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 – aktuell
Principal investigators: Eva Lorenz, Prof. Dr. Klaus Pfeifer
Cooperation partner: Prof. Dr. Gorden Sudeck (University of Tübingen); Dr. Johannes Carl (Deakin University)
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: TakeCare!, STABEKO

Information on the model, the survey instruments and publications can be found on the Website of the Model for Physical Activity-related Health Competence.