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2026

Delbosq, S., Bessems, K., Branda, M., Dadaczynski, K., Vennegoor, G., Leksy, K., Klomstén, A.T., & Velasco, V. (2026). A scoping review of instruments measuring the implementation of the Health-Promoting School approach. Health Promotion International, 41(4), daag124. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag124

Meyer, M., Dadaczynski, K., Messer, M., Kristensen, R. M., Simovska, V., Lagiou, A., … & Okan, O. (2026). School principals’ COVID-19 health literacy and its association with mental health: international findings from 11 countries in Europe and Asia. Health Promotion International, 41(4), daag098. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag098

Biscaldi, V., Guerini, J., Ghelfi, M., & Velasco, V. (2026). Instruments used to measure well-being, ill-being, and health-related lifestyle behaviors in students attending Italian universities: a systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health, , 14, 1787567. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1787567

Delbosq, S., Lorini, C., Bonaccorsi, G., Zanobini, P., Vecchio, L.P., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., & Velasco, V. (2026). How to Promote School Principals’ Well-Being? The Role of Job-Related Perceptions and Behaviors. Journal of School Health 96, no. 2: e70111. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.70111.

Ghelfi, M., Marchesi, L., Briziarelli, F., Carozzi, N., & Velasco, V (2026). How online gambling fits into people’s lives: qualitative research on nonproblem gamblers. Current Psychology 45, 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08836-2

2020 – 2025

Branda, M., Meroni, C., Bada, E., Muller, C., Picquot, I., Sørensen, K., & Velasco, V. (2025). How Can Students Be Empowered in Relation to SDGs Through Active Learning? Psychological and Contextual Dimensions Associated with Teachers’ Use of Storytelling in Europe. Education Sciences, 15(12), 1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15121697

Colombo, C.C., Olivari, M.G., Velasco, V., Meroni, C., Baventore, D., Confalonieri, E. (2025). The school psychologist in Lombardy: Exploring differences in relation to seniority and order of school. Ricerche di Psicologia, 48, https://doi.org/10.3280/rip2025oa20600

Delbosq, S., Vecchio, L. P., Lombardia 2022, G. H., & Velasco, V. (2025). Measuring the Professional Identity of Italian Teachers: The Development of the Teacher Role Identity Questionnaire (TRIQ). Identity, 25(4), 534–551. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2024.2427774

Ghelfi, M., Scattola, P., Giudici, G., & Velasco, V. (2024). Online Gambling: A Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors in the Adult Population. Journal of gambling studies, 40(2), 673–699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-023-10258-3

Leksy, K., Gawron, G., Rosário, R., Sormunen, M., Velasco, V., Sandmeier, A., Simovska, V., Wojtasik, T., & Dadaczynski, K. (2024). The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development. Frontiers in Public Health, 11.

Biscaldi, V., Delbosq, S., Ghelfi, M., Serio, J., Vecchio, L.P., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Velasco, V. (2023). A cross-sectional study of university students’ wellbeing: What to focus on?. Psicologia della Salute, 3, 105-124.

Cori E., Vecchio L.P. (Eds.), 2023, Sostenibilità, imprese, lavoro. Una riflessione critica, Bologna: TAO Digital Library. ISBN: 978-88-98626-32-8

Vecchio, L.P.; Greco, A.D. Game-Based Solutions and the Plastic Problem: A Systematic Review. Sustainability 2023, 15, 5558.

Ghelfi, M., Scattola, P., Giudici, G. and Velasco, V. (2023). Online Gambling: A Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors in the Adult Population. Journal of Gambling Studies.

Velasco, V., Gragnano, A., Ghelfi, M., Gruppo Regionale HBSC Lombardia 2014 and Vecchio, L.P. (2023). Health lifestyles during adolescence: clustering of health behaviours and social determinants in Italian adolescents. Journal of Public Health.

Meroni, C., & Velasco, V. (2023). School-Based Interventions for Migrant Students in the Framework of the Health Promoting Whole-School Approach: An Umbrella Review. Sustainability, 15(3), 1894.
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Delbosq, S., Velasco, V., Vercesi, C., & Vecchio, L. P. (2022). Adolescents’ Nutrition: The Role of Health Literacy, Family and Socio-Demographic Variables. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 15719.

Lorini, C., Velasco, V., Bonaccorsi, G., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Zanobini, P., Vecchio, L.P. (2022). Validation of the COVID-19 Digital Health Literacy Instrument in the Italian language: results from a University students’ survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 6247.

Sormunen, M., Lattke, L., Leksy, K., Dadaczynski, K., Sakellari, E., Velasco, V., Borzucka-Sitkiewicz, K., Miranda-Velasco, M., Rabaglietti, E., Rosario, R. (2022). Health promoting schools and COVID-19: Preparing for the future. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50, 6, 655-659.

Biffi, L., Nita, I.E., Giudici, G., e Velasco, V. (2022). Il coinvolgimento dei locali nella prevenzione del gioco d’azzardo: un’azione di corresponsabilità attraverso un codice etico. Psicologia della Salute, 2, 129-144.

Velasco, V., Coppola, L., Veneruso, M. and Lombardian HPS Coordinators (2022). COVID-19 and the Health Promoting School in Italy: Perspectives of educational leaders. Health Education Journal, 81,1, 69-84.
Selected for inclusion in a special online collection of Health Education Journal entitled Health Education in Europe: Past, Present and Future.

Velasco, V.,Cominelli, S., Scattola, P. and Celata, C. (2021). Life skill education at the time of COVID-19: perceptions and strategies of Italian expert school educators. Health Education Research, 36,6, 615-633.

Vecchio, L.P., e Velasco, V. (2021). In quale modo riuscirci? Psicologia della salute, 3, 40-44.

Brivio, F., Fagnani, L., Pezzoli, S., Fontana, I., Biffi, L., Mazzaferro, A.D., Velasco, V., Greco, A. (2021). School health promotion at the time of Covid-19: an exploratory investigation with school leaders and teachers. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 11, 4, 1181-1204.

Meroni, C., Fagnani, L., Confalonieri, E., Baventore, D. and Velasco, V. (2021). The Italian School Psychologists’ Role: A Qualitative Study about Professional Practices and Representations. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 11, 4, 1134-1155.

Velasco, V., Gragnano, A., Gruppo Regionale HBSC Lombardia 2018, Vecchio, L.P: (2021). Health Literacy Levels among Italian Students: Monitoring and Promotion at School. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 19, 9943.

Velasco, V., Scattola, P., Gavazzeni, L., Marchesi, L., Nita, I.E., Giudici, G. (2021). Prevention and Harm Reduction Interventions for Adult Gambling at the Local Level: An Umbrella Review of Empirical Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 18, 9484.

Vecchio, L. e Velasco, V. (2021). The value of qualitative interviews in studying human work experiences: a reflection. TPM, 28, 1, 143-153.