Use and Acceptance of Drinking Fountains: A Pilot Study in Two Secondary Schools in Dortmund, Germany.

(1) Background: Water drinking is essential to reduce obesity in children, but effective means for implementation remain controversial. Our study assesses students' and teachers' use of and attitudes towards drinking fountains in two urban secondary schools. (2) Methods: In a cross-sectional study, answers from students and teachers to a 28- and 19-item questionnaire, respectively, containing closed- and open-ended questions and short interviews with the schools' two principals were described and analysed using the question-specific number of responses as the denominator.

Global child health in higher education in Germany: a mixed-methods study.

Background: Germany has an ambitious global health strategy, yet its universities provide few opportunities for global child health researchers. Improved understanding of the reasons and the academic role of global child health is needed.

Objective: The objective of this study is to offer insights into Germany's academic global child health landscape by describing the actors and their priorities in research and education and by analysing perceived barriers and opportunities.

International medical electives for medical students at a German university: a secondary analysis of longitudinal data.

Background: International medical electives (IMEs) are entry points to global health opportunities. IME uptake at German universities is unclear. We analyse 14 y of IME.

The prevalence of young carers - a standardised survey amongst school students (KiFam-study).

Background: Children and adolescents who provide care, assistance or support for a chronically ill family member are called young carers. While there is a growing body of research about their specific situation, needs and impact of caring, only very few studies provide information on prevalence rates.

Objectives: The aim was to provide prevalence data for young carers in Germany, and to describe and quantify the nature and extent of their help.

Caregiver exposure to critical events and distress in home-based palliative care in Germany a cross-sectional study using the Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) scale.

Background: Lay family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care often confront stressful situations in the care of their loved ones. This is particularly true for families in the home-based palliative care settings, where the family caregivers are responsible for a substantial amount of the patient's care. Yet, to our knowledge, no study to date has examined the family caregivers' exposure to critical events and distress with home-based palliative care has been reported from Germany.

[Family Health Nursing - a challenge for education and training? Results of an European project].

Background: Since the WHO study "Family Health Nursing" (FHN) the concepts have been established different within Europe. Due to this, the international project "Family Health Nursing in European Communities" was started in order to develop a standardised educational concept.

Aims: The aim of this project was to gather the different requirements and to clarify problematic issues within the participating EU countries.

[Exposure to aggressive patient behaviour and its' association with the nurses' "work ability" in Germany].

Background: Aggressive behavior and violence in patients, residents or clients are growing challenges in nursing. Aggressive behavior can have both, physical and psychological consequences for nurses and can lead to a reduced performance at work, demotivation, sickness absence and the premature exit from the nursing profession. To develop purposive strategies and to deal with aggressive behavior and health promotion programs, it is crucial to know more about the prevalence of aggressive behavior from patients and the effect on the work ability of nurses in different types of institutions.

Effects of requested, forced and denied shift schedule change on work ability and health of nurses in Europe -results from the European NEXT-Study.

Background: Previous cross-sectional findings from the European Nurses Early Exit Study (NEXT) show that nurses who were dissatisfied with their work schedule tended to consider leaving the nursing profession. Mediating factors in this decision process may be caused by self-perceived poor work ability and/or health. The aim of this paper is to investigate changes in work ability and general health among nurses in relation to requested, forced and denied change of shift schedule.

Psychosocial work environment and intention to leave the nursing profession: a cross-national prospective study of eight countries.

Many countries throughout the world are facing a serious nursing shortage, and retention of nurses also is a challenge. The aim of this study was to compare the predictive contribution of a broad spectrum of psychosocial work factors, including job strain, effort-reward imbalance, and alternative employment opportunity, to the probability of intention to leave the nursing profession. A total of 7,990 registered female nurses working in hospitals in eight countries (Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia, and China) were included in the one-year prospective study.

[A comparison of general health and potential predictors of general health among nurses in different age groups in Germany].

The increasing need for certified nursing staff moves healthy ageing in the nursing profession into the focus of scientific consideration. The purpose of this investigation consisted a) in an age-differentiated, longitudinal consideration of the general state of health and b) in an age differentiated identification of variables which forecast the general state of health of the nursing forces after 12 months. The identification of suitable predictors should give indications in which areas interventions could begin.

Reward frustration at work and intention to leave the nursing profession--prospective results from the European longitudinal NEXT study.

Background: Many countries are facing a serious situation of nursing shortage, and retention of nurses is a challenge.

Objectives: To examine whether reward frustration at work, as measured by the effort-reward imbalance model, predicts intention to leave the nursing profession, using data from the European longitudinal nurses' early exit study.

Design: A prospective study with one-year follow-up.

[The effects of DRG introduction on nursing].

Unlabelled: Nursing personnel associate Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG), implemented in German hospitals in 2004, mostly with a higher workload and with work that is set apart from their patients. Between 2003 and 2005 the Institut für Pflegewissenschaft, Universität Witten/Herdecke, conducted a longitudinal study to measure changes of working structures before, throughout and after the introduction of the case-based lump sum. At three given dates a structured questionnaire was applied to nursing staff and, partially, to doctors in three hospitals in order to assess their subjective view on the effects of DRG introduction.