{"title":"Infektionsprävention in Rehabilitationseinrichtungen : Empfehlung der Kommission für Infektionsprävention in medizinischen Einrichtungen und in Einrichtungen und Unternehmen der Pflege und Eingliederungshilfe (KRINKO) beim Robert Koch-Institut (RKI).","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04089-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-025-04089-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":"68 9","pages":"1056-1087"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144944111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Veerle Snijders, Katrine Bach Habersaat, Robert Böhm, Edward Fischer, Felicity Thomas, Julie Leask, Martha Scherzer, Alona Mazhnaia, Nils Fietje
{"title":"An approach to capturing the cultural contexts of health behaviours.","authors":"Veerle Snijders, Katrine Bach Habersaat, Robert Böhm, Edward Fischer, Felicity Thomas, Julie Leask, Martha Scherzer, Alona Mazhnaia, Nils Fietje","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04105-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04105-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper explores the relationship between cultural contexts and health behaviours, emphasising the need for a comprehensive understanding of cultural influences and acknowledging the limitations of current approaches to health behaviours in unpacking cultural dimensions of health behaviours. We argue that health behaviours, which are integral to achieving good health and health equity, are deeply intertwined with the cultural frameworks within which they occur. In response to an increasing recognition among health authorities of the importance of health behaviours and their cultural dimensions, the paper discusses (1) the role of culture in shaping health behaviours, (2) the intersectionality of cultural identities, and (3) the systemic factors that contribute to health inequities. Using the World Health Organization Tailoring Health Programmes approach as a framework, we propose an approach to health programmes and policies that is behaviourally informed and culturally grounded. By advocating for a participatory, community-engaged approach and emphasising the importance of disaggregated data, the paper aims to inform future public health strategies that are more equitable, responsive, and effective in promoting health behaviours across diverse populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":"978-985"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391212/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144815811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mission, activities, and ways of working at the Behavioural Science Unit of Public Health Wales.","authors":"Ashley Gould","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04100-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04100-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mission of the Behavioural Science Unit of Public Health Wales is to enable the routine and systematic application of behavioural science to improve and protect health, and reduce inequalities in health, in Wales. This endeavour can enable policymakers and practitioners to \"get what they aim for, more often\" from their work and help realise a behavioural dividend of increased efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. The evolution of the unit signals an advancement in applying contemporary behavioural science to public health challenges. The unit supports the development and improvement of policy, services, and communications across the domains of public health, acknowledging that sustainable impact requires action around advocacy, advice, capability development, research, and integration into systems and processes. The operating context, guiding principles, modes of working, unit functions, skills, and forward planning encapsulated in a recently completed strategic enabling plan for behavioural science to 2035 are all described here.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":"1045-1051"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144854697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Choice architecture in institutional food services: strategies to promote sustainable nutrition].","authors":"Julia Meis-Harris, Simone Dohle","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04107-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04107-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Institutional food services in Germany play a crucial role in the daily nutrition of millions of people and therefore have a substantial impact on both health and sustainability. This narrative review examines the opportunities and challenges of choice architecture to promote sustainable eating habits within institutional food services. The focus is on three types of interventions that are relatively easy to implement in this context: 1) default interventions, where an option is set as the standard; 2) availability interventions, where the range of offerings is controlled; and 3) recommendations in the form of labels or logos.We present current research findings demonstrating how these interventions can encourage positive dietary choices while maintaining consumers' freedom of choice. Strategies such as establishing a meat-free default menu or increasing the availability of vegetarian dishes show promising results, whereas the effectiveness of eco-labels varies depending on the catering context.Our conclusion emphasizes the need for further practical research and highlights the importance of an integrated approach that involves all relevant stakeholders in the change process. Through a balanced combination of these measures, decision-makers can make a significant contribution to the development of sustainable and future-oriented institutional food services.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":"1006-1014"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144788341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Núria Pedrós Barnils, Nourat Noemi Alazza, Christine Emmer, Carolin M Callies, Jutta Mata, Benjamin Schüz
{"title":"[Understanding and changing social disparities in health behaviour: nutrition as an interface between social inequality and health].","authors":"Núria Pedrós Barnils, Nourat Noemi Alazza, Christine Emmer, Carolin M Callies, Jutta Mata, Benjamin Schüz","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04099-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04099-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite a well-developed healthcare system, significant social health disparities exist in Germany. People facing social disadvantages are particularly affected by a higher burden of disease and mortality. A large part of these inequalities can be explained by differences in health-related behaviours, in particular dietary behaviours.This article examines theoretical approaches and current empirical findings through the lens of behavioural and cultural insights-an interdisciplinary perspective that considers the influence of sociocultural factors on health behaviours-to better understand and effectively address social differences in nutrition. Both structural and individual factors play a crucial role: in socially disadvantaged regions, the food environment is often characterized by a higher density of fast-food outlets and increased advertising for unhealthy foods. At the same time, differences in behavioural determinants and their influence on eating habits can be observed.Reducing social disparities in diet quality-and the resulting health inequalities-requires strategies at both structural and individual levels. Regulatory measures, such as advertising restrictions on unhealthy foods, improved access to healthier options or fiscal incentives, can positively shape the food environment. At