Schnabel, Florian

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Schnabel, Florian
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Prof. (FH) Mag., MPH
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florian.schnabel@fh-burgenland.at
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55959307600
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staff

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    Health behaviour of young children (3-10) in Austria - closing data gap by carrying out a quantitative study
    (2013)
    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Thaller, Magdalena 
    Introduction: Childhood and adolescence are those phases of life that form health behaviour in later years. Although the HBSC-study analyses health-related activities of pupils at the age of 11, 13, 15 and 17 years there is a lack of data concerning health behaviour of younger children in Austria. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate health status, behaviour and social activites of children in the district of Oberwart quantitatively in order to close data gaps. Methods: Within public health reporting 2012 in the Austrian province Burgenland a quantitative survey according to the HBSC-study was created. Parents of children in ten kindergarden and 13 primary schools in the district of Oberwart were asked about health status and behaviour of their kids (n = 552). Because of external assessment (parents) methodical limitations have to be considered. Results: Results concerning health behaviour show that only 35% of parents say that their children are at least 60 minutes physically active every day. Findings related to nutrition indicate that according to parents only 27% eat vegetables daily while nearly half of them consume sweets at least once a day. The results show that healthy eating patterns correlate positively with educational background. Conclusions: This study closed data gap concerning health status and behaviour of children at the age of three to ten years and enables restricted comparisons with results of the HBSC-study. In future further research concerning health behaviour of young children in whole Austria is needed to promote health effectively.
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    Leisure behaviour of Austrian adolescents and ist impact on health - a quantitative study to identify areas for action
    (Escola Superior de Saúde de Viseu, 2013-05-23)
    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria
    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 and Whitehead (1991) leisure-time activities have an important influence on adolescent health. Objectives: The aim of the empirical study was to quantitatively analyse leisure-time activites of youngsters comprehensively (e.g. influencing factors, motives, health consequences, satisfaction). 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 activities 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 self-reported health. 32% of adolescents are dissatisfied with their leisure time. Reasons are little free time as well as missing sense of purpose and little social contacts. Conclusions: Austrian adolescents wish to have more leisure opportunities, meeting-points and less school stress. Possible actions are establishing leisure-time facilities and youth clubs. The results of this study could be used for further research concerning developing political suggestions. Keywords: leisure-time, adolescent health, sense of purpose
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    Evaluation an der FH Burgenland am Beispiel des Projekts "Gesunde MitarbeiterInnen - Gesunder Betrieb!"
    (21. wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Public Health, 2018-05-23)
    Stöller, Julia 
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    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Wirksamkeit von Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsmanagement im Betrieb
    (2017-05-15)
    Gollner, Erwin 
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    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Szabo, Barbara 
    Viele österreichische Unternehmen sind zur Zeit in der Umsetzungsphase der Maßnahmen im Bereich der Psychischen Belastungen am Arbeitsplatz. Laut §4 ASchG liegt es in der Unternehmensverantwortung die Wirksamkeit (Effektivität) bezüglich Belastungsreduktion der kollektiven Maßnahmen nachzuweisen. Ein verpflichtender Zugang ist eine Wirkungsanalyse vor der Re-Evaluierung durchzuführen und nicht die Re-Evaluierung selbst dafür zu verwenden, da diese ja wieder die tätigkeitsbezogenen Belastungen misst. Das Forschungsprojekt „ready4Health_Wirkung“ der Fachhochschule Burgenland in Kooperation mit der AUVA entwickelte ein Tool zur Messung der Wirksamkeit, welches Unternehmen – unabhängig von der Ausgangsmessung – zur Überprüfung der kollektiven Maßnahmen im Rahmen der Evaluierung psychischer Belastungen am Arbeitsplatz, einsetzen können. Im Workshop werden erste Forschungsergebnisse präsentiert und aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven diskutiert.
