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301. [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…

302. [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…

303. [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…

304. [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.…

305. [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…

306. [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,…

307. [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…

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

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=683&cHash=2af1bece2b40690afca251ed5225e032
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,…

309. [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…

310. [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…