Study and work healthily
HSZG and BARMER sign a cooperation agreement on workplace health promotion.
Health always comes first—especially this year! For this reason, we are pleased that Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences is breaking new ground in university Health Management in collaboration with BARMER. The university gives equal consideration to both employee health and student health management.
"Both employees and students face health challenges. This is the reason why it is important for us to address these challenges with both groups of people and develop health-promoting solutions. We support them with both face-to-face and digital offers," says Frank Kebbekus, Managing Director of BARMER in Dresden and Eastern Saxony.
”A cooperation agreement has now formalized these joint efforts for a period of three years. The first modules are being planned and will be implemented shortly in collaboration with the university’s Health Working Group. For example, there will be another employee survey to identify resources and stressors in the workplace, and the results will be used to develop tailored programs for HSZG employees. At the end of the contract period, these programs will be evaluated for their effectiveness.
The BARMER Campus Coach focuses on student health. He uses playful methods to raise students’ awareness of health issues. An anonymous online survey will be conducted to assess students’ health status as well as their wishes and needs. The goal of the survey is to implement targeted measures, such as cardio scans, stress management support during exam periods, and exercise programs. What makes this unique is that all programs are continuously evaluated and, if necessary, adjusted.
The focus is thus on the actual needs of our students.
"We want to support our students in completing their studies in the best possible way. For us, this includes strengthening them in particularly strenuous phases and providing them with constant incentives to promote their own health," summarizes Nicola Bell as a representative of the StuRa.
”Chancellor Karin Hollstein is also optimistic about the future:
"We have already worked together successfully with BARMER time and again in the past. I am very pleased that we can now intensify this cooperation in a targeted manner for the benefit of our employees and students."
”With this in mind, let's get moving together!
1st floor
1st floor