In order to minimise the health consequences of climate change, the climate-specific health literacy of the population must be strengthened.
Julia Wagner, prizewinner
Multiple silver & bronze medals for UAS Burgenland health researchers
Once again, many awards for graduates of the Department of Health at FH Burgenland at the Health Research Award 2024. from left: Carmen Braun, research assistant at FH Burgenland; the award winners Sonja Himmelsbacher, Eva Peer, Margit Mayerhofer, Selina Osztovics, Julia Wagner with the Head of the Department of Health Erwin Gollner.
Pinkafeld, 14 June 2024 - The Austrian Network of UAS Degree Programmes in Health Management has presented the Health Research Award for the thirteenth time. Every year, prizes are awarded to Master's theses that deal with current national and international issues relating to health topics in the categories of climate and health, health promotion, healthcare and healthcare management.
Award-winning theses from UAS Burgenland
31 entries were submitted for the prize in four categories. A total of five graduates from the Department of Health at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences were honoured with the Health Research Award. Short biographies and summaries at the end of the text.
Second place in the Climate and Health category went to Julia Wagner, BA MSc. She completed a Bachelor's degree in Health Management and Health Promotion and a Master's degree in Health Promotion and Human Resource Management at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and developed a quantitative survey to measure climate-specific health literacy and health behaviour in her final thesis.
Third place in the Climate and Health category went to Eva Peer, MSc. The physiotherapist completed a Master's degree programme in Health Promotion & Human Resource Management at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and worked on a climate-friendly and health-promoting urban development concept with a focus on active mobility in urban areas.
By combining climate protection and the promotion of physical activity in particular, I was able to unite two topics that are important to me and conduct interesting interviews.
Eva Peer, prizewinner
Second place in the Management in Healthcare category went to Selina Osztovics,BA MSc, for her work on "Medical and Nursing Documentation in Austria's Healthcare System". She completed the Bachelor's degree programme in Health Management and Health Promotion and the Master's degree programme in Health Promotion and Human Resource Management at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences.
The topic of my master's thesis is particularly relevant as it highlights the urgent problems and potential solutions in the field of medical and nursing documentation. This is primarily exacerbated by legislative changes, staff shortages and increasing digitalisation.
Selina Osztovics, prizewinner
Margit Mayerhofer, BSc MSc won third place in the health promotion category for her thesis on "Strengthening the health literacy of patients in the context of health communication with carers in an acute inpatient setting". She completed a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare and Nursing at FH Campus Wien and a Master's degree in Health Promotion and Human Resource Management at FH Burgenland.
Health literacy is a key factor for a life in good health, which can also be strengthened through effective health communication between carers and patients - this potential must not go unused.
Margit Mayerhofer, prizewinner
Sonja Himmelsbach, BSc., MA, took third place in the healthcare category. She dealt with "Hospice and palliative care for children, adolescents and young adults. Development of a day-care centre in Vienna". The qualified healthcare and nursing professional (FH Krems) completed a Master's degree in Health Management and Integrated Care at the FH Burgenland.
During my day-to-day work, I was repeatedly confronted with complex and challenging care situations. I wanted to find out why this was the case and what could be done to improve care.
Sonja Himmelsbach, prizewinner
Knowledge transfer from universities to companies
This year, the Health Research Award was supported by Janssen Cilag Pharma in the healthcare category: "For Johnson & Johnson as an innovative company in the life sciences sector, research is at the centre of everything we do. The Health Research Award is one of the initiatives to promote local research potential in the healthcare sector." The ARGE der Krankenausmanager*innen Burgenland supported the category Management in Healthcare, the Competence Centre Future Health Promotion supported the category Health Promotion. The Competence Centre for Climate and Health sponsored the Climate and Health category. "In order to deal with the effects of climate change on health and the health sector, the research work of young scientists in particular provides important insights."
The annual call for entries for the award primarily encourages the transfer of knowledge and technology between companies and UAS educational institutions in order to create marketable and socially relevant innovations. Young talents are supported by companies, which in turn benefit from the students' expertise and research results. The awards also recognise the practical relevance of training in the healthcare industry and the expertise of Austria's UAS healthcare degree programmes.
The award ceremony for the Health Research Awards 2024 took place during the FGÖ conference in Villach.
Registration for remaining places in the Department of Health is still possible at www.fh-burgenland.at!
Brief bios and summaries
Julia Wagner: "A quantitative survey to measure climate-specific health literacy and health behaviour"
Julia Wagner, BA MSc, born in 1997, lives in Graz and works as a subject coordinator at the CTU - Medical University of Graz.
General and climate-specific health literacy in Austria is still relatively low and there is a great need for action to strengthen it. Climatic changes will continue to increase in the coming years, which means that various extreme weather events will occur more frequently. In order to minimise the negative health consequences, the population must be able to deal with general and climate-specific health information. A great deal of research is still needed to be able to draw on evidence-based data.
Sonja Himmelsbach: "Hospice and palliative care for children, adolescents and young adults - establishing a day-care centre in Vienna"
Sonja Himmelsbach BSc, MA, born 1975, lives in Berndorf (Lower Austria) and works as a qualified healthcare and nursing professional.
Organisations that offer day-care services for seriously ill children and their families need criteria and guidelines that provide them with security as well as room for manoeuvre and decision-making. Quality criteria provide a basis for arguing the necessity and effectiveness of day-care centres with support and respite services. This requires an amalgamation of the health, social and education sectors.
Eva Peer: "Climate-friendly and health-promoting urban development concept focussing on active mobility in urban areas - the importance of the concept of active mobility for the implementation of ratio-oriented measures"
Eva Peer MSc, born in 1995, lives in Vienna and works as a physiotherapist.
One measure that is both climate-friendly and health-promoting is the shift from motorised transport to active mobility. The package of measures developed in this thesis is intended to assist in the decision-making process for suitable interventions in urban development and provide scientifically elaborated findings. This should also provide an overview of the variety of measures. These should ultimately serve as recommendations for decision-makers and thus initiate the first steps towards promoting active transport.
Margit Mayerhofer: "Strengthening the health literacy of patients in the context of health communication with carers in the acute inpatient setting. A qualitative survey"
Margit Mayerhofer BSc MSc, born 1984, lives in Vienna and works as a qualified healthcare and nursing professional.
The results of the study show that carers have both the opportunity and the motivation in their daily work to strengthen patients' health literacy through health communication. However, what is missing are the internal company framework conditions and, in some cases, the necessary specific knowledge of the carers.
Selina Osztovics: "Medical and nursing documentation in Austria's healthcare system"
Selina Osztovics, BA MSc, born in 1998, lives in Kleinzicken and works as a research assistant in the Department of Health at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland.
Extensive documentation tasks, legal requirements and inadequate IT solutions take up a lot of time, which healthcare staff often lack in the care and nursing process. In this respect, special solutions and strategies need to be selected in order to relieve the burden on healthcare staff with regard to documentation activities. The results show that numerous measures can be used to improve the documentation process. First and foremost is the use of medical documentation specialists.
Further information: Mag.a Christiane Staab
Marketing & Communication
Fachhochschule Burgenland GmbH
Tel: +43 (0)5 7705 3537
E-Mail: christiane.staab@hochschule-burgenland.at
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