TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Ruo-Xi, Yu A1 - Köcher, Wolfgang A1 - Darvin, Maxim E. A1 - Büttner, Monika A1 - Jung, Sora A1 - Lee, Bich Na A1 - Klotter, Christoph A1 - Meinke, Martina C. A1 - Lademann, Jürgen T1 - Spectroscopic biofeedback on cutaneous carotenoids as part of a prevention program could be effective to raise health awareness in adolescents JF - Journal of Biophotonics N2 - The cutaneous carotenoid concentration correlates with the overall antioxidant status of a person and can be seen as biomarker for nutrition and lifestyle. 50 high school students were spectroscopically measured for their cutaneous carotenoid concentrations initially in a static phase, followed by an intervention phase with biofeedback of their measured values, living a healthy lifestyle and on healthy food this time. The volunteers showed higher carotenoid concentrations than found in previous studies. A significant correlation of healthy lifestyle habits and a high antioxidant status could be determined. Subjects improved their nutritional habits and significantly increased their carotenoid concentration during intervention. Follow-up five months later showed a consolidation of the increase. The investigations show that a healthy diet and a well-balanced lifestyle correlate with a high cutaneous antioxidant concentration and that spectroscopic biofeedback measurement of cutaneous carotenoids as part of an integrated prevention program is a feasible and effective means to raise the health awareness in adolescents. Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201300134 SN - 1864-063X VL - 7 IS - 11-12 SP - 926 EP - 937 PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Quenzel, Gudrun A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus T1 - The growing gender gap in education JF - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth N2 - Young women, and not young men, acquire the privileged diplomas offered by the educational system, and it is they who obtain the more promising career prospects. In this paper, we seek to identify factors that account for the declining school performance of boys and young men. After reviewing and analysing the international literature on gender and education, we integrate various explanatory approaches into a comprehensive socialisation model. The model focuses on the developmental tasks young men face during adolescence. Our central thesis is that the declining school performance of young men cannot be fully explained by their failure to cope with the developmental task ‘qualification’. Rather, the three other central clusters of developmental tasks – ‘social attachment’, ‘regeneration’, and ‘participation’ – have to be incorporated. The crucial implication is that supporting young men at school will show only limited results. Rather, to improve the school performance of young men, it is also necessary to address their deficits in coping with the other developmental tasks. KW - Gender gap KW - Education KW - Development Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2012.665168 SN - 0267-3843 VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 69 EP - 84 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Reinhardt, C.H. A1 - Noack, M. J. A1 - Wassmer, G. A1 - Klein, K. T1 - A strategy for encouraging young adult’s adoption of a preferred oral hygiene technique JF - Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry N2 - PURPOSE: Adherence to dental preventive programmes in young adults is low. The aim of the present longitudinal study was to evaluate whether tutoring peers can be a compliance-enhancing tool or not. METHODS: In Part 1, two randomly selected classes (49 female students, mean age 19.8 + or - 2.3 years) were taught adult toothbrushing technique (the modified Bass technique) in a project-like manner. After the course, knowledge was tested using a class test, and compliance was evaluated using anonymous quantitative questionnaires. Compliance was defined as a reported degree of change from the easy-to-learn childhood toothbrushing techniques to the more efficient and challenging Bass technique. In Part 2 of the present longitudinal study, the compliance of these students was re-evaluated after having developed and applied themselves a programme of how to tutor peers in oral health. Re-evaluation of compliance was performed after 3 and 9 months. RESULTS: In Part 1, 28.5% of the students were compliant after 1 week. Compared with Part 1, the compliance in Part 2 was significantly higher (P u 0.001), both after 3 months (90%) and after 9 months (82%). CONCLUSIONS: Tutoring peers can significantly enhance the compliance over a period of 9 months. Tutoring can function as a form of empowerment and can establish a strong sustained health engagement. Tutoring peers in health-related subjects can readily be implemented in schools and might be an additional means of oral health promotion with fewer additional costs. KW - Compliance KW - Motivation KW - Patient education Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3290/j.ohpd.a18805 SN - 1602-1622 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 8 PB - Quintessenz Publ. CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Nic Gabhainn, S. A1 - Zambon, A. A1 - Boyce, W. A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus T1 - Welfare state regimes, health and health inequalities in adolescence: A multilevel analysis in 32 countries JF - Sociology of Health and Illness N2 - Comparative research on health and health inequalities has recently started to establish a welfare regime perspective. The objective of this study was to determine whether different