the same time, interventions are needed to strengthen individual skills and social food systems, for example through early nutrition education, healthier frameworks in communal catering or programs that promote self-efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":"986-993"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12390872/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144697722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ableitung von HBM-I-Werten für den Di-n-hexylphthalat (DnHexP) Monoester-Metaboliten MnHexP : Stellungnahme der Kommission Human-Biomonitoring (HBM-Kommission) des Umweltbundesamtes.","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04111-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-025-04111-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":"68 9","pages":"1088-1095"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144944087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Promoting public health through a multidisciplinary approach: integrating behavioral and cultural insights into the public health action cycle].","authors":"Benjamin Ewert","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04102-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04102-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The application of behavioral and cultural insights (BCIs) in public health aims to enhance population health through a multidisciplinary and multimethodological approach. BCIs integrate findings from behavioral economics, psychology, and social and cultural sciences to address both individual behaviors and structural conditions.Integrating BCIs into the public health action cycle (PHAC) allows for the consideration of behavioral, social, and cultural factors at every stage - from problem identification and strategy formulation to implementation and evaluation. Applying BCIs as a source to inform and extend the PHAC facilitates the development and implementation of more effective public health interventions that address both individual behaviors and systemic factors. In the area of obesity prevention, measures focusing solely on individual behavior change often prove insufficient. Instead, creating health-promoting food environments through regulatory and behavioral strategies is essential. BCIs can help raise public awareness about the link between eating habits and environmental factors.Overall, integrating BCIs into public health strategies offers the potential to combine structural and behavioral prevention, thereby sustainably improving population health.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":"971-977"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391202/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144673980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Utilising behavioural data to promote climate-healthy behaviour: methods, potential and future directions].","authors":"Dominik Daube, Mirjam A Jenny, Sarah Pelull","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04106-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04106-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate-healthy behaviour plays a key role in designing sustainable strategies for health promotion. This article demonstrates how behavioural data can be leveraged to gain a clearer understanding of individual routines and structural conditions, and how evidence-based measures can be developed on that basis. Based on the interdisciplinary approach of behavioural and cultural insights (BCIs) and the COM‑B theoretical framework (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour), it explains how psychological, social and cultural factors influence human behaviour and the role of systematic behavioural data collection in promoting climate-healthy routines.On one hand, quantitative approaches such as online surveys, experience sampling (a real-time survey of experience and behaviour in everyday life) and (online) experiments allow for large-scale analysis and the identification of behavioural patterns. On the other hand, qualitative methods (e.g. interviews, focus groups, diary studies) provide in-depth insights into decision-making processes and social norms. Combined into so-called mixed-methods approaches, these procedures can uncover barriers-such as limited knowledge or insufficient infrastructure-and target them.Using the HEATCOM and PACE projects as examples, the article illustrates how heat protection and climate-healthy behaviour are examined within this integrative concept. Ethical considerations and data protection issues are also discussed, demonstrating how transparency and scientific evidence can dispel concerns of manipulation. Finally, the challenges of political implementation are explored, and recommendations for decision-makers are outlined on how to successfully integrate behavioural data into climate adaptation and health promotion measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":"1015-1023"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144783592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Franka Metzner-Guczka, Susanne Heumann-Schoop, Daniel Mays, Silke Pawils
{"title":"[School nurses in Germany-pilot projects and consolidation].","authors":"Franka Metzner-Guczka, Susanne Heumann-Schoop, Daniel Mays, Silke Pawils","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04104-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04104-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School nurses have an important contribution to make in promoting and protecting the health of children and adolescents in schools. They are specialized healthcare professionals with additional qualifications who act as a link between the school and the healthcare system. Their responsibilities include providing medical care for chronically ill children and adolescents, early detection of mental health problems, talking with parents, providing health-related information and support in accessing health and welfare services, and filling the role of a trusted confidant.Healthcare in German schools is still inadequate. The extent to which school nurses can close this supply gap was examined in selected pilot projects. For this purpose, school nurses were deployed in mainstream schools and their impact on students' health outcomes was evaluated. Although results from these projects are promising, there is still no nationwide implementation of school nurses in the German school system.This article provides an overview of the current status of school nurses deployed in German schools. The presented study results show that model projects have been carried out in eight federal states to date, some of which will be continued. The article highlights the central role of school nurses in meeting the diverse health-related needs of children and adolescents and presents international evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of their use. Finally, it discusses why school nurses have not yet been established across the board despite their potential and how they can be successfully integrated into the German school system.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144871638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Schuler, Christian Gerlich, Lorenz Leven, Silvan Renz, Ina Pamperin, Nadine Vorsatz, Heiner Vogel
{"title":"Erratum zu: Die Maßnahme Blaufeuer für Erwerbstätige mit psychischer Belastung und gleichzeitiger Arbeitsplatzproblematik – Wird die Zielgruppe erreicht?","authors":"Michael Schuler, Christian Gerlich, Lorenz Leven, Silvan Renz, Ina Pamperin, Nadine Vorsatz, Heiner Vogel","doi":"10.1007/s00103-025-04117-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00103-025-04117-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144871640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}