UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

Vita

Sarah-Lena Böning, born 1988, is research associate at the Chair of Social Policy and Methods of Qualitative Social Research of the University of Cologne since October 2015. In her dissertation project she concentrates on digital health monitoring products for self-monitoring (health-tracking, self-tracking) and their interdependencies with self-determination, doctor-patient-interaction and attitudes towards solidarity.

After graduating from her studies of health economics in Cologne and Madrid, she worked as a research associate at the University of Applied Science Koblenz in the department of health care and social services management, and has taught as a visiting lecturer at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, at Yasar University in Turkey and at the University of Sofia in Bulgaria. During an internship she gained experience in the quality management of St. Elisabeth Hospital in Cologne Hohenlind and conducted a survey on the patient wristbands within a patient safety project.

Besides her functions for the chair, Sarah-Lena Böning teaches since 2016 health management students at the Administration and Business Academy Cologne (VWA Köln). Since 2012 she also works as freelance author and editor. For the AOK Verlag she writes on issues regarding quality management and process orientation in inpatient long term care.

Research Area

Sarah-Lena Böning is interested in research regarding health systems, merit goods, solidarity, autonomy and consumer protection in health care. She currently focuses on the development of mHealth and interdependencies of health apps with self-determination, doctor-patient-interaction and attitudes towards solidarity.

Teaching

Winter Term 2017/18
Structure of the German Health Care System (Lecture)
International Comparison of Health Care Systems (Lecture)

Fundamentals and Basic Questions of Social Policy (Lecture at the University Sofia, Bulgaria)

Summer Term 2017
Structure of the German Health Care System (Lecture at VWA Köln)

Winter Term 2016/17
Structure of the German Health Care System (Lecture)
International Comparison of Health Care Systems (Lecture)

Summer Term 2016
Structure of the German Health Care System (Lecture at VWA Köln)

Winter Term 2015/17
Structure of the German Health Care System (Lecture)

Publications

Böning, S. / Maier-Rigaud, R. 2017: Gesundheits- und Verbraucherpolitik. In: Weidenfeld, We. /Wessels, W. (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2017. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag.

Maier-Rigaud, R. / Böning, S-L. 2017: Nudging towards a healthier life? Conceptualising the role of health apps and wearables between empowerment and manipulation. In: Christian Bala and Wolfgang Schuldzinski (Hrsg.): The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent? Proceedings of the International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016.

Böning, S. / Maier-Rigaud, R. 2016: Gesundheits- und Verbraucherpolitik. In: Weidenfeld, We. /Wessels, W. (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2016. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag.

Böning, S./Botzum, E. 2016: Was kann die Gesundheitswirtschaft von der Sozialen Arbeit lernen? In: Matusiewicz, D. /Muhrer-Schwaiger, M. (Hrsg.): Neuvermessung der Gesundheitswirtschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.

Böning, A. / Georgi, Y. (Hrsg.) 2012: PDCA- Qualitätsmanagement in der Pflege. Nachhaltige Prozessverbesserung und schlanke Dokumentation, 1. Auflage. Remagen: AOK-Verlag. (Mitautorin)

Böning, A. (Hrsg.) 2007: Praxisleitfaden für die stationäre Altenpflege. Checklisten - Formblätter - Textbausteine, 1. Auflage. Remagen: AOK-Verlag. (Mitautorin)

Lectures

"Gesundheits-Apps zwischen Selbstermächtigung und sozialstaatlicher Aktivierung. Eine empirische Untersuchung der Erfahrungen, Wahrnehmung und Zukunftsvorstellungen von Verbraucher*innen", together with Prof. Dr. Remi Maier-Rigaud, at the DiTeS conference "Apps & Co zwischen Lenkung und Selbstermächtigung", 24.11.2017, Köln.

"Gesundheitsmonitoring durch Wearables und Health Apps - Verbraucher*innen zwischen Innen- und Außenleitung", together with Prof. Dr. Remi Maier-Rigaud, at the 25. dggö-committee meeting "Gesundheitswirtschaft und E-Health", 13.11.2017, Krefeld.

"Grundlagen der Finanzierung der Sozialen Sicherung und Steuerungsprozesse im Gesundheitswesen", speech as part of the advanced training course "Social medicine/Rehabilitation" of the North-Rhine Academy for further and advanced training of physicians, 28.09.2017, Düsseldorf.

"Do health apps and wearables crowd out solidarity? An analysis of the impact of health monitoring products on attitudes to solidarity in health insurance", together with Prof. Dr. Remi Maier-Rigaud, at Solidarity in Open Societies (SOLIOS), München, Oktober 2016.

"Do health apps and wearables contribute to the individualisation of consumers? An empirical analysis of user behaviour and regulatory implications", together with Prof. Dr. Remi Maier-Rigaud, at the International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR), Bonn, September 2016.