimensions in nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy education : a scoping review : work package 1 of the project P7 – Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy. Delémont: Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32774.
• Meidert, U., Schaffert, R. and Juvalta, S. (2024) Integration of sex and gender in teaching of health professions in Switzerland. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2540.
• Gemperle, M. et al. (2020) 'Digitale Medien auf dem Prüfstand : eine Befragung unter angehenden Gesundheitsfachpersonen', in Dreiländertagung Public Health3: Gesundheitskommunikation im 21. Jahrhundert, Steckborn, 17.-18. Januar 2020.
• Baer, N. et al. (2016) 'Jung, psychisch krank und invalidisiert', Soziale Sicherheit: CHSS, 2016(1), pp. 49–54. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1780.
• Baer, N. et al. (2015) Profile von jungen IV-Neurentenbeziehenden mit psychischen Krankheiten. Bern: Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV. Available at: https://forschung.soziale-sicherheit-chss.ch/wp-content/uploads/12033_de.pdf.
• Rüesch, P. et al. (2014) Prognose Gesundheitsberufe Ergotherapie, Hebammen und Physiotherapie 2025. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-87.
• Rüesch, P. et al. (2014) Behandlung von ADHS bei Kindern und Jugendlichen im Kanton Zürich : Forschungsbericht. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1778.
• Rüesch, P., Altwicker-Hámori, S. and Juvalta, S. (2014) Diagnose und Behandlung junger Menschen mit psychischen Krankheiten : Literaturstudie zu evidenzbasierten, internationalen Leitlinien zur Diagnostik und Behandlung von psychischen Krankheiten bei Minderjährigen und jungen Erwachsenen. Bern: Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1779.
• Rüesch, P. et al. (2013) Die Behandlung von Personen mit psychischen Krankheiten - Bestandsaufnahme der Behandlungssituation vor und während eines Rentenbezugs der Invalidenversicherung : Machbarkeitsstudie - Schlussbericht. Bern: Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1783.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Juvalta, S. et al. (2025) 'Breastfeeding prevalences and indicators from the Swiss Infant Feeding Study 2024', in Les Journées Francophones de Nutrition, Lyon, France, 10-12 December 2025.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2025) 'Swiss Infant Feeding Study (SWIFS) 2024', in CYPHER Lecture Series Kinder- und Jugend Public Health, Winterthur, Schweiz, 3. Dezember 2025.
• Dratva, J. et al. (2025) 'Impact of Swiss federal law on breast-feeding at work : Swiss Infant Feeding Study 2024', in European Journal of Public Health. Oxford University Press, p. ckaf161.342. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.342.
• Juvalta, S., Feer, S. and Dratva, J. (2023) 'Digital health literacy – an evolving concept', in European Journal of Public Health. Oxford University Press, pp. ii45–ii46. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.121.
• Feer, S., Juvalta, S. and Dratva, J. (2023) 'Measuring digital health literacy in children and adolescents', in European Journal of Public Health. Oxford University Press, p. ii46. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.122.
• Dreesen, P. et al. (2023) 'COVIDisc : COVID-19 pandemic discourses in Switzerland – a focus on 15-34 year olds', in SNSF Corona Research Conference, Thun, Switzerland, 21-23 March 2023.
• Ackermann, G. et al. (2022) 'Gesundheitskompetenz in herausfordernden Kontexten : eine Bedarfsanalyse zur Förderung der Gesundheitskompetenz bei Menschen in schwierigen Lebenslagen durch sozialberatende Stellen', in Jahrestagung des DACH-Netzwerks für Gesundheitsförderung, Hall in Tirol, Österreich, 16.-18. September 2022.
• Wieber, F. et al. (2022) 'Health literacy in challenging contexts : the potential of social counselling services', in Swiss Public Health Conference, 7. Stakeholderkonferenz Nationale Strategie zur Prävention nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten (NCD), Bern, Schweiz, 13.-14. September 2022.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2021) 'Media use in the infodemic – is it masked by political ideology?', in Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.
• Wieber, F. et al. (2021) 'Objektive Bewegungsdaten als Grundlage für die Entwicklung digitaler Interventionen bei Kindern mit ADHS', in Careum Konferenz "Chronisch krank in der digitalen Welt", Aarau (online), 13. Januar 2021.
• Gemperle, M. et al. (2019) 'Future health professionals on the use of digital media in their professional work', in Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2019, Neuchâtel, 10-12 September 2019.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2019) 'Health information seeking behaviour of Swiss German parents', in Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics SSP, Bellinzona, 6 - 7 June 2019.
• Dratva, J. et al. (2019) 'Digital health literacy of health care profession students', in European Journal of Public Health. Oxford University Press, pp. 32–33. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.069.
• Gemperle, M. et al. (2019) 'Angehende Gesundheitsfachpersonen und ihre Gesundheitskonzepte im Lichte des digitalen Wandels', in Dreiländerkongress Gesundheits- und Medizinsoziologie 2019, Winterthur, 27.-28. August 2019.
• Juvalta, S. et al. (2019) 'Application of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a sample of Swiss parents', in Swiss Public Health Conference 2019 : Child and Adolescent Public Health, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.
• Gemperle, M. et al. (2019) 'Gesundheitsbezogene digitale Kompetenzen angehender Gesundheitsfachleute', in Digitalisierung der Arbeit im Gesundheits- und Sozialsektor, Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland, 21.-22. Mai 2019.

Research data

Robin, Dominik; Baumann, Isabel; Jaks, Rebecca; Juvalta, Sibylle; Dratva, Julia, 2019. Replication data for: Parental digital media behaviour when searching for information on children’s health in Switzerland. Harvard Dataverse. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JI9GIJ

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