Project description
The ActivityKIT project primarily aimed to promote greater physical activity in the daily lives of KIT students. In doing so, the project sought to strengthen individual resources, health awareness, and health literacy. To achieve these objectives, ActivityKIT closely collaborated with the MyHealth project. The development and implementation of the project were largely student-centered, actively involving the target group itself — the students — in shaping the project through academic courses, research projects, or student assistant positions. As such, ActivityKIT pursued both practice-oriented and research-driven objectives.
ActivityKIT was part of the nationwide initiative "Bewegt studieren – Studieren bewegt! 2.0", supported by the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) and the German University Sports Federation (adh). The project had also received funding during the first phase of the initiative (Bewegt studieren – Studieren bewegt! 1.0).
Duration
2017-2019 (first funding phase)
2020-2023 (second funding phase)
Participating institutions
- Techniker Krankenkasse and German University Sports Federation (adh) (funding bodies and advisory project partners)
- KIT University Sports
- Aktivpause
- House of Competence
- Study Centre for Visually Impaired Students
- Coordinator for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
- Karlsruhe University of Education
Contact
ActivityKIT-Materials
Paulus, M., Kunkel, J., Schmidt, S. C. E., Bachert, P., Wäsche, H., Neumann, R., & Woll, A. (2021). Standing Breaks in Lectures Improve University Students’ Self-Perceived Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Condition. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 18, Issue 8, p. 4204). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084204
Bachert, P., Hildebrand, C., Erley, N., Jekauc, D., Wäsche, H., Kunkel, J., & Woll, A. (2021). Students on stairs: a participatory approach using decisional cues in the form of motivational signs to promote stair use. In Journal of American College Health (Vol. 70, Issue 7, pp. 2152–2158). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1845704 
Mnich, C., Bachert, P., Kunkel, J., Wäsche, H., Neumann, R., & Nigg, C. R. (2019). Stand Up, Students! Decisional Cues Reduce Sedentary Behavior in University Students. In Frontiers in Public Health (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00230
ActivityKIT-Projektvorstellung
ActivityKIT-Projektvorstellung auf Englisch
ActivityKIT 1.0: Abschlussbericht
ActivityKIT 2.0: Abschlussbericht
Auswahl an ActivityKIT-Plakaten:
