Szabo, Barbara

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Szabo, Barbara
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barbara.szabo@fh-burgenland.at
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    Healthy and meaningful leisure behaviour of young adults as a multisectoral challenge
    (2014-09-18)
    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Schnabel, Florian 
    Introduction: In the leisure sector our society is confronted with permanent changes. Actual challenges are forcing voluntary activities, handling with new types of media and using free time wisely. According to the Social Model of Health by Dahlgren & Whitehead (1991) leisure-time activities have an important influence on adolescent health. Objectives: The aims of the empirical study were to quantitatively analyse leisuretime activites of youngsters comprehensively (e.g. influencing factors, motives, health consequences, satisfaction, identity formation) and to identify need for action. Methods: In 2012 the FH Burgenland carried out a standardized online survey concerning leisure behaviour of young Austrians between the age of 11 and 17 (n = 461). The questionnaire was distributed among adolescents by virtual social networks. Results: Favourite activites of Austrian adolescents are listening to music, surfing the internet and meeting friends. Sex, age and relationship with parents strongly correlate with choice of hobbies. Some activites like doing sports have a positive influence while others like playing computer games have a negative influence on selfreported health. 32% of adolescents are dissatisfied with their leisure time. Reasons are little free time because of school as well as missing sense of purpose and little social contacts. Conclusions: Austrian adolescents wish to have more leisure opportunities, meetingpoints and less school stress. In future based on these results concrete political suggestions should be developed in order to enable adolescents a healthy and meaningful leisure behaviour. The education sector plays a vital role in that context. Nevertheless it is necessary that all relevant sectors and organizations (schools, communities, (sport) clubs, health promotion organizations, youth work) work together. Possible actions – in which adolescents have to be integrated – are establishing leisure-time facilities and youth clubs.
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    Importance and challenges of research cooperations between secondary schools and universities - using the example of the project "My heart and I - togehter healthy"
    (2014-09-18)
    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Schweiger, Karin 
    Introduction: “Sparkling Science” is a programme of the Austrian ministry of science and research, which aims to establish networks between secondary schools and research institutions in order to increase the interest of adolescents in science. Objectives: The aim of the Sparkling science project “My heart and I – together healthy” –a two-year project of the FH Burgenland in cooperation with the Ecole HBLW Güssing – was to raise health consciousness of pupils in a secondary school and to offer them an opportunity to gain an insight into health promotion and social sciences. Methods: The didactic concept on which the project was based on is the constructivist didactics. In particular innovative learning methods like peer group teaching were used. Results: During the project researchers and pupils together set different scientific and health promoting activities: In order to develop research competencies of adults pupils conducted a quantitative online survey concerning smoking. In addition they carried out telephone interviews within the evaluation of an actual project concerning heart health in Austria and prepared scientific works. In a next step pupils, teachers and researchers planned, organized and implemented health promotion projects at school like creating the school cafeteria healthier. Another project was “3.000 steps more” which aimed at improving physical activity behaviour of teachers and pupils. Conclusions: Besides the cooperation between the secondary school and the university also other organizations were part of the project. This broad cooperation lead to many synergies but also challenges, which have to be met at organizational and political level.
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