Anita Sandmeier

Biographic Data

ID6510312
NAMEAnita Sandmeier
GIVEN NAMESAnita
FAMILY NAMESandmeier
SIGNATURESANDMEIER A
AFFILIATIONSSchwyz University of Teacher Education
ORCID0000-0002-0756-6272
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • School principals’ Covid-19 health literacy and its association with mental health

    Open AccessMarlene Meyer, Kevin Dadaczynski et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2026

    School principals are prone to mental health problems due to work demands. During the COVID-19 pandemic, school principals were additionally tasked with managing challenging responsibilities, i.e. implementing hygiene regulations, communicating frequent policy updates, and transitioning to online teaching. This international study aimed to assess school principals’ COVID-19 health literacy (HL) levels as a resource during the pandemic and to exam…

  • School leaders’ promotion of mental health

    Open AccessSimona Betschart, Anita Sandmeier et al.ARTICLEManagement in Education2026

    The present study aimed to explore the implementation of health promotion (HP) in schools in Malaysia and Switzerland, investigate how school leaders’ attitudes are related to such efforts, and identify contextual factors that contribute to HP implementation. School leaders from both countries (Malaysia and Switzerland) completed an online survey including the School Promotion of Social and Emotional Health, and a comparative analysis (hierarchic…

  • Associations between work overload, prolonging working hours, calling and exhaustion

    Open AccessDoris Hofer, Sarah A K Kuhn et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2026

    Exhaustion in teachers is a widespread phenomenon, but longitudinal studies that examine both personal and situational risk factors longitudinally are rare. This study investigated the relationship between work overload, prolonging working hours, calling and exhaustion among teachers in Switzerland ( N = 385). We conducted a secondary analysis using data from a larger longitudinal study and applied structural equation modelling across three measu…

  • The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development

    Open AccessKarina Leksy, Grzegorz Gawron et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    School leaders such as principals are key not only for educational and school quality but also for initiating and sustainably anchoring any innovation in schools. Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of holistic approaches to school health promotion, the role of principals has received increased, but not yet systematic, attention. In this context, it is unclear which leadership competencies are needed and to what extent the…

  • School leadership that supports health promotion in schools

    Open AccessDonnie Adams, King Lok Tan et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2023

    Objective: Schools are important settings for health promotion. In schools, children and adolescents can be reached regardless of their social background, which represents a unique opportunity for promoting health. Several studies have demonstrated the importance of school leadership in initiating and sustaining health promotion; however, efforts to systematically review the influence of school leadership on school health promotion are still lack…

  • The Importance of School Leaders’ Attitudes and Health Literacy to the Implementation of a Health-Promoting Schools Approach

    Open AccessSimona Betschart, Anita Sandmeier et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Schools are considered as important settings for health education and the promotion of functioning, healthy people. Health-promoting schools (HPS) take a holistic approach to health promotion that addresses all school levels and members of the school community. Although it is assumed that school leaders are crucial in the implementation of HPS, little is known so far about which specific factors are relevant. The purpose of this study was to anal…

  • Work until you drop

    Open AccessAnita Sandmeier, Sophie Baeriswyl et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2022Cited by: 1References: 6

  • Entwicklung und Validierung eines praxistauglichen Evaluationsinstruments zur Messung und Optimierung von Lerntransfer

    Anita Sandmeier, Ulrike Hanke et al.ARTICLEZeitschrift für Evaluation2021

    Der vorliegende Artikel beschreibt, ausgehend von der Darstellung bereits existierender Messinstrumente und deren Vor- und Nachteilen, die Entwicklung eines praxistauglichen und zugleich wissenschaftlich validen Evaluationsinstrumentes zur Optimierung des Lerntransfers von Weiterbildungen. Der Fragebogen umfasst 31 Items zum Lernfeld (Weiterbildungsmaßnahme), zum Funktionsfeld (Arbeitsplatz, an dem die in der Weiterbildung erworbenen Kompetenzen …

  • Gesundheit und Selbstregulation in der Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung

    Anita Sandmeier, Maida Mustafić et al.CHAPTERHandbuch Lehrerinnen- und…2020

  • Negative Beanspruchung von Schweizer Lehrpersonen. Trends von 2006 bis 2014

    Open AccessAnita Sandmeier, Doris Kunz Heim et al.ARTICLESwiss Journal of Educational…2018

    In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob und inwieweit sich das Ausmass der negativen Beanspruchung bei Lehrpersonen in der Schweiz der 5. – 9. Schulstufe (7. – 11. HarmoS) in den letzten zehn Jahren verändert hat. Auf der Grundlage einer nationalen sequentiellen Querschnittsanalyse können erstmals Aussagen zu Trends zwischen 2006 und 2014 gemacht werden: Das Ausmass der negativen Beanspruchung bleibt bei regionalen Unterschieden insgesamt relativ s…