- 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
Update of the projects Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme part I and IV
Project team: Ines Schumacher
Duration: May 2012 - June 2012
Publications: Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme.
Part I: Epidemiology - Frequency of risk factors and disease during pregnancy and early childhood.
HTA Project Report 045a
Part II: International policies, concepts and screening strategies focusing on “normal” and “high-risk” development processes during pregnancy and early childhood until school entry. HTA Project Report 045b
Part III: Financing structures of services and public transfers for parents and young children.
HTA Project Report 045c
Part IV: Synthesis of parts I-III, recommendations.
HTA Project Report 045d
Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme. Part VII: Options for an electronic implementation
Project team: Stefan Mathis-Edenhofer
Duration: May 2011 - March 2012
Publication: HTA-Projektbericht Nr. 054: https://eprints.aihta.at/948
Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme. Part VI: Health visiting services in the international context and implementation options for Austria
Duration: May 2011 - March 2012
Publication: HTA-Projektbericht Nr. 53: https://eprints.aihta.at/947
Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme. Part VIII: Budget Impact Analysis
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project team: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: June 2011 - March 2012
Publication: HTA-Projektbericht Nr. 055: https://eprints.aihta.at/949
Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme. Part V: Preterm birth
Project team: Veronika Häussler
Duration: March 2011 - December 2011
Reorientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme
Project team: Claudia Wild, Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Marisa Warmuth, Philipp Mad, Ines Schumacher
Duration: April 2010 - March 2011
Screening for Colorectal Cancer. Part 2: Health economic evaluations and developments of costs
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Project author: Philipp Radlberger, Ingrid Zechmeister
Duration: December 2009 - March 2010
Screening for Colorectal Cancer. Part 1: Screening-Tests and Project Design
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Duration: December 2009 - March 2010, Update: December 2010
Folic acid supplementation
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Irmgard Schiller-Frühwirth
Project co-operation: Tim Johansson, Manuela Göbl, Sonja Reiselhuber
Duration: September 2008 - December 2008
