Health promotion and options for digital health interventions on board merchant vessels
Lorenz Scheit, Dorothee Dengler, Lukas Belz, Chiara Reck, Volker Harth, Marcus Oldenburg · 2026
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Lorenz Scheit and co-authors published a 2026 survey on health promotion aboard merchant ships. Crews live far from normal health services, and officers and ratings may want different support. The team asked seafarers what health topics matter and whether digital tools could deliver help at sea.
They surveyed 903 seafarers from 23 countries on 68 ships from two German firms. Ratings rated topics like healthy food and exercise as more relevant than officers did. Ratings were also more than twice as keen to do more sport and learn relaxation skills. Nearly all used smartphones, and most in both groups would use a health app and join a reward-based bonus scheme. Interest barely varied by age or cultural background. The authors back apps, wearables, and online learning for shipboard health.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lorenz Scheit, Dorothee Dengler, Lukas Belz, Chiara Reck, Volker Harth, Marcus Oldenburg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41227 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |