Stephan Voß

Research Interest

Project Title:
Process evaluation of a complex intervention in a municipal setting

Health promoting interventions can be considered as complex interventions. They often include various elements that interact with each other and the context they are established in. This raises the need for careful evaluation. Process evaluations investigate why an intervention works or fails in a specific setting. In my Ph.D. project, I conduct a process evaluation of a project in the Munich district Freiham that aims to reduce health inequalities in children using a mixed methods approach with an emphasis on qualitative methods.

Areas of interest:
Evaluation of complex intervention, community health, mixed methods, qualitative research

Supervisor(s)

Prof. Eva Rehfuess

Education

2019-present:
Research Associate at Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research at LMU Munich

2017-2019:
M.Sc. Public Health at LMU Munich

2004-2009:
M.A. Political Science, Psychology and Intercultural Communication at LMU Munich

Work experience:
2011-2018 :
Science Journalist at "Wort und Bild Verlags GmbH"

Key Publications

Voss, S., Bauer, J., Jung-Sievers, C., Moore, G., Rehfuess, E., Wagner, L. C., & Coenen, M. (2024). “A place where I have lost and made friends”: A photovoice study on adolescents’ perspectives on health in a new residential development area in Munich, Germany. Health & Place, 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103384

Voss, S., Bauer, J., Jung-Sievers, C., Moore, G., Rehfuess, E., Rhein, V. Z., & Coenen, M. (2024). Process evaluation of an integrated community-based intervention for promoting health equity in children in a new residential development area. Arch Public Health, 82(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01246-z

Voss, Stephan, Coenen, Michaela, Jung-Sievers, Caroline and Rehfuess, Eva. "Evaluation von kommunalen Präventionsketten: Das Beispiel München-Freiham" Public Health Forum, vol. 32, no. 3, 2024, pp. 259-262. https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2024-0048

Movsisyan, A., Wendel, F., Bethel, A., Coenen, M., Krajewska, J., Littlecott, H., Stöckl, H., Voss, S., Wollmershäuser, T., & Rehfuess, E. (2024). Inflation and health: a global scoping review. The Lancet Global Health, 12(6), e1038-e1048. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00133-5

Hummel, J., Voss, S., Clark, H., Coenen, M., Klein, C., Rehfuess, E. A., Zu Rhein, V., Voigt-Blaurock, V., & Jung-Sievers, C. (2023). Implementing a psychosocial care approach in pediatric inpatient care: process evaluation of the pilot Child Life Specialist program at the University Hospital of Munich, Germany. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1178871

Burns, J., Movsisyan, A., Stratil, J. M., Biallas, R. L., Coenen, M., Emmert-Fees, K. M., Geffert, K., Hoffmann, S., Horstick, O., Laxy, M., Klinger, C., Kratzer, S., Litwin, T., Norris, S., Pfadenhauer, L. M., von Philipsborn, P., Sell, K., Stadelmaier, J., Verboom, B.,…Rehfuess, E. (2021). International travel-related control measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 3(3), CD013717. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013717.pub2

Voss, S., Schneider, A., Huth, C., Wolf, K., Markevych, I., Schwettmann, L., Rathmann, W., Peters, A., & Breitner, S. (2021). Long-term exposure to air pollution, road traffic noise, residential greenness, and prevalent and incident metabolic syndrome: Results from the population-based KORA F4/FF4 cohort in Augsburg, Germany. Environ Int, 147, 106364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106364