Silke Kramer, Medical specialist, MPH

research associate

Research focus on patient orientation and health education and prevention and rehabilitation

Telephone: +49 (0)511 532 - 8426

Fax: +49 (0)511 532 - 5376

Fields of activity

Rehabilitation research
Outcome measurement
gender

Education/activities

1982 - 1989 Studied Human medicine at the MHH
1989 - 1991 Worked as an ÄIP and assistant physician for a practicing physician for internal medicine and occupational medicine in Hanover
1991 License to practice medicine
1991 - 1993 Worked as an assistant physician in the Clinical Department for Radiotherapy and Oncology at Hildesheim Municipal Hospital
1993 - 1996 Worked as a general practitioner in a group practice in Hanover
1996 - 2000 Worked as a physician at the DRK Blood Donor Service NSTOB, Institute Springe, specializing in immunohematology and donor laboratory
Since 2000 Supplementary studies in Population Medicine and Public Health at the MHH
Since 2002 Research associate in the Epidemiology and Public Health department Research assistant in the Epidemiology and Health Services Research Unit of the Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health Systems Research at the MHH
since 10/2004 Employee in the Endowed Chair "Prevention and Rehabilitation in Systems and Health Services Research" of the Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health Systems Research at the MHH

Projects

The effect of self-help as part of the research project "Health-related self-help in Germany - developments, effects, perspectives (SHILD)"
Development of a concept to improve the use of early detection examinations according to §25 SGB V
Shaken baby syndrome project - information campaign with evaluation
Stroke outcome study (dependence of the treatment outcome of stroke patients on gender, socioeconomic and familial status) under the direction of Prof. Weissenborn (Neurological Department of the MHH) and Dr. Raum (DZFA, Heidelberg), funded by the NFFG (Lower Saxony Research Association for Women's/Gender Research in Science, Technology and Medicine)

Teaching

in the supplementary study program Population Medicine and Public Health at the Center for Public Health Nursing at the MHH and
in the undergraduate medicine program at the MHH

Book contributions / journal articles

Dreier M, Kramer S, Stark K (2023). Epidemiologic methods for obtaining reliable data. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (Eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 764-793

Haack M, Kramer S, Seidel G, Dierks ML (2019): Quality of life and fear of disease progression are associated with aspects of health literacy in men with prostate cancer from Germany. In: Supportive care in cancer: official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-05052-0 .

Kofahl C, Dierks M-L, Haack M, von dem Knesebeck O, Köstler U, Kramer S, Langenhorst F, Nickel S, Schulz-Nieswandt F, Seidel G, Werner S (2019) Community self-help and self-help support in Germany - Summary of SHILD modules 1 and 2. In: Kofahl C, Haack M, Nickel S, Dierks M-L. (Eds.) Effects of community self-help. Lit Verlag, Münster, pp. 11-20

Haack M, Kofahl C, Kramer S, Seidel G, von dem Knesebeck O, Dierks M-L. Participation in a prostate cancer support group and health literacy. Psycho-Oncology. 2018;27:2473–2481. doi.org/10.1002/pon.4854

Kofahl C, Dierks M-L, Haack M, von dem Knesebeck O, Köstler U, Kramer S, Langenhorst F, Nickel S, Schulz-Nieswandt F, Seidel G, Werner S. (2018) SHILD Study Part 2: Module 3 - Effects of self-help. In: Airmail 26(2):34-38.

Haack M, Kramer S, Dierks ML , Nickel S , Kofahl C , Werner S, von dem Knesebeck O, Seidel G. Can self-help groups for chronically ill people strengthen the self-management skills and health literacy of their members? - Results from the SHILD study. M0371; 16th German Congress for Health Services Research (DKVF); German Network for Health Services Research; Berlin; 20171004-20171006; Gesundheitskompetenz - Ressource für den Einzelnen und das System. DOI: 10.3205/17dkvf067 .

Haack M, Kramer S, Seidel G, Nickel S, Kofahl C & Dierks, Marie-Luise. (2017). Who attends a self-help group - and why? Results from the SHILD study. Healthcare. 79. . 10.1055/s-0037-1605778 .

