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Introduction
Robert Werth currently works at the Research Center for Demographic Change (FZDW), Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Robert does research on Health and Education as well as Quantitative Social Research Methods. Their current project is 'Health Behavior and Injuries in School Age (GUS).'
Since 2019, he is also the research data management officer at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
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July 2007 - July 2008
September 2005 - December 2012
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Publications (9)
Background
School injuries are an important adolescent health problem. Previous research suggests that relevant risk behaviors for school injuries, risk-taking and aggression, are highly susceptible to peer effects. Specifically, evidence suggests that the ratio of men and women in peer groups (sex ratio) affects individuals’ propensity for aggress...
BACKGROUND
Previous research on the correlates of unintentional school injuries is based on either process or cross-sectional data. This study aims at approaching the causal effects of risk-seeking behavior, mental health problems, physical activity, and exposure to bullying on unintentional injuries in the school environment by relying on longitud...
School injuries are an important adolescent health problem. Previous research suggests that relevant risk behaviors for school injuries, risk-taking and aggression, are highly susceptible to peer effects. Specifically, evidence suggests that the ratio of males and females in peer groups (sex ratio) affects individuals’ propensity for aggression and...
Einleitung
Jährlich ereignen sich in Deutschland ca. 1,3 Millionen Schulunfälle von denen 49 im Jahre 2017 sogar tödlich endeten (DGUV Schülerunfallgeschehen 2017). Behandlungsbedürftige Verletzungen im Schulkontext zählen daher zu den dringendsten Public Health Problemen in Deutschland. Diese Verletzungen resultieren nicht nur aus Zufall oder Pech...
Linking data over the course of a panel study can be a tedious task. This is particular true when respondents’ anonymity has to be ensured and no list of names can be employed. In this case, researchers have to rely on ID-codes that respondents generate anew in every panel wave, consisting of elements that they can a) easily recall and b) are indiv...
Die über Mittel der Forschungsförderung unterstützte Panelstudie „Gesundheitsverhalten und Unfallgeschehen im Schulalter“ geht den Ursachen von Verletzungen im schulischen Kontext auf den Grund – auf Basis einer Längsschnitt-Befragung von ca. 10.000 Schülerinnen und Schülern von der 5. bis zur 10. Jahrgangsstufe. Das ist weltweit eine der größten U...
Zusammenfassung
Ziel der Studie Verletzungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen zählen zu den dringendsten Public Health Problemen in Deutschland. Neben Unfällen im Haushalt und in der Freizeit ist insbesondere der Lebensbereich Schule von großer Bedeutung. Hinsichtlich der Einflussfaktoren auf Schulverletzungen bestehen jedoch erhebliche Forschungslücke...
In an era marked by massive global interconnectedness and dependencies, questions of world citizenship inevitably resurface and the Internet, as a tool for instant, global communication, is at the center of the contemplation. Scholars have traditionally focused their attention on the rising inequalities associated with globalized
flows of goods an...
