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2023-06-14Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/11435
School entrance examinations as a small-scale data source for health monitoring of children using obesity as an example
dc.contributor.authorKühnelt, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorStarker, Anne
dc.contributor.authorVarnaccia, Gianni
dc.contributor.authorSchienkewitz, Anja
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-14T13:00:57Z
dc.date.available2023-06-14T13:00:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-14none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/11130
dc.description.abstractBackground: In the scope of the nationwide obligatory school entrance examinations (SEE), a standardised assessment of the preparedness for school of preschool children takes place in the federal states of Germany. For this purpose, height and weight of the children are determined. These data are available in aggregated form at county level, but are not yet being regularly compiled and processed at national level for use in policy and research. Methods: In a pilot project, the indexing and merging of SEE data from 2015–2019 was tested in collaboration with six federal states. This was done using obesity prevalence at the time of the school entrance examination. In addition, prevalences were linked to small-scale indicators on settlement structure and sociodemographics from public databases, differences in obesity prevalence at county level were identified, and correlations to regional influencing factors were visualised. Results: It was feasible to merge SEE data from the federal states with little effort. The majority of the selected indicators were freely available in public databases. In an interactive, easily comprehensible and user-friendly Tableau dashboard for visualising the SEE data, it can be seen that obesity prevalences differ significantly between counties that are similar in terms of settlement structure or sociodemographics. Conclusions: Providing federal state SEE data and linking them to small-scale indicators enables region-based analyses and cross-state comparisons of similar counties and provides a data basis for continuous monitoring of the prevalence of obesity in early childhood.ger
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectSmall-Scale Dataeng
dc.subjectSchool Entrance Examinationseng
dc.subjectObesityeng
dc.subjectChildreneng
dc.subjectIndicatorseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleSchool entrance examinations as a small-scale data source for health monitoring of children using obesity as an examplenone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/11130-8
dc.identifier.doi10.25646/11435
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of Health Monitoringnone
local.edoc.pages14none
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-issue2none
local.edoc.container-firstpage6none
local.edoc.container-lastpage19none

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