Projects
The following projects were carried out by, or in cooperation with, the School of Health Sciences at the ZHAW.
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Wearables & Apps for mental health
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Challenges for families of longterm survivors of childhood cancer during transition from adolescence to young adulthood - phase 1
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Understanding the Interactions of Influencing Factors on Restraint Use in Swiss Intensive Care Units: A Mixed Methods Multi-Case Study
Background: Physical and pharmacological restraints are frequently applied in intensive care patients to prevent accidental removal of devices. However, due to their contradictory benefits and ethical considerations, legal and health care institutions recommended a reduction of restraint use. Despite the awareness ...
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Preventive Home Adaptation
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Measuring headache and headache-related dysfunction in Swiss office workers
Primary headaches belong to the most prevalent conditions, leading to pain and disability in the general population and especially in office workers (OW). In a Swiss survey in 2010, a monthly prevalence of 35% in OW has been demonstrated.The Swiss National Foundation has approved a study coordinated by ZHAW to ...
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Measuring participation of young children
The Young Children Participation Environment Measure (YC-PEM) is a proxy assessment that describes the participation of young children and environmental features in activities at home, in daycare and preschool and in the community. With the YC-PEM, parents and professionals can learn more about the current ...
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NM4SAFETY – Strengthening knowledge and competencies of Nurse Managers for a Safe care environment
Background: Although patient safety is a fundamental principle of health care, a significant number of patients are often unintentionally injured whilst receiving health care, resulting in permanent injury, disability, longer length of hospital stay, death. Nurses have a central role in promoting patient safety in ...
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Intercultural Nursing Educators and Students (TraINErs)
Background: The diverse society in Switzerland dictates that intercultural competent nurses are needed. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) however claims that healthcare staff in Switzerland lack intercultural skills. Training programs for health care professionals is considered a key intervention to ...
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A corpus linguistic approach to childhood public health
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Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system