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    Inequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study

    Although overall health status in the last decades improved, health inequalities due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) persist between and within European countries. There is a lack of studies giving insight...

    Carlos Alexandre Soares Andrade in International Journal for Equity in Health (2023)

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    Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: a sco** literature review

    Within the framework of the burden of disease (BoD) approach, disease and injury burden estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation and priority setting in disease preventi...

    Vanessa Gorasso, Joana Nazaré Morgado, Periklis Charalampous in Archives of Public Health (2023)

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    Methodological considerations in injury burden of disease studies across Europe: a systematic literature review

    Calculating the disease burden due to injury is complex, as it requires many methodological choices. Until now, an overview of the methodological design choices that have been made in burden of disease (BoD) s...

    Periklis Charalampous, Elena Pallari, Vanessa Gorasso in BMC Public Health (2022)

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    A systematic literature review of disability weights measurement studies: evolution of methodological choices

    The disability weight is an essential factor to estimate the healthy time that is lost due to living with a certain state of illness. A 2014 review showed a considerable variation in methods used to derive dis...

    Periklis Charalampous, Suzanne Polinder, Jördis Wothge in Archives of Public Health (2022)

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    Diabetes free life expectancy and years of life lost associated with type 2 diabetes: projected trends in Germany between 2015 and 2040

    Type 2 diabetes (T2D) causes substantial disease burden and is projected to affect an increasing number of people in coming decades. This study provides projected estimates of life years free of type 2 diabete...

    Thaddäus Tönnies, Jens Baumert, Christin Heidemann in Population Health Metrics (2021)

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    Redistributing ill-defined causes of death – a case study from the BURDEN 2020-project in Germany

    The cause of death statistics in Germany include a relatively high share (26% in 2017) of ill-defined deaths (IDD). To make use of the cause of death statistics for Burden of Disease calculations we redistribu...

    Annelene Wengler, Heike Gruhl, Dietrich Plaß, Janko Leddin in Archives of Public Health (2021)

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    Reflections on key methodological decisions in national burden of disease assessments

    Summary measures of population health are increasingly used in different public health reporting systems for setting priorities for health care and social service delivery and planning.

    Elena von der Lippe, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Michelle Gourley in Archives of Public Health (2020)

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    Correction to: Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Grant M. A. Wyper, Ricardo Assunção, Sarah Cuschieri in Archives of Public Health (2020)

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    Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis

    Evidence has emerged showing that elderly people and those with pre-existing chronic health conditions may be at higher risk of develo** severe health consequences from COVID-19. In Europe, this is of partic...

    Grant M. A. Wyper, Ricardo Assunção, Sarah Cuschieri in Archives of Public Health (2020)

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    Assessing the quality of cause of death data in six high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Switzerland

    To assess the policy utility of national cause of death (COD) data of six high-income countries with highly developed health information systems.

    Lene Mikkelsen, Kim Moesgaard Iburg, Tim Adair in International Journal of Public Health (2020)

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    ICD-Codierung von Todesursachen: Herausforderungen bei der Berechnung der Krankheitslast in Deutschland

    Im Projekt BURDEN 2020 – Die Krankheitslast in Deutschland und seinen Regionen – werden anhand der amtlichen Todesursachenstatistik die durch vorzeitige Sterblichkeit verlorenen Lebensjahre (Years of Life Lost...

    Dr. Annelene Wengler, Alexander Rommel in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforsch… (2019)

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    Participation in group-based physical activity programmes for adults in Germany and associated factors: data from a nationwide cohort study

    Characteristics of different participation groups can provide important information to increase participation in group-based physical activity programmes (GPAPs). This study examined four types of participatio...

    Susanne Jordan, Susanne Krug, Elena von der Lippe in BMC Public Health (2018)

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    BURDEN 2020—Burden of disease in Germany at the national and regional level

    Evidence-based policy measures need non-interest-guided information about the health status of a population and the diseases that affect the population the most. In such cases, a national burden of disease stu...

    Alexander Rommel, Elena von der Lippe in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforsch… (2018)

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    Stillverhalten in Deutschland – Neues aus KiGGS Welle 2

    Muttermilch ist im ersten halben Lebensjahr die ideale Ernährung für Säuglinge und bietet gesundheitliche Vorteile für Kind und Mutter. Im Rahmen des Gesundheitsmonitorings des Robert Koch-Institutes werden mi...

    Dr. Anna-Kristin Brettschneider in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforsch… (2018)

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    Mixing modes in a population-based interview survey: comparison of a sequential and a concurrent mixed-mode design for public health research

    Population-based surveys currently face the problem of decreasing response rates. Mixed-mode designs are now being implemented more often to account for this, to improve sample composition and to reduce overal...

    Elvira Mauz, Elena von der Lippe, Jennifer Allen in Archives of Public Health (2018)

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    Health-Risk Behaviour of Women and Men—Differences According to Partnership and Parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) Survey 2009–2010

    Beginning living with a partner and becoming a parent are major life events for both men and women, bringing important changes. These life changes may translate to a more responsible concern with lifestyle and...

    Elena von der Lippe, Petra Rattay in A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Famil… (2018)

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    Typical patterns of modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) in elderly women in Germany: results from the cross-sectional German Health Update (GEDA) study, 2009 and 2010

    Modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) significantly affect morbidity and mortality rates and frequently occur in specific combinations or risk clusters. Using five MHRFs (smoking, high-risk alcohol consumptio...

    Franziska Jentsch, Jennifer Allen, Judith Fuchs, Elena von der Lippe in BMC Women's Health (2017)

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    Proceedings of the International Workshop ‘From Global Burden of Disease Studies to National Burden of Disease Surveillance'

    I1 Introduction and aims of the workshop

    Christa Scheidt-Nave, Thomas Ziese, Judith Fuchs, Dietrich Plass in BMC Proceedings (2016)

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    Psychische und körperliche Gewalterfahrungen in den vergangenen 12 Monaten in der Allgemeinbevölkerung

    Gewalterfahrungen können erhebliche psychosoziale und gesundheitliche Auswirkungen haben. In der bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland (DEGS1) wurde ein Instrument zur Er...

    Dr. Cornelia Lange, Anne Starker in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforsch… (2016)

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    Mode differences in a mixed-mode health interview survey among adults

    Health interview surveys are important data sources for empirical research in public health. However, the diversity of methods applied, such as in the mode of data collection, make it difficult to compare resu...

    Jens Hoebel, Elena von der Lippe, Cornelia Lange, Thomas Ziese in Archives of Public Health (2014)