PAHCO

Physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO)
Theory development, assessment development, intervention support, and network formation

Despite the overwhelming evidence regarding the health-promoting effects of physical activity, the current practice of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) fails to sufficiently attach individuals to a physically active lifestyle. To counteract this problem, Pfeifer and Sudeck (2013) developed the model of physical activity-related health competence on the basis of the competence discussion conducted in educational research.

The model assumes that the key at the level of the person lies in the interplay of individual movement competence, control competence, and self-regulation competence. This integrative research project follows four concrete research goals in a systematic manner:

1. Elaborating the theoretical foundations of PAHCO
2. Development of an assessment instrument, integration of data sets across different projects, and representative data collection in the population
3. Accompanying interventions in the area of health-enhancing physical activity (in research and application)
4. Forming a network across different locations

Period: 2017/10 – 2023/09
Principal investigators: Dr. Johannes Carl, Prof. Dr. Klaus Pfeifer
Cooperation partner: Prof. Dr. Gorden Sudeck (University of Tübingen)
Cooperation partner for representative data collection in the population: Dr. Susanne Jordan, Dr. Maike Buchmann, Dr. Olga M. Domanska (Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin)
Interdependence with the following projects: PArC-AVE, STAR, MS bewegt, COPD-ARenA, BewegtVersorgt, TakeCare!

Journal publications (for a complete overview: see CRIS):

• Carl, J., Grüne, E., Popp, J., & Pfeifer, K. (2020). Physical Activity Promotion for Apprentices in Nursing Care and Automotive Mechatronics – Competence Counts More than Volume. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 793. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030793
• Carl, J., Sudeck, G., Geidl, W., Schultz, K., & Pfeifer, K. (2020). Competencies for a healthy physically active lifestyle – Validation of an integrative model. Research Quarterly For Exercise and Sport. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2020.1752885
• Carl, J., Sudeck, G., & Pfeifer, K. (2020). Competencies for a healthy physically active lifestyle – Reflections on the Model of Physical Activity-related Health Competence. Journal of physical activity and health, 17(7), 688-697. https://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2019-0442
• Carl, J., Geidl, W., Schultz, K., & Pfeifer, K. (2020). Bewegungstherapie in der pneumologischen Rehabilitation - Veränderungen in der bewegungsbezogenen Gesundheitskompetenz bei Personen mit COPD. Praxis klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation, 33(2), 125-134.
• Carl, J., Sudeck, G., & Pfeifer, K. (2020). Competencies for a healthy physically active lifestyle: Second-order analysis and multidimensional scaling. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3267. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.558850
• Carl, J. (2020). Herausforderungen für die Kompetenzorientierung im Gesundheitssport - Bericht von Aktivitäten des Netzwerks Bewegungsbezogene Gesundheitskompetenz. Bewegungstherapie und Gesundheitssport, 36(06), 249-256. https://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1292-6597
• Carl, J., Geidl, W., Schuler, M., Mino, E., Lehbert, N., Wittmann, M.,... Pfeifer, K. (2021). Towards a better understanding of physical activity in people with COPD: predicting physical activity after pulmonary rehabilitation using an integrative competence model. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 18, 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479973121994781
• Carl, J., Grüne, E., & Pfeifer, K. (2021). What about the environment? - How the physical activity-related health competence model can benefit from health literacy research. Frontiers in Public Health. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.635443
• Carl, J., Hartung, V., Tallner, A., & Pfeifer, K. (2021). The relevance of competences for a healthy, physically active lifestyle in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS): A path analytical approach. Behavioral Medicine, online. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.1935437
• Blaschke, S., Carl, J., Ellinger, J., Birner, U., & Mess, F. (2021). The Role of Physical Activity-Related Health Competence and Leisure-Time Physical Activity for Physical Health and Metabolic Syndrome: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach for German Office Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 10153. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910153
• Carl, J., Schultz, K., Janssens, T., Von Leupoldt, A., Pfeifer, K., & Geidl, W. (2021). The “can do, do do” concept in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an exploration of psychological mechanisms. Respiratory Research, 22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01854-1
• Weißenfels, A., Klamroth, S., Carl, J., Naber, I., Mino, E., Geidl, W.,... Pfeifer, K. (2022). Effectiveness and implementation success of a co-produced physical activity referral scheme in Germany: study protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomised trial. BMC Public Health, 22(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13833-2
• Grüne, E., Popp, J., Carl, J., Semrau, J., & Pfeifer, K. (2022). Examining the sustainability and effectiveness of co-created physical activity interventions in vocational education and training: a multimethod evaluation. BMC Public Health, 22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13133-9
• Blaschke, S., Carl, J., Pelster, K., & Mess, F. (2023). Promoting physical activity-related health competence to increase leisure-time physical activity and health-related quality of life in German private sector office workers. BMC Public Health, 23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15391-7