Evidence-based public health messaging on the non-visual effects of ocular light exposure

Consensus statements for a coordinated health communication campaign

Manuel Spitschan
Technical University of Munich & Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

Laura Kervezee
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Oliver Stefani
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland

Marijke Gordijn
Chrono@Work & University of Groningen, Netherlands

Jennifer A. Veitch
National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Renske Lok
Stanford University, USA

On behalf of the Ladenburg Light and Health Consortium

About

This repository contains the source code for the website underlying the Ladenburg Consensus Statements, a Quarto-based website that compiles expert consensus on the intersection of public health and digital transformation.

The live website is available at: lightforpublichealth.org (DOI: 10.17617/1.4a6s-ec74).

Permanent Zenodo archive of this repository: .

Overview

The website presents these consensus statements, background information, and details about the contributing consortium.

Repository structure

The repository is organized as follows:

• index.qmd – Homepage of the website
• foreword.qmd – Foreword written by Anna Wirz-Justice
• background-information.qmd – Detailed background on the topics addressed
• consensus-statements.qmd – The main consensus statements
• consortium.qmd – Information about the contributing experts and organizations
• supporting-orgs.qmd – List of supporting organizations
• materials.qmd - Materials and resources
• press.qmd - Press kit
• funding.qmd – Funding sources and acknowledgments
• imprint.qmd – Legal information and imprint
• license-statements.qmd – Licensing information for the content
• references.bib – Bibliographic references used in the documents
• styles.css – Custom CSS styles for the website
• _quarto.yml – Quarto configuration file
• CITATION.cff – Citation file for the project
• LICENSE – Project license (CC-BY-4.0)

Getting started

To build and serve the website locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/tscnlab/LadenburgConsensusStatements.git
   cd LadenburgConsensusStatements

2. Install Quarto:

   Ensure you have Quarto installed on your system.

3. Render the website:

   quarto preview

   This command will render the website and serve it locally. You can view it in your browser at http://localhost:4200/.

License

The content of this project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Citation

If you use or reference this work, please cite it as follows:

Spitschan, M., Kervezee, L., Stefani, O., Gordijn, M., Veitch, J. A., Lok, R., & Ladenburg Light and Health Consortium (2025). Evidence-based public health messaging on the non-visual effects of ocular light exposure: Core statements for a coordinated health communication campaign. DOI: 10.17617/1.4a6s-ec74.

Contact

For questions or further information, please visit lightforpublichealth.org or contact Manuel Spitschan at [email protected].