Projects Public Health
The team of the Public Health research unit designs, acquires and conducts scientific studies in the field of Public Health.
Project Database
The projects of the public health research unit are in chronological order. If you are looking for a specific research project you may use the search-function.
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Ask the Patient: Improving Swiss Healthcare Value through Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs)
Background Scientifically validate a generic patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for use in Switzerland. Aim Does the PROMIS-29 instrument exhibited acceptable psychometrics for recommendable use in Switzerland? Method PROM-Stakeholder meeting already conducted. Systematic literature review of previous PROMs in ...
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Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early?
In our project, we focus on the labor force participation of older workers with adverse health conditions (i.e., chronic conditions, injuries, or illnesses, both in physical and mental terms). Evidence shows that a non-negligible share of workers experiences adverse health conditions at the end of their careers. ...
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Producing an Arthritis Value-Framework with Economic Evidence – Paving the Way for Rare Childhood Disease (PAVE)
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Design Living-Lab
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National Nutrition Survey for children and adolescents
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ADHS-Digital: Testing of a «Roundtable-Boardgame»
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Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy
The project aims to increase awareness and competence regarding gender-related health issues in the physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing curricula by 1) identifying topics that need to be addressed with regard to sex and gender; 2) collecting the current status regarding sex and gender in the ...
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Health Technology Assessment: Medicines for Dementia due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease
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Literature Screening for SSPH+
Preamble A large number of scientific publications become available on a daily basis, reflecting the rapid development of knowledge and progress of science on COVID-19 related issues. Leading authorities should base decisions or policies on this knowledge; hence they need to master the actual state of this ...
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Serious Game Approach to improving Writing Skills in School-Aged Children
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Suicide attempts in young LGBTQ+ in Switzerland – contexts and help-seeking: A grounded theory study
Background Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans youth (LGBT youth) are more frequently affected by suicidal behaviour than the heterosexual and cisgender population. In Switzerland, however, there are no studies that could instruct suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ adolescents within the framework of the national suicide ...
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Public COVID-19 pandemic discourses
The containment of the COVID19 pandemic relies heavily on the communication between public health organizations and individual social groups. Therefore, public discourses and discursive practices of specific audiences play a crucial role in the policy implementation during a pandemic. Through discourse analysis and ...
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ADHD digital - Scientific counselling and evaluation of a pilot project.
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HEalth in Students during the Corona pandemic
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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
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Fine motor skills in school-aged Children with ADHD: A case-control study using digital pens (FAST)
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Prevention and Intervention of Neck Pain in Swiss Office-Workers (NEXpro)
Background and Aims Neck pain is among the most common musculoskeletal disorders worldwide. It poses a major burden on office workers, resulting in discomfort and decreased work productivity. Despite the expected growth of the service sector, the current literature does not offer a convincing approach to address ...
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The Social Integration of People with Chronic Diseases Through Quantified Self Technologies
The aim of the project is to make a contribution to the area "Diversity" of the research focus "Social Integration". A publication is intended to highlight the gap between the needs of patients and health professionals. The aim is to develop solutions for medical-therapeutic practice as well as training and further ...
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Health inequalities and the prolongation of working life
Current demographic and economic developments in Western societies fuel a trend of extending working life. The public and academic debates about postponing retirement age give little attention to heterogeneity in aging. This project aims at examining the effects of the transition from employment to retirement on ...