Research Outputs
Settingübergreifender Transfer von Erfolgsfaktoren der Netzwerkarbeit in der Gesundheitsförderung durch Evaluation: Am Beispiel der Netzwerkevaluation im Setting Kindergarten und der Netzwerkbildung im Setting Betrieb
Evaluation eines kommunalen Gesundheitsförderungsprojektes als Beitrag zur intersektoralen Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik
“Health in all Policies“ in Practice: multisectoral collaboration to promote walking as a mode of transport among school-aged children.
Background: Walking, as a form of exercise, promotes health and can contribute to a reduction of traffic as well as reduced environmental pollution. The promotion of physical activity in early childhood has been shown to be an important instrument in improving levels of health and overall wellbeing. The aim of this study was to show the influence of walking to school on kinesic behaviour of children and to determine the impact of walking on CO2 emission levels. Method: A quantitative survey was carried out in seven primary schools which took part in the “Schoolwalker” part of the project „Gemeinsam gesund im Bezirk Oberwart“. Data was collected first via a standardised questionnaire between October 2010 and June 2011. Second, via semi-structured interviews with teachers, changes in social skills, and levels of attention and concentration among children were ascertained. Results: In addition to promoting social behaviour and increasing the number of children walking to school to 48.56 %, we determined a reduction of 3.9 kg CO2 per child per year. This corresponds to a total reduction of 1.4 tonnes (among 370 children). Conclusion: Projects aimed at promoting physical activity, such as Schoolwalker, can lead to reductions in CO2 hence promoting protection of the climate and environment. The “Health in all Policies” approach is necessary to promote health through policies which are under the control of non-health sectors, requiring considerable multisectoral collaboration. This requires an enhanced awareness and consideration of the interplay between health and especially transport and the environment. Conversely, health promotion should increasingly consider the environmental impact of its policies by viewing environmental management as an instrument of health promotion. Further studies are necessary to create basic structural conditions to develop and promote walking to school and to integrate the topic “ecology” into health promotion.
Stärkung einer intersektoralen Zusammenarbeit zur Förderung der Fußgängermobilität bei Volksschulkindern
Eine quantitative Studie zur CO2 Reduktion durch erhöhten Fußverkehr bei Volksschulkindern
Interventions for promoting physical activity as a mode of transport among school-aged children
Partizipativer Evaluationsansatz als Brücke zwischen theoretischen Konzepten und praktischer Projektarbeit
Effizienz des Programms „3000 Schritte und mehr“ – als niederschwellige Bewegungsförderungsintervention
Factors associated with promoting physical activity in primary schools („bewegte Schule“ programme) : an explorative approach
Health behaviour of young children (3-10) in Austria - closing data gap by carrying out a quantitative study
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.