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371. [BIPS Project] Development and evaluation of three-stage procedures for modeling exposure patterns in epidemiological studies

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=719&cHash=4c49d137ae3df7e397786a58daff4c7b
Date: 01-02-18

The interaction of various lifestyle-related factors contributes substantially to the development of multifactorial diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancer. This project aims to develop a novel…

372. [BIPS Project] Dementia in the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=756&cHash=12a5755e50a71e96c6b2286094d4a4ed
Date: 01-02-18

Dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and other forms of dementia (oD) rank highest among neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly. In contrast to the epidemiology of…

373. [BIPS Project] IDEFICS/I.Family Follow-up

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Date: 01-01-18

The 5th wave of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort study was implemented in 2020/2021 as a web-based survey. From the previous survey waves, we had already learned a lot about lifestyle habits such as…

374. [BIPS Project] Causal discovery for cohort data

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=711&cHash=02f48802f43c22cf29a1ecbbbf7bbd64
Date: 01-01-18

This project capitalised on methods of causal discovery to supplement standard statistical analyses and hence paved the way to fully exploit the potential wealth of information provided by cohort…

375. [BIPS Project] Community interpreting services Lower Saxony - Setting up regional capacity for community interpreting

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=750&cHash=7b17b9918be33fbb4794d9f13d54e79b
Date: 01-01-18

The project aims at building a lasting, sustainable and state-wide infrastructure for qualification, agency, supervision and quality management, as well as telephone interpreting. Based on a…

376. [BIPS Project] Health promotion and capacity building with migrants for migrants

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=738&cHash=5d74252b9632ddd4ec9f7a8903ee9e56
Date: 01-09-17

The nationwide “For Migrants with Migrants” (MiMi) health initiative has taken on the task to advance the health literacy of migrants using culturally-sensitive knowledge transfer in native language.…

377. [BIPS Project] Sitting and standing in school - A feasibility study on the use of standing desks in primary schools

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=757&cHash=627d83e76292172d6e5cd0227eeb84cf
Date: 01-08-17

The installation of height adjustable working desks (‘standing desks’) may facilitate reducing sitting time during school hours, which is still matter of investigation: Recent studies showed that…

378. [BIPS Project] Assessing medical radiation exposure in the German National Cohort

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Date: 24-05-17

The aim of this project was to record medical radiation exposure in the NAKO Health Study both retrospectively and prospectively and to determine the respective medical indications. For this purpose,…

379. [BIPS Project] Utilization of surveillance colonoscopy in Germany: Current status and future concepts (KOL-OPT)

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=679&cHash=1b1ae2a3f065444fb910d8dcfce3c0ba
Date: 01-02-17

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in Germany. In most cases, colorectal cancer develops over a long period of time from precancerous lesions which can be removed during a…

380. [BIPS Project] Studying drug safety during pregnancy based on routine data in Germany

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Date: 01-02-17

Examining the safety of drug use during pregnancy based on claims data in Germany Pregnant women need drug treatment if an untreated illness were to endanger the mother or unborn child. However,…