Department heading

Research project

CHANCE - Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour

What influence does the district have on the health and personal well-being of its residents - and vice versa? Are there cultural differences?

CHANCE wanted to find out how people living in different European cities perceive information on health and how they deal with it.

The residents of the city districts were motivated to actively participate in improving the health consumer education offers in their neighbourhoods.

The project particularly wanted to reach socially, culturally or economically disadvantaged groups, such as older single people, migrants and families.

Comparison of different health information systems of the participating European countries
Analysis of district structures
Analysis of health knowledge and perception of health messages, resources and barriers of households, especially of older people, migrants and families with children.
Initiation of local networks
Introduction of district-based services

In selected neighbourhoods of the project cities from six European countries, the health situation of the inhabitants and life in the neighbourhood were analysed:

Fulda, Germany - Südend and Kohlhaus
Jelgava, Latvia - RAF district
Liverpool, Great Britain - Liverpool South Central
Timisoara, Romania - Dumbravita
Uppsala, Sweden - Eriksberg
Vienna, Austria - Schneiderviertel, 11th district

In each case, local networks were established and services created to improve the health conditions in the neighbourhood and to develop a personal healthy lifestyle.

Results

A guide for district-based health management for behaviour change was jointly developed. It is available in German, English, Latvian, Romanian and Swedish to organisations and institutions throughout Europe that want to set up health management adapted to the respective local socio-spatial structure. After an introduction to the topic, 13 basic guidelines are explained and illustrated with practical examples from the individual countries.

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Freytag-Leyer, B. (2013) Stadtteilbezogenes Gesundheitsmanagement zur Verhaltensänderung - Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen aus dem EU-Projekt CHANCE. In: Fulda University of Applied Sciences, FB Oe, research project "Pro PHN", oe:pg- Lebenswelten nachhaltig und gesundheitsförderlich gestalten, Fulda, pp. 50 - 51.

Freytag - Leyer B., Eglite A., Rust P., Vintila M., etc. (2012) Community as an Innovative Resource in Europe. In: Central Asia: Regionalization vs.Globalization: Proceedings of the IX KIMEP International Research Conference (KIRC - 2012). Almaty, Kazakhstan: KIMEP University, College of Social Sciences and School of Law, pp. 24-25.

Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (2011), Community health information in Europe. In: Home Economics and Science, Issue 1, pp. 32 - 34.

Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (2011), Health information - research and interventions on the community level. In: Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (eds.), Community Health Information in Europe, kassel university press, Kassel, 2011, p. 9 - 21.

Freytag-Leyer, B., Berger, T. (2011), Conceptions of "Lifelong Learning" in the EU. In: Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (eds.), Community Health Information in Europe, kassel university press, Kassel, 2011, p. 59 - 72.

Alisch, M., Freytag-Leyer, B. (2011), Turning a "community of space" into a "community of interests" - local health networks in Germany. In: Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (eds.), Community Health Information in Europe, kassel university press, Kassel, 2011, p. 151 -168.

Freytag-Leyer ,B., Klotter, C. (2011), Results and comparison of the quantitative data. In: Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (eds.), Community Health Information in Europe, kassel university press, Kassel, 2011, p. 171 - 185.

Alisch, M., Freytag-Leyer, B. (2011) How to initiate a community based health information system. In: Freytag-Leyer, B., Alisch, M. (eds.), Community Health Information in Europe, kassel university press, Kassel, 2011, p. 187 - 208.

Rust, P., Höld, E., Elmadfa, I., Freytag-Leyer, B., Klotter, C., Marklinder, I., Nydahl, M. (2011), Comparison of health perception of migrants in Austria, Germany and Sweden. In: Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism,^11th European Nutrition Conference (FENS), Madrid, Spain, October 26 - 29, 2011, Abstracts, p. 402.

Freytag-Leyer B., Schlecht I., Hampshire J. (2010) Access to Food and Health Information among Elderly People Living in Germany and the United Kingdom. In: Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences of Latvia, Latvia University of Agriculture Economic Science for Rural Development - Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, 23, p. 135 - 141.

Freytag-Leyer, B. (2010) Leitfaden für stadtteilbezogenes Gesundheitsmanagemnt zur Verhaltensänderung. In: BAGSO-Nachrichten, Issue 1, p. 42.

Fulda University of Applied Sciences (ed.) (2009): CHANCE _ Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour - Stadtteilbezogenes Gesundheitsmanagement zur Verhaltensänderung. Guidelines. Editing and concept: Freytag-Leyer, B. / Alisch, M. / Klotter, Ch./ Hampshire, J. / Schlecht, Inga.

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Alisch, M., Freytag-Leyer, B., Hampshire, J., Klotter, C., Straka, D. (2009) Community Fulda Südend und Kohlhaus. In: Proceedings of the^2nd International Meeting of the project CHANCE, 12.6.2009, Fulda, pp. 16 - 23.

Freytag-Leyer B., Zimmerer S., Klotter, C., Hampshire J., Straka D., (2009) Perception of health information in the community Fulda-Südend and Kohlhaus. In: Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences of Latvia, Latvia University of Agriculture Economic Science for Rural Development - Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, 19, p. 91 - 96.

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