["Health promotion: Is it worth it?" A discussion game for training and practice]

In order to strengthen health promotion spreading knowledge is as essential as tackling typical problems of its implementation. Both aspects can be adressed by using game-based learning approaches. To this end, we specifically developed a discussion game divided into four phases of play. Our aim is to (1) spread facts, (2) raise awareness of the topic and (3) promote well-informed political opinion-forming at individual as well as group levels. Experience shows that these objectives can be achieved with this game. The game as a whole or parts of it can easily be integrated into university teaching in different ways. In addition, there is major potential for using the game in lifelong learning settings and health promotion projects. In the next step the game will be adapted to enable its implementation in the workplace as a special setting for health promotion.