Learning about climate politics during COP 21: Explaining a diminishing knowledge gap.

A basic understanding of climate politics is necessary for citizens to assess their government's policies. Media use is supposed to enable learning, while widening knowledge gaps. We analyze whether such a gap opened up in times of intense media coverage during the 2015 climate conference in Paris and explain learning through hierarchical regression analyses, drawing on a 3-month panel survey ( = 1121) in Germany.

[Exercise on Prescription - Patients' Perceptions on Effectiveness and Change in Physical Activity Behavior].

Background: So far physical activity counseling and exercise referral in primary health care are not well established Germany. The exercise referral scheme "Rezept für Bewegung" ("exercise on prescription", "EoP") represents an appropriate tool. The initiative aims to reinforce the physicians' verbal advice via the written prescription.