welfare regimes are associated with health and health inequalities among adolescents. Data were collected from the ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children’ study in 2006, including 11- to 15-year-old students from 32 countries (N = 141,091). Prevalence rates and multilevel logistic regression models were calculated for self-rated health (SRH) and health complaints. The results show that between 4 per cent and 7 per cent of the variation in both health outcomes is attributable to differences between countries. Compared to the Scandinavian regime, the Southern regime had lower odds ratios for SRH, while for health complaints the Southern and Eastern regime showed high odds ratios. The association between subjective health and welfare regime was largely unaffected by adjusting for individual socioeconomic position. After adjustment for the welfare regime typology, the country-level variations were reduced to 4.6 per cent for SRH and to 2.9 per cent for health complaints. Regarding cross-level interaction effects between welfare regimes and socioeconomic position, no clear regime-specific pattern was found. Consistent with research on adults this study shows that welfare regimes are important in explaining variations in adolescent health across countries. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01433.x SN - 1467-9566 VL - 34 IS - 6 SP - 858 EP - 879 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken (NJ) [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Andresen, Sabine A1 - Schneekloth, Ulrich T1 - Care and freedom: Theoretical and empirical aspects of children’s wellbeing JF - Child Indicators Research N2 - In 2007, we published the first survey on children in Germany. In that “1st World Vision Children Study,” we decided to perform more than just a representative and standardized questionnaire survey of 1,600 children aged 8–11 years. We also chose to carry out qualitative interviews linked together with a game, and to extend these interviews to include children from the age of 6 years onward. One important finding of the 2007 survey was the devastating impact of social inequality on children’s lives and the growing numbers of children who experience poverty. In 2010, we published a new survey of children, the “2nd World Vision Study.” This covered a sample of 2,500 children aged 6 to 11 years. We added some questions on the feelings and everyday life experiences children have when they are poor. We also included questions on respect, and self-efficacy. Both studies are based on a concept of child well-being. We consider that the World Vision Study of 2010 delivers one major finding: What contributes to the well-being of children in Germany is the granting of freedoms and the experiences of autonomy embedded among experiences of parental care within committed relationships. Hence, it is precisely a combination of freedom and parental care, of co-determination and protection that leads to a high life satisfaction in 6- to 11-year-olds.(Publishers Information) KW - Child well-being KW - Freedom KW - Care KW - Time-use KW - Respect KW - Child well-being in Germany Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-012-9154-6 SN - 1874-897X VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 437 EP - 448 PB - Springer Netherlands ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Albert, Mathias A1 - Quenzel, Gudrun T1 - Youth protest in Germany? An analysis based on the results of the Shell Youth Studies JF - Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung N2 - Youth protest, sometimes accompanied by riots, in a number of European countries over the last few years repeatedly trigger the question whether similar forms of protest can be expected in the near future from young people in Germany as well. While any, often spontaneous eruption of (violent) protest, can never be predicted with certainty, we argue, based on an analysis of the last Shell Youth Studies (cf. Shell Deutschland 2002, 2006, 2010), that it is rather unlikely to happen in Germany, indeed that if anything this likelihood has decreased over recent years. We identify three explanations for the – compared to a range of other European countries – striking acquiescence of the current young generation in Germany: 1. A range of institutions that keep young Germans in the education system until they finally find employment, 2. a strong culture of pragmatic individualism, and 3. a strong distrust of political parties. KW - Adolescent KW - Protest KW - Federal Republic of Germany KW - Research results KW - Youth research KW - Political attitude KW - Living conditions KW - Value-orientation KW - Education KW - Social background KW - Individualism KW - Pragmatics Y1 - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-391393 SN - 1862-5002 VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 341 EP - 345 PB - Budrich CY - Leverkusen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Quenzel, Gudrun T1 - Lost in transition: status insecurity and inconsistency as hallmarks of modern adolescence JF - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth N2 - In highly developed countries, the adolescent phase of life is expanding more and more. The consequences are status insecurity and inconsistency. A side effect is that adolescence is no longer clearly separable as demarcated biographical stage from adulthood. In this paper, we argue that the developmental tasks of a typical adolescent and a typical adult can only be partially differentiated, and the exact point in time when adolescents become adults can no longer be clearly identified. We find evidence that adolescence is