Research Group Prevention

  • Description
  • Description

    The research group “Prevention”, directed by Dr. Silke Pawils, is active in a broad area of topics reaching from nutrition/exercise to addiction and violence prevention and general health promotion.

    The prevention projects are mostly associated with the target group of children and adolescents. They are initiated in order to assess prevention measures developed in step with actual practice in regard to their effectiveness in relevant settings (e.g. day-care centres, gynaecologists and paediatricians), to develop an improved methodology for evaluation research as well as methods for quality control, or to determine ways of access to certain target groups (e.g. addiction advice centres or psychiatric clinics).

    Frequently addressed topics are child welfare endangerment, child protection, early support, services for families with a migration background or minor refugees, and postpartum depression.

    The research group is sponsored, among others, by Federal Government Departments, the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), the National Centre for Early Support (NZFH), various provincial authorities, and foundations.

  • NameInhaltFördererLaufzeit
    Eltern-OrdnerRCT for Parents‘ MaterialsBMBF and BZgA4/2005 until 04/2008
    Kinder-KomptMed. diagnostics in forensic medicineBASFI Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliaand Kroschke-Foundation11/2008 until 04/2010
    GiKPrevention of violence in childhoodBASFI Dusseldorf12/2008 until 04/2010
    MuMAmbulatory early warning systemMH07/2009 until 04/2010
    Babylotse stationär Child protection starting from birth in maternity hospitalsBASFI Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliaand Donors‘ Parliament of Dusseldorf11/2007 until 05/2011
    RisikoinventareNationwide comparison of risk inventoriesMH07/2009 until 04/2010
    U6/U7Compulsory paediatric check-ups in DusseldorfBGV Dusseldorf01/2011 until 03/2012
    SchatzsuchePrevention of mental health in day-care centresNational Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds09/2011 until 12/2012
    KNPNetworking of experts for prevention methods and utilisationBMBF04/2009 until 03/2013
    ErziehungsfähigkeitInstrument for the assessment of parenting skillsMH10/2011 until 12/2013
    Babylotse ambulantChild protection starting from pregnancy in gynaecological practicesBASFI Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliaand Peter Möhrle Foundation01/2012 until 12/2013
    Herbert Quandt Foundation01/2014 until 09/2014
    CANSASAddiction as cause of violence against childrenBMBF04/2013 until 04/2015
    KANU-DusseldorfPrevention program for children of mentally ill parentsStifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft01/2014 until 01/2017

    GIK – Prevention of violence in childhood

    The measure “Early Starter” was implemented in the context of “Dusseldorf’s Action Plan against Youth Violence” 2008 in the Free and Hanseatic City of Dusseldorf. The target group for the measure are children in day-care centres and schools, as well as their families. The program includes qualification of well-trained specialists for violence prevention, the utilisation of diagnostics, as well as universal and indicated preventive measures against violence. The project focuses on identifying conspicuously aggressive children which are, in the sense of the “Early Starter” concept, in danger of consolidating their behaviour. The measure was scientifically monitored from April 2009 until June 2010

    Duration 12/2008 until 04/2010 (16 months)
    Funding Authority for Employment, Social and Family Affairs and Integration (BASFI), Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    Project Coordinator Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers     Dipl.-Psych. Anke Schwinn
    Cooperation Partners Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße; BASFI Dusseldorf; REBUS Dusseldorf; schools in Dusseldorf; German Youth Institute (DJI)

    STATIONARY “BABYLOTSE”: Prevention in maternity hospitals

    In 2006 the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, together with the national program “Early Support for Parents and Children and Social Early Warning Systems”, appealed for intensified prevention of child abuse and neglect as well as the promotion of children’s health and development. From August 2008 until August 2010 the stationary social early warning system “Babylotse Dusseldorf” was tested in Dusseldorf. Social pedagogues working in the Catholic Marien-Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliaacted as pilots for families with psycho-social stress. Burdened families were registered systematically using screening-forms. Need for help was determined together with the family and an accompanying integration into the social and health system of help and support was enabled.

