Ricarda Brender

research associate

Research focus on prevention and rehabilitation

Tel. 0511 532 64290

Professional background

since 11/2020
Research Assistant, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School

2018 - 2020
Research Assistant, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School
Research focus: Evidence Based Medicine & Health Technology Assessment

2017 - 2018
Student Assistant, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School
Research focus: Evidence Based Medicine & Health Technology Assessment

2016 - 2017
Internship semester, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School
Research focus: Prevention and care of specific target groups

Training

2017 - 2020
Study M. Sc. Epidemiology, University of Bremen

2014 - 2017
Studies B.A. Public Health/Health Sciences, University of Bremen

2012 - 2014
Training as a medical assistant, Institute of Pathology Dr. Richter, Hamelin

Projects

#FREI DAY FOR FUTURE - Evaluation of the impact of the FREI DAY learning format on healthy and ecologically sustainable lifestyles and living conditions in schools and communities

Green list prevention - evidence register

Teaching

Teaching organization for the Public Health I module in the HannibaL model degree program

Publications

Book chapters

Röding D, Brender R, Bremer K, Schmidt N-D, Ünlü S, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2025). Digital technologies in the community prevention system 'Communities That Care' - CTC. In: Fischer F, Wrona K (eds.), Technology-supported approaches in community-based prevention and health promotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-71115-6_16 S 241-252

Bremer K, Brender R, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2023). Green list prevention: strengthening effective relationship prevention. In: Marks E, Heinzelmann C, Wollinger GR (eds.): Children in the focus of prevention. Selected contributions from the 27th German Prevention Day. Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH 2023. 978.3.96410.026.9 (print edition), 978.3.96410.027.6 (eBook). S. 291-316

Journal articles

Brender R, Ünlü S, Meyer C, Röding D, Walter U (2025). Sustainable Development Goals in local implementation: Whole School Approach FREI DAY. Public Health Forum 2025; 33(3): 220-224. doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2025-0067

Hoppe H, Brender R, Walter U, Röding D (2025). Effectiveness of physical activity promotion based on inter-sectoral collaboration - a meta-analysis of complex interventions in high-income western countries. J Public Health (Berl.) (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02658-z

Bremer K, Brender R, Groeger-Roth F and Walter U (2024). Green list prevention - A contribution to evidence-based practice. Public Health Forum 2024; 32(4): 386-389. doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2024-0111

Bremer K, Brender R, Tetzlaff F, Walter U & Groeger-Roth F (2024). Finding suitable prevention measures - The Green List guide supports with new search functions. Forum Crime Prevention, 3/2024, 3-5

Brender R, Bremer K, Kula A, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2024). Evidence Register Green List Prevention - Analysis of the listed effectiveness-tested programs. Public Health 2024; 86: 474-482. DOI 10.1055/a-2308-7256

Kula A, Brender R, Bernartz KM, Walter U (2024). Waist circumference as a parameter in school-based interventions to prevent overweight and obesity - a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 24, 2864 (2024). doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20354-7

Tetzlaff F, Bremer K, Brender R & Groeger-Roth F (2024). The green list guide: Digital offers newly bundled. Forum Crime Prevention, 2/2024, 18-20

Brender R, Gorenoi V, Hagen A (2021). Identification of obsolete technologies to avoid ineffective treatments and bad investments in the German healthcare system. Publication series Health Technology Assessment, VOL: 151, 1st edition 2021. ISSN: 1864-9645, DOI 10.3205/hta000151L

Abstracts

Walter U, Groeger-Roth F, Bremer K, Brender R, Neyer K, Röding D (2025). Strengthening community prevention and health promotion competently, jointly and evidence-based: The Communities That Care (CTC) framework strategy. Public Health 87(S 01):S192-S192. DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1802294

Gorenoi V, Bremer K, Brender R, Walter U (2024). Evidence Register "Green List Prevention": Modification of the evaluation criteria based on internationally relevant categorization concepts. Health - together. Cooperation conference of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and the German Society for Public Health (DGPH). Dresden, 08-13.09.2024. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2024. docAbstr. 272. doi: 10.3205/24gmds685

Röding D, Brender R, Meyer C, Walter U (2024). Participatory research between desire and reality - findings from the concept development for the FREI DAY project "Shaping healthy and sustainable living environments together". Health - together. Cooperation conference of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and the German Society for Public Health (DGPH). Dresden, 08-13.09.2024. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2024. docAbstr. 93. doi: 10.3205/24gmds478

Vonstein C, Bußkamp A, Aluttis C, Held T, Mosch A, Zeeb H, Brandes M, Sell L, Gill S, Brender R, Bremer K, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2024). Practice databases for prevention and health promotion in comparison - concepts and further development of four databases. Health - together. Cooperation conference of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and the German Society for Public Health (DGPH). Dresden, 08-13.09.2024. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2024. docAbstr. 631. doi: 10.3205/24gmds938

Bremer K, Brender R, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2023). Green list prevention: identification of risk and protective factors to expand the database to include nutrition and exercise measures. Healthcare 2023; 85(08/09): 780 - 781. doi:10.1055/s-0043-1770500

Walter U, Brender R, Bremer K, Groeger-Roth F (2023). Green List Prevention - An Evidence Registry for Prevention and Health Promotion in Germany. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33 Supplement 2, 2023. pp. 67-68

Bremer K, Brender R, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2022). Green List Prevention - A database of evidence-based prevention programs. Public Health 2022; 84: 864 DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1753992

Brender R, Bremer K, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2022). Database Green List Prevention - What's inside? Systematic characterization of the programs in the Green List Prevention. Public Health 2022; 84: 749 DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1753676

Kula A, Bernartz K, Brender R, Walter U (2022). Prevention of early overweight - a systematic review and meta-analysis focusing on waist circumference as outcome parameter in school-based interventions. Congress contribution EUSPR annual conference 28 - 30.09.2022 Tallinn, Estonia

Röding D, Brender R, Walter U (2022). Effectiveness of intersectoral cooperation in primary prevention and health promotion - Systematic review. Public Health 2022; 84: 756 DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1753694

Kula A, Brender R, Bernartz K, Walter U (2021). The Prevention of early overweight and obesity - systematic review and meta-analyses of interventions in schools. Conference paper. EUSPR 2021 program Page 57 https://euspr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EUSPR-2021-Program.pdf

Röding D, Soellner R, Birgel V, Groeger-Roth F, Brender R, Reder M, Feierabend N, Kleiner C, Walter U (2021). Results of the 1:1-matching of the CTC-EFF study: A non-randomized evaluation study, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue Supplement_3, October 2021, ckab165.409, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.409