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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Developing a SSPH+ Initiative for Students' Mental Health
Background Mental health is best conceived as a public good worth investing in for sustainable development. Already before 2020, prevalence studies estimated that in youth aged 25 years or less up to 1 in 5 would have experienced some kind of mental health disorders, psychological distress, or both. Moreover, recent ...
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Home care workers’ health risks of exposure to heat waves
Background Climate change is increasing the likelihood of heatwaves. Their duration and intensity are becoming more extreme, especially in urban areas. Heatwaves represent a significant health risk for all people. But for some socio-economic groups, such as home care professionals, they are especially challenging. ...
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Preliminary study for an innovative lift retrofit system for people with disabilities
The company flexomobil ag was founded just a few months ago and builds on the decades of experience of Flexo-Handlauf GmbH. Flexo-Handlauf GmbH has many years of experience in retrofitting handrails in detached houses and apartment blocks, and it has become clear that retrofitting stair lifts has disadvantages as ...
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Evaluating, Identifying and REducing determinants MHC in Youth (EARLY)
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Quality indicators of polydisciplinary medical expert reports from the perspective of social security studies / law and empirical legal studies
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Psychosocial factors in the everyday life of refugee children in collective centers - an explorative analysis
Refugee children and their parents live in a difficult and often stressful health situation. In the study "Psychosocial factors in the everyday lives of refugee children in collective centers", we are interested in what can help children deal with their challenges. The project examines their living situation and ...
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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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DSembedded: Integrating discipline-specific Know How into Data Stewardship
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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 healthconditions (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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Improving the well-being of residents in care homes by making catering services more flexible with the help of technology
It was known from previous projects that catering services in retirement and nursing homes are currently strongly geared towards working hours and the presence of employees. With the increasing individualisation of society, it can be assumed that future residents will demand more flexible catering options. It can ...
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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
Background and aim: Delivering fair and just health care is a fundamental ethical obligation within healthcare. Nevertheless, the professional competency standards outlined by the Conference of Rectors of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences do not incorporate sex and gender as crucial dimensions. However, all ...
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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 ...