Projects
The following projects were carried out by, or in cooperation with, the School of Health Sciences at the ZHAW.
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IMAgiNE EURO (Improving MAternal Newborn carE In the EURO Region)
IMAgiNE EURO (Improving MAternal Newborn carE In the EURO Region), coordinated by the WHO Collaborating center of the Child Referral Hospital and Research Institute (IRCCS) Burlo Garofolo Trieste is a project based on a network of currently 20 countries. It includes two online surveys (one for mothers, the other for ...
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Producing an Arthritis Value-Framework with Economic Evidence – Paving the Way for Rare Childhood Disease (PAVE)
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User-centric Development for Group Antenatal Care in Switzerland
The innovative antenatal care service zäme schwanger is offered by Hebamme unterwegs in cooperation with the Thetriz lab at ZHAW. It is planned that the pilot programme "zäme schwanger" (hereafter service) will be disseminated and implemented throughout Switzerland by Hebamme unterwegs and other midwifery practices. ...
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Translation of the Back Pain Attitude Questionnaire (Back-PAQ) and review of its psychometric properties
This project comprises the translation into German and the testing of the psychometric properties (reliability, validity) of the Back Pain Attitude Questionnaire (Back-PAQ) in German-speaking Switzerland. The questionnaire captures the views and beliefs of people with/without back pain as well as of health ...
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Design Living-Lab
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Mobile Inclusion Lab
We create a Real-Lab (Mobile Inclusion Lab, “MobILe”) that enables experimental development of sustainable rehabilitation and assistive (R&A) technologies for people with disabilities. By providing a toolkit (hardware and software, e.g., 3D-printing, sensors, motors, human-computer interfaces) with teaching and ...
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Building a global bridge in health professions
Motivation/Rational Given the rapid change in the health care capacity and demand land-scape globally, looking at international collaboration for health professional education is key to success to meet future challenges nurses and midwives will be confronted with. The School of Health Sciences ZHAW has engaged in ...
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Development and evaluation of a blended patient education and self-management program for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease.
Background Self-management programs aim to improve patients’ abilities to cope with their chronic disease. However, validated and established programs for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD) are missing. Goal We aim to develop a modern blended patient education and self-management program for ...
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Creating Inclusive Education: from the Perspectives of Children, Parents, Teachers and Others
Inclusive schools teach children skills to engage with each other and do things together in classrooms, playgrounds, and other places, disregarding differences in abilities, gender, race, class, and language. Education is contextualised within local systems, varying across socio-historical and cultural settings. ...
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National Nutrition Survey for children and adolescents