Das Gesundheitswesen
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Nov 2007
[Do German nutrition interventions for children and adolescents meet quality criteria for program planning and evaluation? - Results of a survey of institutions at state and regional levels].
The international literature describes comprehensive nutrition interventions for children and adolescents, and gives recommendations for successful program planning. For Germany, only few studies on these issues are available, and there is a particular scarcity of data on implementation, acceptance and effectiveness of nutrition interventions. Thus the aim of this study was to record nutrition interventions at state and regional levels in Germany, and to assess their project design and evaluation quality. On the basis of these data, conclusions about implementation, acceptance and effectiveness of interventions are made. ⋯ In Germany, a high number of nutrition interventions for children and adolescents is being conducted. However, only five quality indicators were fulfilled by more than 75% of the projects. Because of inadequate evaluation quality, only little evidence for implementation, acceptance, and effectiveness could be found. More evaluation studies are needed to more successfully plan, implement and assess future interventions.
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Nov 2007
[Health behaviour and health-risk behaviour among job-seekers: a screening at an employment agency].
The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of health behaviours and health-risk behaviours among three groups of job-seeking persons at employment agencies: short-term unemployed, long-term unemployed, and non-unemployed (e.g., threatened by job loss) persons. A related aim was to identify the general willingness of persons recruited at employment agencies to participate in a study regarding health behaviours. ⋯ The high participation rate, along with the high rates of risky behaviour and lack of health behaviour indicate the demand for intervention programs for job-seekers and the opportunity of using this setting for proactive interventions that could reach more than 70% of all job-seekers.