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Christiana Nöstlinger was trained as a clinical and health psychologist at the University of Vienna and completed her PhD in 1989. She obtained a postdoctoral fellowship to specialize in behavioral and psychosexual research at the HIV-Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University (New York).
She was professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Vienna between 2016-2018. Before she held various positions as a clinical psychologist, researcher, and lecturer, and worked as a consultant to various European and international organizations in Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Since 2005 she works at ITM, leading several social science research projects. This has included the social science component of research on pre_Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), scientific coordination of the Eurosupport projects (Eurosupport projects 4-6), leading the evaluation work-package of the European Joint Action "Quality Action: Improving the Quality of HIV Prevention in Europe", and the prevention work-package of Sialon II (all funded through the European Public Health Projects funded by the European Public Health Programme/CHAFEA). She developed and evaluated HIV prevention projects in the South (e.g. Kenya, Uganda) targeting adolescents living with HIV. She is also the coordinator of the Flemish Programme "HIV prevention and sexual health promotion for sub-Saharan African migrants living in Flanders" (commissioned by the Flemish Ministry of Public Health, Well-being and the Family).
Her area of expertise relates to social science and behavioral research on human (sexual) health behavior and its contextual components, such as lifestyle-related health issues (gender and health, sexual and reproductive health, health promotion for key populations such as migrants, young people and men having sex-with-men, particularly in the field of sexual health and HIV/AIDS). She is experienced in developing, implementing, and evaluating health behavior interventions using an evidence-based, theory-guided and systematic approach. She works with community-based, participatory research approaches and with both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Research lines
- Research on health behavior and its determinants, particularly in the area of sexual and reproductive health, including migration as a social determinant of health
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating theory-based health promotion interventions targeting different levels (i.e. individuals, social groups, and communities), e.g. the projects Eurosupport 6 and the Treatment Literacy project.
- Providing theory-based health promotion expertise and capacity building at local, regional, national and international levels, the latter particularly related to international health in resource-constrained settings.
- Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration relating to the study field both within ITM as well as with other relevant organisations on a national and international level.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor
External positions
Professor, University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology
1-Oct-2016 → 30-Sep-2018Keywords
- S263-social-psychology
- HIV/AIDS
- sexual health
- S290-social-medicine
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Queer people in straight systems: The impact of sexual orientation laws on the health of sexual minorities
Siegel, M., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C. & Pietschnig, J.
17/04/20 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Understanding why and how adolescent friendly conditions of health services affect the health outcomes of Nigerian adolescents living with HIV
Badejo, O. A., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C., Van Belle, S., Wouters, E. & Jolayemi, T.
1/01/19 → …
Project: PhD-project
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PreP_OPTIMIZE: Optimise PrEP to Maximise Impact
Laga, M., Vuylsteke, B., Reyniers, T., Loos, J., Nöstlinger, C. & Van Aerde, K.
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research Project
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HIV-prevention among Sub-Saharan migrants
Loos, J., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C. & Colebunders, B.
7/06/12 → 25/06/18
Project: PhD-project
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Sialon II: Capacity building in combining targeted prevention with meaningful HIV surveillance among MSM
Nöstlinger, C., Laga, M., Vanden Berghe, W., van Wijk, V. & Everaert, R.
European Commission - Executive Agency for Health & Consumers
1/11/11 → 31/01/15
Project: Research Project
Research output
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Process evaluation of a bio-behavioural HIV research combined with prevention among GBMSM in 13 European countries
Sialon II Network, 2021, In : Global Public Health. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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A multicountry European study on Succeed: a general quality improvement tool in HIV prevention
Urwitz, V., Vuylsteke, B., Apers, H., Hales, D., Wentzlaff-Eggebert, M. & Nostlinger, C., 2020, In : Health Promotion International. 35, 5, p. 935-946 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Development and evaluation of an HIV-testing intervention for primary care: protocol for a mixed methods study
Apers, H., Vuylsteke, B., Loos, J., Smekens, T., Deblonde, J., Van Beckhoven, D. & Nöstlinger, C., 2020, In : JMIR Research Protocols. 9, 8, p. e16486Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Drug use, depression and sexual risk behaviour: a syndemic among early pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adopters in Belgium?
Nöstlinger, C., Reyniers, T., Smekens, T., Apers, H., Laga, M., Wouters, K. & Vuylsteke, B., 2020, In : AIDS Care. 32, Suppl.2, p. 57-64 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Identifying key elements to inform HIV-testing interventions for primary care in Belgium
HERMETIC Study Grp, 2020, In : Health Promotion International. 35, 2, p. 301-311 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article