The importance of health promotion for health professional students is increasingly crucial, as the rising requirements for those students can have a negative impact on their health. Despite this awareness, there is still limited knowledge in Germany about the specific health needs of this group of students. This study's aim was, therefore, to assess the subjective health of first-year students and to identify health needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUniversity education marks a new stage in life, which is associated with unknown demands and challenges and can have a negative impact on students' health. Therefore, health promotion in the university setting is becoming increasingly important. In this context, scientific data on the health situation play a crucial role in improving students' health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth literacy was identified as a main determinant in self-care of chronic diseases. This results in responsibilities for health professionals for daily practice. For primary care setting, special requirements arise due to the heterogeneity of communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Implementing community health nursing programs is a new field of application in the primary health sector of Germany. Hence, there is limited evidence of effective community-based and nurse-led interventions with regard to the German health care system. International research findings are mostly not transferable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity health nursing in urban setting (CoSta): Development of a care concept for people with chronic conditions in primary care Community Health Nursing (CHN) is currently being discussed in German-speaking countries to implement nursing professionals in primary care. It comprises patient-oriented-, evidence-based and community care. Academic nurses provide care autonomously.
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