Haack M, Seidel G, Kramer S, Dierks M-L. Effects of health-related self-help in men with prostate cancer. Results from the SHILD study. Federal Association of Prostate Cancer Self-Help, BPS Magazine 3-2017: 5-8.

Kramer S, Haack M, Nickel S, Kofahl C, Werner S, von dem Knesebeck O, Seidel G, Dierks ML: Factors influencing the empowerment of people with prostate cancer. M0371; 16th German Congress for Health Services Research (DKVF); German Network for Health Services Research; Berlin; 20171004-20171006; Concepts and Applications of Registry Research. DOI: 10.3205/17dkvf086 .

Kramer S, Haack M, Seidel G & Dierks ML (2017). Survey of men with prostate cancer based on data from the Epidemiologic Cancer Registry of Lower Saxony. Healthcare. 79. . 10.1055/s-0037-1605974 .

Seidel G, Haack M, Kramer S, Dierks M-L. Effects of health-related self-help in people with type 2 diabetes. German Diabetes Federation, DJ 1-2018: 41-42.

Pape N, Sterdt E, Azouagh K, Kramer S, Walter U, Urban M, Werning R. Potentials of physical activity promotion in preschools - an overview of results of an ethnographic observation. In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 2016; 24 (4), pp. 581-591.

Plaumann M, Seidel G, Kramer S, Walter U. Definitions & explanations of 234 terms in the field of social medicine and public health. In: Brüggemann S, Niehues C, Rose AD, Schwöbel B (eds.) Pschyrembel Sozialmedizin und Public Health. 2nd updated edition, Berlin: DeGruyter, 2015.

Dreier M, Borutta B, Seidel G, Münch I, Kramer S, Töppich J, Dierks ML, Walter U. Communicating the Benefits and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Needed for an Informed Choice: A Systematic Evaluation of Leaflets and Booklets. PLoS ONE 2014; 9(9): e107575. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0107575

Sterdt E, Pape N, Kramer S, Liersch S, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U. Do Children's Health Resources differ according to Preschool Physical Activity Programs and Parental Behavior? A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2014; 11: 2407-2426.

Sterdt E, Pape N, Kramer S, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U. Physical activity of children in daycare centers with and without physical activity programs - a mixed-methods study. Public Health Forum 2013; 21(2): 24.e1-24.e3

Sterdt E, Pape N, Kramer S, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U. Do preschools differ in promoting children's physical activity? Rationale, design and results of an instrument for the assessment of preschool physical activity programs. BMC Public Health 2013; 13: 795

Dreier M, Kramer S, Stark K, Epidemiologic methods for obtaining reliable data. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Dierks ML, Busse R, Schneider N. [eds]: Public health: health and health care. 3rd completely revised and expanded edition, Elsevier, Urban & Fischer: Munich, 2012, pp. 409-449

Borutta B, Seidel G, Dreier M, Kramer S, Kreusel I, Helmstädter J, Töppich J, Bitzer EM, Dierks ML, Walter U. Systemic evaluation of health information from an expert and user perspective. In: GVG [ed:] Health information in Germany 67. Cologne, 2011, pp. 37-48

Klippel U, Brasseit U, Kramer S, Plaumann M, Schwartz FW, Strote I, Walter U (2007). Definition of the keywords of the field "Public Health". In: Brüggemann S, Irle H, Mai H, Korsukewitz C (eds.). Pschyrembel Dictionary of Social Medicine. Brüggemann S, Irle H, Mai H (Editing) (Eds.). Berlin: de Gruyter, German Pension Insurance.

Kramer S, Raum E, Weissenborn K (in press): Dependence of treatment outcome of stroke patients on sex (gender), social and familial status. Project contribution in the Scientific Series of the NFFG, Volume 4.

Walter U, Kramer S, Röbl M (2005). Physical (in)activity in childhood and adolescence. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 130 (50): 10-12.