    Duration 11/2007 until 05/2011 (43 months)
    Funding Authority for Employment, Social and Family Affairs and Integration (BASFI), Dusseldorf; Donors’ Parliament of Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    Project Coordinator Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers     Dipl.-Psych. Anke Schwinn, Dipl.-Psych. Franka Metzner, Dipl.-Psych. Franziska Reiß
    Cooperation Partners Foundation SeeYou at the Catholic Children’s Hospital Wilhelmstift, Dusseldorf; Marien-Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia

    PAEDIATRIC CHECK-UPS: Evaluation of the Invitation and Intermal Reporting for Children’s Early Detection Paediatric Check-ups in Dusseldorf

    The model project for controlled participation in children’s early detection paediatric check-ups U6 (10th to 12th month of life) and U7 (21st to 24th month of life) implemented in Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliaand developed on the basis of the “law for re-structuring and optimizing preventive health care in pre-school age” dated 15 May 2009 was evaluated in the context of the study. The goal of the Central Invitation and Internal Reporting is to increase utilisation of early detection paediatric check-ups (“U-examinations”) offered free of charge and to thereby reach socially disadvantaged families in particular who, so far, benefit too little from services of general health care.

    Duration 01/2011 until 03/2012 (15 months)
    Funding     Authority of Health and Consumer Protection (BGV), Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    Project Coordinator Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers Dipl.-Psych. Franka Metzner
    Cooperation Partners     research section Child Public Health, University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße; Central Point Neumünster; Youth Welfare and Health Offices in Dusseldorf; paediatricians in Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia

    “SCHATZSUCHE” – Mental health in day-care centres

    The project by the Association for Health Promotion Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia(HAG) aims at facilitating childrens’ mental health in day-care centres within Dusseldorf’s social problem areas. Sustainable health facilitation is to be enabled by providing further training for educators and parents, as well as by linking day-care centres with existing local health care and support establishments. The quality of further trainings as well as acceptance and contentment of the target groups is assessed between July 2011 and December 2012 in the context of a formative evaluation.

    Duration 07/2011 until 12/2012 (20 months)
    Funding     Association for Health Promotion Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia(HAG), “Techniker” Health Insurance Company (TKK)
    Project Coordinator     Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers Dipl.-Psych. Armita Atabaki
    Cooperation Partners Association for Health Promotion Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia(HAG); research section Child Public Health, University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße; 12 day-care centres in Dusseldorf

    BMBF-Reasearch Association “KNP – Cooperation for Sustainable Prevention Research”

    This project was promoted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) from 2009 to 2013 and aims at the connection and practical implementation of overall 60 projects with an emphasis on prevention research. By devising political recommendations of action and developing methods of prevention research, sustainable structural improvements are being supported. One of the established working groups, “AG-Methods” at the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), works especially on methods that are suitable for the specific target groups and enable extended statistical evaluation procedures. The entire project was coordinated in cooperation with the Medical School of Hannover (MHH) and the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA).

    Duration 04/2009 until 03/2013 (48 months)
    Funding     Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Project Coordinator     Dr. phil. Silke Pawils; Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Koch
    Participating Researchers     Dipl.-Psych. Armita Atabaki, Dipl.-Psych. Daniela Heddaeus-Espenschied, B.Sc. Aisha Böttcher
    Cooperation Partners     Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA); Medical School of Hannover (MHH); Bavarian State Office for Food Safety and Hygiene; State Association for Health and Academy for Social Mediciine of Lower-Saxony; German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP)

    AMBULATORY “BABYLOTSE” – Prevention in gynaecological practices

    The five-year project of the foundation “SeeYou” started in January 2012 with the mission of implementing a social early warning system in an ambulatory setting. Psychosocially strained pregnant women or families are identified using a risk screening in gynaecological practices. After a first talk the “Babylotsen” (“Baby Pilots”) relay families with need for support to services of Early Support in Dusseldorf. The evaluation includes the quality, acceptance and effectiveness of these complex interventions, including through surveying all people involved, pre-post-comparison of the women’s self-efficacy at birth and after the child’s first birthday within the control-group design.

    Duration 01/2012 until ongoing
    Funding     Authority for Employment, Social and Family Affairs and Integration (BASFI), Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    Project Coordinator     Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers     Dipl.-Psych. Carolin Wendt, Dipl.-Psych. Franka Metzner, M.Sc. Olga Wlodarczyk
    Cooperation Partners     “SeeYou”-foundation; Family-oriented Aftercare Dusseldorf

    BMBF-Research Association “CANSAS” – Child Abuse and Neglect as a cause and consequence of Substance Abuse – understanding risks and improving ServicesProject 3.A Risk Assessment of Caregivers with Substance Addiction: The Development of an Evidence-based Instrument

