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CHRISSINI MARIA

ΕΔΙΠ

Expert

Her research focuses on the field of Early Childhood Education, with a specialization in Health Education and Health Promotion, with special interest in lifestyle factors (obesity, nutrition and physical activity) affecting the health sector of young children, both within the family and school context.

Education

  • Post-doc in health literacy determinants in elementary school children (aged 10-12 years), in Greece: dimensions, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the School of Health Sciences and Education of the Harokopio University, 2022.
  • PhD, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 2019
  • MSc in Comparative Education & Human Rights, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Athens, in inter-university collaboration with Institute of Education, University of London, 2003
  • BSc in Early Childhood Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Athens, 1996

Research Interests

  • Health literacy and childhood obesity prevention
  • Design and implementation of Health Education and nutritional intervention programs for preschool and school age children
  • Public health
  • Socio-cultural differences in nutritional education/behaviour and physical activity in children.

Publications

  • Chrissini MK, Panagiotakos DB. Public health interventions tackling childhood obesity at European level: A literature review. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Nov 22;30:102068. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102068. PMID: 36531092; PMCID: PMC9747664
  • Μ. ΧΡΥΣΙΝΗ, Δ. ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΑΚΟΣ «Παιδική παχυσαρκία ως οιωνός πρώιμου οξέος εμφράγματος του μυοκαρδίου σε νέους ενήλικες», ΑΘΗΡΩΜΑ, 2021:25(4).
  • Chrissini MK, Panagiotakos DB. Health literacy as a determinant of childhood and adult obesity: a systematic review. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2021 Feb 12;33(3):9-39. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2020-0275. PMID: 33592684.
  • Kanellopoulou A, Notara V, Antonogeorgos G, Chrissini M, Rojas-Gil AP, Kornilaki EN, Lagiou A, Panagiotakos DB. Inverse Association Between Health Literacy and Obesity Among Children in Greece: A School-Based, Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Study. Health Educ Behav. 2021 Jan 15:1090198120982944. doi: 10.1177/1090198120982944. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33451250.
  • Maria Chrissini, IoannaTsiligianni, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla, Nikolaos Tzanakis. Greek and Immigrant Kindergarteners’ Dietary Habits and BMI: Attica, Greece in Austere Times. Health Behav Policy Rev.™ 2020;7(6):498-510.DOI: https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.7.6.1