Community & Health
Our goal is to identify risk and protective factors for health and disease in community settings (discovery science), to test which interventions improve health in the community (evaluation science), and to assess ways to implement these findings into real-world programs and policy (implementation science).
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Body height and mortality
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This study examines the associations between body height and mortality for cancer and cardiovascular disease. |
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Cancer incidence in the
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This project registers patients with newly detected cancer in the cantons of Zurich and Zug in order to compute incidence rates of cancer. |
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CAPACITY: Community approach to increase physical activity in older adults
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CAPACITY evaluates a community-based physical activity promotion intervention appropriate for older adults. |
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Children with special health Meichun Mohler-Kuo
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The study aims to estimate the prevalence of children from 10 to 15 years old with special health care needs. |
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Cochrane Public Health Europe
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As a Cochrane Public Health Europe satellite, our overall aim is to support the dissemination and use of public health evidence by public health decision makers. |
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Demographic Change and State of Health in Switzerland
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The project aims at examining pathways empowering individuals to stay healthy as long as possible. |
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Diet and cancer risk
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This project examines the association between lifestyle and environmental factors and cancer mortality in Switzerland. |
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Estimation of the public health impact of meat consumption in Switzerland
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We use data from MenuCH in order to estimate the frequency and determinants of consumption of animal products and its impact on health. |
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Evaluation of Vitamin D Status in pregnant women and neonates
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This study determines vitamin D concentrations in pregnant women and neonates. |
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Health inequalities
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This project aims at comparing variation in life expectancy, self-rated health and cause-specific mortality by educational level in Switzerland with the situation in other European countries |
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Health Technology Assessments for the Swiss Medical Board (Dementia, Bariatric Surgery)
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We perform Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) for the Swiss Medical Board, in cooperation with units at the Universities of Basel and Geneva. |
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Impact of green space on health
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We examine the impact of green space on health, and evaluate how much of this effect is due to less pollution. |
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Knowledge and perception of vaccination among adolescents
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As part of the measles elimination campaign in the Canton of Zurich, we evaluate knowledge and perception of vaccination among adolescents attending the first year of apprenticeship training. |
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M-HEALTH Oliver Gruebner
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We work on providing big geo- social media data that will allow studies on health and social behaviour monitoring |
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Measles Elimination Zurich: defining the role of school doctors
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We evaluate the role of school doctors employed in the Canton of Zurich in measles vaccination and the factors that motivate school doctors to vaccinate. |
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Medical end-of-life decisions
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Medical progress increases the need for medical decisions at the end-of-life - this study examines the determinants of continuing or forgoing life-prolonging procedures. |
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Mercury biomonitoring in urine and hair of women and children in a region with partly elevated mercury levels in soil in Switzerland
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We conducted a mercury biomonitoring study using urine and hair samples of women and children in a region in the upper Valais with partly elevated mercury levels in the soil. |
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Modifiable risk and protective factors of cancer - a population based approach in Switzerland
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We determine risk factors as well as protective factors of cancer mortality in Switzerland. |
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Mortality risk by occupation and education in the Swiss National Cohort
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Population based analyses of socio-demographic determinants of mortality are scarce and often unreliable - a shortcoming that can be solved with the Swiss National Cohort. |
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Occupational exposure
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We evaluate the association between occupation and death for different occupations. We are compiling a brochure showing mortality and life expectancy for as many professions as possible. |
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Opair: Health impact assessment of Plan Opair
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This project is a health impact assessment of reductions in air pollution through plan Opair in the greater Lausanne area. |
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Overweight and obesity
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We evaluate the distribution and determinants of overweight and obesity in school children in the city of Zurich. |
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PASTA: physical activity through sustainable transportation approaches
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PASTA is a broadband, interdisciplinary, pan-European project on active travel and its determinants, its relation with physical activity and safety, and its health impacts. |
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Prevalence, risk factors and consequences of gestational overweight/diabetes
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We analyze the prevalence of excess weight gain during pregnancy and associated determinants and risks. |
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SELFIS project: Implementation evaluation of the LWWCOPD program
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With the SELFIS study we evaluate the implementation of the “Living well with COPD“ self-management program by Cantonal Lung Associations in their already existing offers of preventive and therapeutic services. |
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SPLASHY -
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Pilot Study Observational Study |
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Swiss MS Registry: Supply and Demand of MS Care (2)
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This substudy of the MS Registry will explore patterns of care access and treatment among Swiss persons with MS to detect possible over- or underuse of care. |
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Swiss National Vaccination Coverage Survey: Vaccination status of children and adolescents in Switzerland
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We conduct a survey of vaccination coverage of children and adolescents in all 26 cantons within a 3-year cycle. |
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VALVE: Videoanalyse im Langsamverkehr (of slow-moving traffic)
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This is an exploratory project about the feasibility of automated video analysis for the evaluation of safety measures in active travel planning. |
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Variations in Prostate Cancer Mortality in Switzerland
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We analyze the difference in prostate cancer mortality between language regions in Switzerland and of explanatory risk and protective factors. |
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Discovery Science
Evaluation Science
Implementation Science