    Caregivers’ addiction problems are one of the most significant risk factors for violence against and neglect of children. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop specific instruments that assess the risk of violence with caregivers who suffer from substance abuse in routine health care. In sub-project 3.A of the BMBF-sponsored research association “CANSAS – Childhood Abuse and Neglect as a cause and consequence of Substance Abuse” (duration: 05/2013 until 05/2015), relevant risk factors and instruments for risk assessment utilised worldwide are identified using a meta-analysis of the association between parents’ substance abuse and violence against children. Additionally, the procedures of counsellors regarding clients with minor children are assessed in a nationwide, representative survey of ambulatory addiction treatment centres. The results of the survey are discussed in a web-based network area of counsellors from psychological counselling offices. Based on the results from the expert network, the nationwide survey and the meta-analysis, a screening instrument for child welfare endangerment for ambulatory addiction treatment centres will be developed, and its application in the field will be tested in cooperation with outpatient institutions of Dusseldorf’s addiction support system.

    Duration 05/2013 until 05/2015 (ongoing, 24 Months)
    Funding Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Project Coordinator     Prof. Dr. U. Ravens-Sieberer, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße and Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers     Dipl.-Psych. Franka Metzner, B.Sc. Annika Schramm
    Cooperation Partners     Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße; Psychological Institute of the University Heidelberg; German Centre for the Control of Drug Abuse in Childhood and Adolescence, University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße; addiction treatment centres in Hamubrg; Authority of Health and Consumer Protection Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia(BGV Dusseldorf)

    KANU-Dusseldorf: Prevention services for children of mentally ill parents

    In the treatment of mentally ill parents their children are often disregarded despite increased psychosocial stress. In order to reduce the children’s stress, strengthen their resources and thus prevent possible behavioural problems, the prevention project KANU-Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliais implemented in adult inpatient clinics and evaluated with regard to its acceptance and effectiveness. KANU-Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphaliais sponsored by the Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft and conducted in the context of the junior research group “Preventive Strategies for Promoting Mental Health of Children and Adolescents”. It is based on the prevention project KANU, which has already been implemented successfully in regional mental health services in the greater Bielefeld area.

    Duration 06/2014 until 2017 (ongoing)
    Funding     Association of German Scientific Foundations
    Project Coordinator     Dr. phil. Silke Pawils
    Participating Researchers M.Sc. Olga Wlodarczyk
    Cooperation Partners Asklepios Clinic North – Ochsenzoll; University Hospital Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia-Straße; Bethesda Hospital Bergedorf

    • Pawils, S., Atabaki, A., Metzner, F., Nöcker, G., Linden, S., Plaumann, M., & Walter, U. (2012). Behavioural and structural prevention to promote the health of socially disadvantaged children and adolescents: an overview of European and German health promotion strategies. Journal of Public Health, 20(2), 103-110. doi:10.1007/s10389-011-0487-2.
    • Metzner, F., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Schwinn, A., Lietz, J. & Pawils, S. (2014). Prävention und Kinderschutz in der pädiatrischen Praxis - Kinderärzten als Akteure im Erinnerungs- und Meldewesen fur Kinderfrüherkennungsuntersuchungen. Gesundheitswesen. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1387745.
    • Pawils, S., Metzner, F., Bech, B., Standke-Erdmann, B., Lorenz, E. & Ballin, A. (2014). Erziehungsfähigkeit in familienrechtlichen Begutachtungen – eine bundesweite Befragung von Sachverständigen zu Inhalten und Methoden. Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie, 8, 288-294. doi: 10.1007/s11757-014-0285-0.
    • Pawils, S., Robra, B-P, Berger, U. (2013). Präventionsmaßnahmen fur Kinder und Jugendliche und die Bewertung deren Wirksamkeit. Gesundheitswesen, doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1354400
    • Kuntz, J., Metzner, F. & Pawils, S. (2013). Väterspezifische Risiko- und Schutzfaktoren bei Kindeswohlgefährdung. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 22 (1), 14-21.
    • Atabaki, A., Heddaeus, D., Metzner, F., Schulz, H., Siefert, S. & Pawils, S. (2013). Implementing an Inpatient Social Early Warning System for Child Maltreatment. Research on Social Work Practice, 23(2), 189-198. doi:10.1177/1049731512469279.

