Studo-Fit

According to studies, students are under a great deal of strain in terms of health, yet health promotion for students in Austria is still in its infancy. For this reason, the "Studo-Fit" project focussed on student health promotion at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences from February 2023 to July 2024. The aim was to sustainably address the topic of student psychosocial health and student health promotion. The main target group was the regular students of Burgenland University of Applied Sciences at the two campuses in Eisenstadt and Pinkafeld. The central aim was to promote the psychosocial health and health and recovery skills of students. Behavioural and relationship-oriented measures were planned to promote psychosocial health, with a particular focus on the peer-to-peer approach. This should increase the acceptance of the measures and contribute to a strengthening of cohesion.

Various programmes (e.g. "Studo-Fit Coach" training, health challenge) were implemented in the project to strengthen students' recovery skills. Physiotherapy students were actively involved in the design and recording of break videos in line with the peer-to-peer approach. Beyond the end of the project, the information materials, break videos and further information prepared in the project are available to students and teachers at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences in an online course on the Moodle learning platform. The project thus initiated changes and took important steps towards creating a health-promoting learning environment for students. A mix of interactive and informative formats as well as online and face-to-face programmes and short inputs ("nuggets") has proven successful in implementing the measures. A semester programme, various communication channels and year representatives and student representatives as multipliers are recommended for communication. By using the peer-to-peer approach, access to and acceptance of the target group can be improved.