Project management:
Prof. Dr. Barbara Freytag-Leyer (project coordinator) / Department of Oecotrophology
Prof. Dr. Monika Alisch / Department of Social Work
Prof. Dr. Christoph Klotter / Department of Oecotrophology
Prof. Dr. Jörg Hampshire / Departmentof Oecotrophology

Funded by: European Commission, funding programme "Lifelong Learning", project number: 134240-LLP-2007-DE-GRUNDTVIG-GMP)
Duration: 12/2007 - 11/2009

Cooperation partner:

• Liverpool John Moores University: Ph D Allan Hackett, Bsc Pauline Lybert, Ph D Mark Meadows, Ph D Jackie Richards, Ph D Leo Stevenson
• Lavijas Lauksaimniecibas Universitate, Jelgava: Ass. Prof. Dr Aija Eglite; Prof. Dr Irina Pilvere
• University of Vienna: Prof. Dr. habil Ibrahim Elmadfa, Ass. Prof. Dr. Petra Rust
• Vienna University of Technology: Prof. Dr. habil. Jens Dangschat; Univ. Ass. Dipl. Ing. Wencke Hertzsch
• Universitatea De Vest Din Timosoara: Prof. Dr. Mona Vintila
• Uppsala University: Ph D Ingela Marklinder; Ass.Prof. Margaretha Nydahl
• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen e.V.- bagso, in Fulda the member organisation Catholic Adult Education
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hauswirtschaft e.V. (German Association for Home Economics) - in Fulda the member organisation Deutscher Haus-frauen-Bund, Landesverband Hessen e.V. (German Housewives' Association)
• Consumer Advice Centre Hessen.

Project description:
The presentation of the different district-specific surveys and interventions of the project was the focus of the final conference on 12 and 13 June 2009 in Fulda, which was attended by the international partners of the CHANCE project as well as local multipliers. The basis for all district-related health projects was the analysis of the respective national health information system, the specific local district profiles as well as a standardised (almost identical questionnaire in all countries) and a guideline-based survey of the residents. In particular, those groups were interviewed in the individual European neighbourhoods that are less mobile and more dependent on the neighbourhood's conditions (older people, families and people with a migration background).

Research questions:

• What resources do neighbourhoods and districts offer for the health of their inhabitants ?
• What health resources do different lifeworlds and cultures offer ?
• Who listens to which health information?
• Which health information can be prepared for a specific district?
• How does a district learn to stay healthy?

Together, guidelines for the organisation of community health management were drawn up. The total of 14 guidelines are to be made available to organisations and institutions throughout Europe that aim to set up such structures, adapted to the respective local socio-spatial situation, in order to promote health and make it easier to obtain information on health topics.

Chance therefore investigates how people who organise their everyday lives in different European cities perceive information on the topic of "living healthily" and how they deal with it.

As practice research, Chance focuses on the participation of residents of the selected city districts in the development of local projects.

Together with local providers of consumer health education, specific offers were developed with the individual city districts.

Publications:
Freytag-Leyer, Barbara / Alisch, Monika (eds.) 2011: Community Health Information in Europe. Volume 1 of the series "Society and Sustainability", published by CeSSt. Kassel university press.

Alisch, Monika 2010: Instrumente und Methoden sozialraumbezogener Gesundheitsförderung. In: EREV - Schriftenreihe, Themenhelft "Gesundheit in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe". Hannover

Alisch, Monika (ed.) 2009: Lesen Sie die Packungsbeilage ?! - Social space organisation and health information. Contributions to Social Space Research, Volume 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen / Farmington Hills.

Fulda University of Applied Sciences (ed.) (2009): CHANCE _ Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour - Stadtteilbezogenes Gesundheitsmanagement zur Verhaltensänderung. Guidelines.

Fulda University of Applied Sciences (ed.) (2009): Proceedings of the 2nd International Meeting of the Project Chance. Fulda 12/6/2009.

Alisch, Monika 2009: Zur Organisation sozialräumlicher Gesundheitsförderung. In: this. (ed.): Do you read the leaflet?! - Social space organisation and health resources. Contributions to Social Space Research, Volume 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen. S. 9-24.

Alisch, Monika 2008: Eine CHANCE für ein gesundes Leben im Stadtteil. In: Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit und Akademie für Sozialmedizin Niedersachsen e.V. (ed.): Impulse, Newsletter zur Gesundheitsförderung. 4th Quarter 2008/December. S. 13-14.

Ackermann, Tim / Alisch, Monika 2009: Alltagsbewältigung und -organisation von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund. In this. (eds.): Do you read the leaflet?! - Social space organisation and health resources. Contributions to Social Space Research, Volume 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen. P 39 - 154.

Hochschule Fulda (ed.) (2009): CHANCE - Leitfaden zum Community Health Mangagement to Enhance behaviour - Stadtteilbezogene Gesundheitsförderung in Europa. Editing and conception: Freytag-Leyer, B. / Alisch, M. / Klotter, Ch./ Hampshire, J. / Schlecht, Inga.

Hubertus, Werner (2009: "When everyone is healthy in the family, I feel good too." Healthy living and appropriation of space by families in the neighbourhood In : Alisch, M. (ed.): Do you read the leaflet?! - Social space organisation and health resources. Contributions to social space research, volume 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen. P 101 - 118

Lemme, Roswitha (2009): Älter werden im Quartier: Ramaneignung als Gesundheitsressource. In Alisch, M. (ed.): Do you read the leaflet?! - Social space organisation and health resources. Contributions to Social Space Research, Vol. 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen. P 119 - 138.

Endres, Susanne / Scarbata, Janine (2009): Local governance for a health-promoting district policy. In: Alisch, M. (ed.): Do you read the leaflet?! - Social space organisation and health resources. Contributions to Social Space Research, Vol. 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen. P 155 -176.

Kesting, Uta (2009): Corporate Citizenship: Unternehmen als Partner (in) der Stadtteilentwicklung. In: Alisch, M. (ed.): Do you read the leaflet?! - Social space organisation and health resources. Contributions to Social Space Research, Vol. 3. Barbara Budrich Verlag. Opladen. S 177 - 196.

Link:www.community-health.eu