    • Wlodarczyk, Olga (in Arbeit). Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern in der Versorgung und Prävention. Dissertation, PhD-Programm fur Nicht-Mediziner/-innen, Medizinische fakultut Universität Dusseldorf, Stipendiatin Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft
    • Metzner, Franka (in Arbeit). Komplexe Traumafolgestörungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Dissertation, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Schramm, Annika (in Arbeit). Schutzfaktoren von Kindern depressionserkrankter Eltern - Ein systematisches Review. Masterarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Pahlke, Stephanie (in Arbeit). Die Relevanz komplexer Traumafolgestörungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Typ-II-Traumata aus Sicht von Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeuten - eine repräsentativen Befragung in Deutschland. Masterarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Zimmer, Isabel (in Arbeit). Soziale Unterstützung bei unbegleiteten minderjährigen Flüchtlingen. Masterarbeit, fakultut fur Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Christoff, Lisa (in Arbeit). Berücksichtigung von Kindern suchtkranker Eltern und Umgang mit Kindeswohlgefährdung in deutschen Suchthilfeeinrichtungen: eine Bestandsaufnahme vorhandener Verfahren. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Diesing, Alice (in Arbeit). Die komplexe posttraumatische Belastungsstörung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen - Ein systematisches Review. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Römer, Maximilian (in Arbeit). Kulturelle und biographiebezogene Einflussfaktoren auf die psychotherapeutische Triade in der Arbeit mit traumatisierten Flüchtlingen aus Perspektive der Dolmetscher. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Yilmaz, Gökhan (in Arbeit). Wirksamkeit von traumafokussierter Psychotherapie bei minderjährigen Flüchtlingen: ein systematische Literaturanalyse. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Dahm, Kristina (in Arbeit). Häufigkeit von einfachen und komplexen Traumafolgestörungen bei Patienten der Traumaambulanz in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie des Marien Academic Teaching Hospital - eine Aktenanalyse. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia

    2014

    • Höfler, Johanna (2014). Familien mit Migrationshintergrund im Sozialen Frühwarnsystem "Babylotse Dusseldorf" ambulant - eine Analyse von psychosozialen Belastungsfaktoren im Zeitraum von Schwangerschaft, Geburt und erstem Lebensjahr des Kindes. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Marin, Nina (2014). Developmental Trauma Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Raus, Sophia (2014). Bundesweite Befragung niedergelassener Gynäkologen zur Diagnostik und Versorgung postnataler Depressionen. Masterarbeit Psychologie, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • zur Nieden, Janine (2014) Repräsentative Befragung niedergelassener Gynäkologen zur psychosozialen Beratung von Schwangeren. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Steidler, Annika (2014). Die Bedeutung von Vätern und väterlichen Risikofaktoren in Familien im sozialen Frühwarnsystem "Babylotse Dusseldorf" ambulant. Bachelorarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia

    2013

    • Gries-Ewert, Sabine (2013). Gewaltprävention im Kindesalter "Early Starter Dusseldorf": Akzeptanz und Fallanalyse. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Lapsien, Kaja (2013). Väterspezifische Faktoren in Sozialen Frühwarnsystemen. Bachelorarbeit Psychologie, Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-WestphaliaMedical School
    • Böttcher, Aisha (2013). Prävention in Kommunen. Masterarbeit, Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften Dusseldorf, Department Gesundheitswissenschaften

    2012

    • Bech, Britta (2012). Fallanalysen zur Diagnostik der Erziehungsfähigkeit in der familienrechtlichen Begutachtung. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften Universität, Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Standke, Barbara (2012). Literatur- und Instrumentenanalyse zum Konstrukt Erziehungsfähigkeit. Diplomarbeit, Psychologie, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia

    2010

    • Heller, Vivian (2010). Vernachlässigung und Migration. Diplomarbeit, Sozialpädagogik Hochschule Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Kuntz, Jenny Juliane (2010). Die Rolle von Vätern bei Kindeswohlgefährdung - eine Literatur-Analyse, Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Dusseldorf
    • Metzner, Franka (2010) Analyse von Risikoinventaren zur Einschätzung von Kindeswohlgefährdung im bundesweiten Einsatz. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Röhrbein, Melanie (2010). Risikokonstellation und Hilfemaßnahmen in Ambulanten Frühwarnsystemen. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften Universität, Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Rosch, Ingeborg (2010). Wirkevaluation in Sozialen Frühwarnsystemen. Diplomarbeit, fakultut fur Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaften, Universität Dusseldorf