Veröffentlicht: 05. Dezember 2024 ; Gesehen am 10.06.2025
Global Health; Health status; Infectious diseases; Intrafamilial spread; Maternal and Child Health; Migration and Health; Minor refugees; Public Health; Risk Factors; Social Work and Migration; Ukraine; Vaccination status
In 2022, over 1,000,000 people from Ukraine fled to Germany, mostly women and children. The aim of this study was to determine health status and socio-demographic background of Ukrainian refugee minors in Germany and to compare that to German minors. In this study, Ukrainian refugees of all ages, who voluntarily made contact with the study centres via flyers or refugee shelters, were interviewed with the help of trained interpreters from 09–12/2022. We assessed data from minors and their families on socio-economic status, general health perception, current and pre-existing infectious and non-contagious diseases, and vaccination status. The data for the minors were collected by interviewing the accompanying adults. In addition, a physical examination and serological screening for infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases were performed. Overall, 392 minors and accompanying adults (358) were included. Minors’ general and mental health were reported as “at least good" in 83% (316) and 80% (304), respectively. In 16% (63), infectious or other underlying diseases were recorded. Tuberculosis infections (7, 1.8%) and hepatitis C (2, 0.5%) were found through the serological tests. HIV could only be detected in one previously known case. Self-reported vaccinations against measles and varicella, for example, did not match serological findings (protection against measles 304; 84%; varicella 230; 64%). Conclusion: Accompanying adults often rate the general health and well-being of Ukrainian refugee minors as rather poor. Frequently, self-reported vaccinations and preexisting diseases did not match serology results; therefore, Ukrainian refugee minors without formal vaccination certificate should be offered all recommended vaccinations and be generously screened for hepatitis B, C and HIV in addition to tuberculosis.
European journal of pediatrics Berlin : Springer Science & Business Media B.V., 1975 184(2025), 1, Artikel-ID 64, Seite 1-15 Online-Ressource
American Medical Directors Association Journal of the American Medical Directors Association New York, NY : Elsevier, 2001 24(2023), 5, Seite 609-618 Online-Ressource
von Julia Hoffmann ; Sabine Hanß ; Monika Kraus ; Jens Schaller ; Christian Schäfer ; Dana Stahl ; Stefan Anker ; Gabriele Anton ; Thomas Bahls ; Stefan Blankenberg ; Arne Blumentritt ; Leif-Hendrik Boldt ; Steffen Cordes ; Steffen Desch ; Wolfram Doehner ; Marcus Dörr ; Frank Edelmann ; Ingo Eitel ; Matthias Endres ; Stefan Engelhardt ; Jeanette Erdmann ; Katharina Eulenburg ; Volkmar Falk ; Stephan B. Felix ; Derk Frank ; Thomas Franke ; Norbert Frey ; Tim Friede ; Lars Geidel ; Lisa Germans ; Ulrich Grabmaier ; Martin Halle ; Jörg Hausleiter ; Vera Jakobi ; Ahmad-Fawad Jebran ; Alexander Jobs ; Stefan Kääb ; Mahir Karakas ; Hugo Katus ; Alexandra Klatt ; Christoph Knosalla ; Joachim Krebser ; Ulf Landmesser ; Mahsa Lee ; Kristin Lehnert ; Stephanie Lesser ; Katrin Leyh ; Roberto Lorbeer ; Stephanie Mach-Kolb ; Benjamin Meder ; Eike Nagel ; Christian H. Nolte ; Abdul S. Parwani ; Astrid Petersmann ; Miriam Puls ; Henriette Rau ; Maximilian Reiser ; Otto Rienhoff ; Tabea Scharfe ; Mario Schattschneider ; Heiko Scheel ; Renate Schnabel ; Andreas Schuster ; Boris Schmitt ; Tim Seidler ; Moritz Seiffert ; Barbara-Elisabeth Stähli ; Adriane Stas ; Thomas J. Stocker ; Lukas von Stülpnagel ; Holger Thiele ; Rolf Wachter ; Reza Wakili ; Tanja Weis ; Kerstin Weitmann ; Heinz Erich Wichmann ; Philipp Wild ; Tanja Zeller ; Wolfgang Hoffmann ; Elisabeth Maria Zeisberg ; Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann ; Dagmar Krefting ; Titus Kühne ; Annette Peters ; Gerd Hasenfuß ; Steffen Massberg ; Thomas Sommer ; Stefanie Dimmeler ; Thomas Eschenhagen ; Matthias Nauck
Online veröffentlicht: 8. März 2023 ; Gesehen am 17.09.2024
Artificial Intelligence; Cardiovascular disease; Data and biomaterial collection; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research; Medical Ethics; Research platform; Standardisation
The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) is one of the German Centres for Health Research and aims to conduct early and guideline-relevant studies to develop new therapies and diagnostics that impact the lives of people with cardiovascular disease. Therefore, DZHK members designed a collaboratively organised and integrated research platform connecting all sites and partners. The overarching objectives of the research platform are the standardisation of prospective data and biological sample collections among all studies and the development of a sustainable centrally standardised storage in compliance with general legal regulations and the FAIR principles. The main elements of the DZHK infrastructure are web-based and central units for data management, LIMS, IDMS, and transfer office, embedded in a framework consisting of the DZHK Use and Access Policy, and the Ethics and Data Protection Concept. This framework is characterised by a modular design allowing a high standardisation across all studies. For studies that require even tighter criteria additional quality levels are defined. In addition, the Public Open Data strategy is an important focus of DZHK. The DZHK operates as one legal entity holding all rights of data and biological sample usage, according to the DZHK Use and Access Policy. All DZHK studies collect a basic set of data and biosamples, accompanied by specific clinical and imaging data and biobanking. The DZHK infrastructure was constructed by scientists with the focus on the needs of scientists conducting clinical studies. Through this, the DZHK enables the interdisciplinary and multiple use of data and biological samples by scientists inside and outside the DZHK. So far, 27 DZHK studies recruited well over 11,200 participants suffering from major cardiovascular disorders such as myocardial infarction or heart failure. Currently, data and samples of five DZHK studies of the DZHK Heart Bank can be applied for.
Clinical research in cardiology Berlin : Springer, 2006 112(2023), 7, Seite 923-941 Online-Ressource
