Allergic diseases in children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 Allergic diseases are among the most common health issues children and adolescents face. Allergic reactions occur when the immune system becomes allergically sensitised and are detected by measuring levels of specific immunoglobulin E antibodies (IgE ...
Roma Thamm +3 more
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Improving the inclusion and participation of children and adolescents with a migration background in KiGGS Wave 2 [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 In the context of health monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute, the baseline study of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) surveyed a sample of children and adolescents with a migration background ...
Laura Frank +5 more
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Social, health-related, and environmental factors influencing sleep problems of children, adolescents and young adults [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2022 Sleep is a relevant factor for functioning and well-being of young people. The paper provides a differentiated description of sleep difficulties in this population group including social, health-related, and environmental factors. The analyses included n=
Petra Kolip +2 more
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Smoking behaviour among children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 Smoking behaviour during adolescence is particularly important because the pattern of a person’s tobacco consumption in later life usually is established in this period. According to recent data from KiGGS Wave 2, 7.4% of 11 to 17 year-old girls and 7.0%
Johannes Zeiher +2 more
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Utilization of early detection examinations by children in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 Examinations for early detection of diseases (called U-Untersuchungen in Germany) are among the most important prevention measures at childhood age. According to KiGGS Wave 2 data, participation rates are over 95% for most of these examinations.
Claudia Schmidtke +3 more
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Social inequalities in health of children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 The close link between socioeconomic status (SES) and health can already be observed in childhood and adolescence. Although the vast majority of children and adolescents grow up healthily in Germany, social inequalities in health exist.
Benjamin Kuntz +5 more
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KiGGS Wave 2 cross-sectional study – participant acquisition, response rates and representativeness [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 For the third time, wave 2 of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), which is conducted in the context of health monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute, now provides representative cross-sectional data ...
Robert Hoffmann +8 more
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Motorik-Module (MoMo) – the KiGGS Wave 2 module to survey motor performance and physical activity [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2017 Initially, the Motorik-Module (MoMo) Longitudinal Study was surveyed between 2003 and 2006 using a sub-sample from the baseline German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS).
Alexander Woll +2 more
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Toothache, tooth brushing frequency and dental check-ups in children and adolescents with and without disabilities [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2022 According to international studies, children and adolescents with disabilities have more tooth decay, brush their teeth less often twice a day and use preventive dental services less often than children and adolescents without disabilities.
Laura Krause +3 more
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Socioeconomic status and subjective social status measurement in KiGGS Wave 2 [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 This article describes the method applied to measure socioeconomic status (SES) and subjective social status (SSS) in the current wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2), which was conducted ...
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