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    Der Weg vom traditionellen Gesundheitsbericht zum integrierten Public Health Report am Beispiel des Burgenländischen Gesundheitsberichts 2012
    (FH Kufstein Tirol, 2014)
    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Gollner, Erwin 
    Während vor einigen Jahrzehnten bei der Erstellung von Gesundheitsberichten im Rahmen der Medizinal-statistik der Fokus auf die Ursachen von Krankheiten und Todesfällen gelegt wurde, hat sich die anzustre-bende Funktion eines Gesundheitsberichts in den vergangenen Jahren aufgrund der zunehmenden Be-deutung der Public Health Perspektive in Österreich erweitert. Aus diesem Grund wurde im Zuge der Bur-genländischen Gesundheitsberichterstattung 2012 versucht, das Konzept der integrierten Gesundheitsbe-richterstattung im Sinne der Erstellung eines umfassenden Public Health Reports in der Praxis anzuwen-den. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, wurde ein multimethodischer Ansatz gewählt. So fanden im Rahmen der Erstellung des Berichts Sekundärdatenanalysen, eine standardisierte Befragung, leitfadengestützte Inter-views und Fokusgruppen statt. Durch die Berücksichtigung verschiedener Dimensionen der integrierten Gesundheitsberichterstattung sowie der Orientierung an der Stufenleiter der Integration nach Süß et al. (2004) und dem Health in All Policies-Konzept liegt im Burgenland erstmalig ein determinantenorientierter Public Health Report vor. Damit sich in Österreich die Gesundheitsberichterstattung auf allen Ebenen (Bund, Land, Stadt/Gemeinde) weiter zu einem Public Health Reporting hin entwickeln kann, gilt es in Zukunft, unterschiedliche Interessen von Wissenschaft und Politik zu berücksichtigen und Strukturen zur intersektoralen Kooperation innerhalb des gesundheitspolitisch-administrativen Systems aufzubauen.
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    "3.000 stepts more": A project to sustainably improve physical activity behaviour of people
    (2013-08)
    Gollner, Erwin 
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    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Szabo, Barbara 
    Background: The WHO has identified physical inactivity as the fourth largest risk factor for global mortality. Studies show that lack of time is the main reason for inactive people to avoid any physical activity. Because of that interventions that integrate physical activity into daily life seem to be successful to sustainably improve physical activity behaviour of those people, who are hardly physically active. Methods: Within the model project “Gemeinsam gesund im Bezirk Oberwart” a setting-oriented programme called „3.000 steps more“ was carried out. Target groups were pupils at five secondary schools, citizens of nine municipalities and employees of six companies. The aim was to improve leisure time physical activity level. During the first stage of the project participants were required to count their steps with a pedometer. During the second stage people were encouraged to increase their daily number of steps by 3.000. The participants (n=1.023) documented the number of steps in a diary and completed a questionnaire. Results: The analyses show that 89% of participants increased their number of steps during the programme. 37% say that they have improved their physical activity behaviour, although nearly half of the participants met barriers during their way to an active lifestyle. Conclusions: The intervention confirms results of other studies (e.g. Bravata, Smith-Spangler, Sundaram et al., 2007) which indicate that using a pedometer motivates inactive people to move. Also the WHO (2011) refers to the importance of everyday walking and has therefore recently developed a Health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for walking. In conclusion low-threshold projects that target integrating physical activity into everyday life make it possible to sustainably improve physical activity behaviour of people, who are generally difficult to achieve. Therefore intersectoral cooperation between health care, transport and urban planning is necessary.
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    Drinking habits among the youth - a quantitative analysis of drinking habits among youngsters (14-22 years) in Austria
    (Escola Superior de Saúde de Viseu, 2013-05-23)
    Szabo, Barbara 
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    Schnabel, Florian 
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    Gollner, Erwin 
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    Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria
    Introduction: Alcohol-free drinks are the basis of a healthy diet. Water stimulates metabolism and promotes blood circulation, while a lack of water can lead to circulatory failure. However drinking habits of young people are a neglected field of science in health promotion. In Austria till now there has been no empirical study which analyses drinking patterns among adolescents. Objectives: The aim of the quantitative study was to investigate drinking habits of pupils of secondary schools in Burgenland (Austria) between the age of 14 and 22. Methods: In 2011 the FH Burgenland carried out a quantitative online-survey. The ÖSES.aqa07, in which drinking habits of Austrian adults have been analysed, was chosen as reference study. National and international drinking guidelines were used to assess findings. Results: 60% of participating pupils (n = 114) reach the recommended amount of liquid intake (1.2-1.5 litres of water per day) or drink even more. 35% cover more than 75% of their daily liquid intake with water. Favourite drinks of pupils and students are water (mineralwater, mains water) (73%), flavoured water (48%), fruit juice with water (33%), coffee (29%) and ice tea (29%). Conclusions: Pupils have to be motivated to pay attention to healthy drinking habits. To ensure sustainability circumstance-oriented intersectoral health promotion actions like filling vending machines with low-carbohydrate drinks as well as awareness campaigns are necessary. First steps in this direction have already been taken by carrying out several projects in educational establishments. Keywords: drinking habits, health promotion, youth
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