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241. [BIPS Project] Malnutrition in the elderly Knowledge Hub

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Date: 01-04-16

The Joint Action “Malnutrition in the Elderly Knowledge Hub” is part of the Strategic Research Agenda of the Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life”. Objectives of the…

242. [BIPS Project] Identification of typical domains of physcial activity in 2-10 years old children

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=686&cHash=6b087aa0b8a3123320d1700880e791fb
Date: 01-11-16

The promotion of physical activity is an important element in the prevention of childhood overweight and childhood obesity. However, overweight interventions aimed at behavioral change have shown…

243. [BIPS Project] Longitudinal analysis on the medical and psychotherapeutic treatment of ADHD children using secondary data

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Date: 01-11-16

The therapeutic strategies to treat ADHD in children and adolescents are diverse. In addition to medication, they include psychotherapeutic interventions and in particular cognitive behavior therapy,…

244. [BIPS Project] Use of routine data for pharmacovigilance in Germany: Method development and initial applications

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=682&cHash=0c0a196b94f82e6d713e27ec56faed29
Date: 01-01-17

Adverse drug events are one of the most frequent causes of death. There are market withdrawals for pharmaceutical products from time to time, because severe side effects were not recognized before…

245. [BIPS Project] Respondent driven sampling as a new method for recruiting vulnerable population groups

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=704&cHash=964b07044999e0b6277439f8b9da2c8f
Date: 01-01-17

Persons with a migration background are often underrepresented in health studies using standard recruitment methods. Such a selective sample composition may seriously distort investigations on the…

246. [BIPS Project] Utilization of surveillance colonoscopy in Germany: Current status and future concepts

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…

247. [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,…

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

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=691&cHash=15331e3cb46e8702eabc1272a506d5d8
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,…

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

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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…

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

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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.…