- Research areas
- Prevention and screening
Prevention and screening
The prevention and the early detection of diseases aims at reducing/ avoiding subsequent interventions. The AIHTA reports critically discuss questions on benefits and potential harms related to prevention strategies and screening interventions.
Research projects
Assessment of Interventions Addressing Social Media Use among Children and Adolescents. A Systematic Review and Ethical Analysis
Project leaders: Jule Anna Pleyer
Project team: Jule Anna Pleyer, Romy Schönegger
Duration: Q1 2026 to Q3 2026 (6 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Endometriosis: International Care Standards and Healthcare Reality in Vienna
Project leaders: Lena Grabenhofer
Project team: Lena Grabenhofer, Doris Giess, Eleen Rothschedl
Duration: Q1 2026 to Q3 2026 (8 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Oral Nutritional Supplements: Efficacy, Indications, and Guidelines
Project leaders: Viktoria Hofer
Project team: Viktoria Hofer, Michaela Riegelnegg
Duration: 1st quarter to 4th quarter (8PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Effectiveness of health warning labels on alcoholic beverages: A systematic review with a narrative analysis for Austria
Project leaders: Aline Dragosits
Project team: Jule Anna Pleyer
Madlen Maierhofer
Duration: Q4 2025 to Q2 2026
Language: English (with German summary)
Health navigators
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Wild, Romy Schönegger
Duration: Q1 2026 to Q2 2026
Language: German (with English summary)
Further Development of the Program on Preventive Health Check-Ups
Project leaders: Jule Anna Pleyer, Doris Giess
Project team: Jule Anna Pleyer, Lena Grabenhofer, Viktoria Hofer, Doris Giess, Julia Mayer-Ferbas
Part 1:
Duration: Mid-April 2025 – Mid-November 2025 (7 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 170a: https://eprints.aihta.at/1576/
Part 2:
Duration: May 2025 – August 2025 (2 PM)
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 170b: https://eprints.aihta.at/1577/
Part 3:
Duration: May 2025 to August 2025 (2 PM)
Language: English with German summary
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 170c: https://eprints.aihta.at/1573/
Social Prescribing in Primary Care: A Realist Review
Project leaders: Julia Kern-Kim
Project team: Julia Kern-Kim, Romy Schönegger
Duration: April – November 2025 (5.5 PM)
Language: English (with a detailed German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 173: https://eprints.aihta.at/1581/
Structured Medication Review for Polypharmacy
Project leaders: Reinhard Jeindl
Project team: Reinhard Jeindl, Julia Kern-Kim
Duration: April 2025 – November 2025 (4 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 175: https://eprints.aihta.at/1600/
Mental health screening of adults in primary care
Project team: Julia Kern-Kim
Duration: April to November 2024
Language: English (with German summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 159: https://eprints.aihta.at/1544
Strategies to reduce weight stigmatisation of people with overweight or obesity in the healthcare sector
Project leaders: Sarah Wolf
Project team: Sarah Wolf, Julia Kern-Kim
Duration: Mid-April 2024 until Mid-November 2024
Language: German (with English executive summary)
Publication: HTA Project Report No. 160: https://eprints.aihta.at/1547/
