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ResearchDialogue - Shaping Health Together
The ResearchDialogue Portal provides the public with comprehensible information on research projects and studies. It contains descriptions and explanations that help people to understand our research. We would like to use this portal to enter into a dialogue with our citizens and patients. The portal is part of our citizen science approach that is important to us in order to receive feedback from the public. In the near future, you will also find information here on studies and research initiatives in the field of health that are particularly geared towards exchange and cooperation with citizens.
Projects at a glance
I.Family
Investigating the determinants of food choice, lifestyle and health in European children, adolescents and their parents. Building on data gained from over 10,000 children in the IDEFICS study, the EC funded project I.Family provided further insight into the most important influences on Europe’s young people, their lifestyle behaviour and their eating habits.
Corona-KiTa study
The project aims to find out what happened in childcare centers in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic and what challenges were faced. To this end, parents, educators and day care center managers were surveyed in various formats over the period from August 2020 to June 2022 to find out how frequently infections occurred in day care centers, how they spread and how people protected themselves. In addition, individual chains of infection in certain facilities were traced in detail. This showed that day care centers were not drivers of the pandemic.
CoVerlauf
Participants with SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 infection were surveyed regarding pre-existing conditions and symptoms at the time of infection and approximately 3 months after infection. The aim of the study was to identify risk factors for a severe course of the disease. The study results indicate that even mild symptoms such as fatigue, respiratory difficulties, cognitive problems, or headaches and body aches at the time of infection are associated with an increased likelihood of developing Post-COVID or Long-COVID.
Days in Motion (DiM)
This project studied how couples can support each other to become more physically active by making plans together. It found that when partners work as a team, they might be more successful in staying active, but the effects were not very strong. The research suggests that joint planning could be a helpful way to encourage daily exercise in couples.