becoming more ‘adult’ and adulthood is correspondingly becoming more ‘juvenile’. In almost all important social areas of life, the behavioral patterns of adults and of adolescents are coalescing. Living with insecurity in the working life and in social relations, experiencing limitations of personal autonomy, and the continuous need to work on social status inconsistencies today are characteristic features of the life of adolescents and adults. As many adolescents meet these demands skillfully and flexibly, they have in many respects become ‘social models’ for the adult life phase. KW - Developmental tasks KW - Status insecurity KW - Status inconsistency KW - Socialization KW - Life course Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2013.785440 SN - 0267-3843 VL - 20 IS - 3 SP - 261 EP - 270 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - London [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: a research note JF - Journal of Public Health N2 - Aim Comparative research on health and health inequalities has recently begun implementing a welfare regime perspective. The aim of the study was to review the existing evidence for identifying the determinants of health and health inequalities in highly developed welfare states and to develop a theoretical model for future research approaches. Subject A welfare state regime typology is applied to comparatively analyse (1) the relationship between the level of economic prosperity in a society and its respective level of overall population health and (2) the nature of the corresponding relationship between economic inequalities and health inequalities in different groups of countries. Results Although the Social Democratic welfare states have a relatively equal distribution of material wealth as well as the highest levels of population health, they are not characterised by the smallest levels of health inequality. Rather, with respect to health equality, conservative countries seem to perform better than social democracies. We propose a comprehensive theoretical model that takes into account different factors on the structural (macro), organisational (meso) and individual (micro) level in order to contribute to a better understanding of this important challenge for public health policy and practice. Conclusion Future research will require an appropriate theoretical model with the potential to explain health and health inequalities in different types of welfare states. On the basis of this model, future research should test the hypothesis that in highly developed countries not only economic, but also social, cultural and lifestyle factors are important in determining health outcomes in different segments of the population. KW - Welfare state KW - Health inequalities KW - Economic inequalities KW - Social determinants of health KW - Scandinavian paradox KW - Health-sensitive public policy Y1 - 2011 UR - urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-216295 U6 - https://doi.org/http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-216295 SN - 1613-2238 VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 13 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Ottova, Veronika A1 - de Looze, Margarethe A1 - Levin, Kate A1 - Molcho, Michael A1 - Elgar, Frank A1 - Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse A1 - van Dijk, Jitse P. A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Macro-level determinants of young people’s subjective health and health inequalities: A multilevel analysis in 27 welfare states JF - Maturitas N2 - Objectives Cross-national studies have rarely focused on young people. The aim of this study is to investigate whether macro-level determinants are associated with health and socioeconomic inequalities in young people's health. Study design Data were collected from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in 2006, which included 11- to 15-year old adolescents from 27 European and North American countries (n = 134,632). This study includes national income, health expenditure, income inequality, and welfare regime dummy-variables as macro-level determinants, using hierarchical regression modelling. Main outcome measure Psychosomatic health complaints and socioeconomic inequalities in psychosomatic health complaints. Results Adolescents in countries with higher income inequality and with liberal welfare tradition were associated with more health complaints and a stronger relationship between socioeconomic status and macro-level determinants compared to adolescents from countries with lower income inequality or the Social Democratic regime. National income and health expenditure were not related to health complaints. Countries with higher national income, public health expenditure and income inequality showed stronger associations between socioeconomic status and psychosomatic health complaints. Conclusion Results showed that macro-level characteristics are relevant determinants of health and health inequalities in adolescence. KW - Macro-level determinants KW - Adolescents KW - Subjective health KW - Health inequality KW - HBSC Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008 SN - 0378-5122 VL - 80 IS - 4 SP - 414 EP - 420 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Berens, Eva-Maria A1 - Vogt, Dominique A1 - Schaeffer, Doris A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Messer, Melanie T1 - Health literacy in old age: results of a German cross-sectional study JF - Health Promotion International KW - Health Literacy Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax012 SN - 0957-4824, 1460-2245 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER -