Primary Prevention And Health Promotion in Bavaria : Taking Stock

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Background: Health promotion and prevention are key elements of Bavarian health policy and are currently being re-oriented along the framework of the "Bavarian Prevention Plan". In this context, a stock taking of prevention and health promotion in Bavaria was conducted with the aim to contribute to the continued strategic and quality-orientated development of this field. Methods: The investigation was restricted to activities of primary prevention and health promotion with a focus on the action areas of the Bavarian Prevention Plan. The prevention actors, not projects, were the smallest units that were surveyed. During the 3-month field phase in 2014/2015, 595 prevention players were contacted and asked to complete an online questionnaire on their activities and target groups as well as quality and structural aspects. In addition, 9 expert interviews were conducted in an urban and a rural area in order to explore the field of small commercial and civic prevention actors. Results: 135 prevention players took part in the survey (return rate 23%). The most commonly cited themes of activities are health literacy (62% of players) and mental health (58%). The target groups are often broadly defined, gender specific measures and those for socially disadvantaged groups are comparatively rare. Provision of health-related information is the most commonly used approach (58-69% of players depending on the action area), least used are community work approaches (9-12%). 77% of the respondents state to use models of best practice and 55% scientific results in the development of measures; 43% conduct outcome evaluations and 80% take part in committee work and networks. The latter are mainly used to exchange information (90% of actors), 55 and 54% state to use them for joint planning and delivery of interventions, respectively. Conclusions: The most important prevention players took part in the survey. Methodologically it proved difficult to achieve a meaningful depiction of central aspects of the prevention scene via a quantitative survey approach. There is a lack of well-tried instruments and approaches for such cross-agency surveys. Nevertheless, the study allows trend statements on the spectrum, structure and quality of prevention in Bavaria. Thus, a starting line for the implementation of the Bavarian Prevention Plan as well as the basis of prevention reporting as intended by the new national prevention law could be established.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

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Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) - 79(2017), 4 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 238-246

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Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Primärprävention und Gesundheitsförderung in Bayern – eine explorative Bestandsaufnahme

Beteiligte Personen:

Reisig, V [VerfasserIn]
Kuhn, J [VerfasserIn]
Loos, S [VerfasserIn]
Nennstiel-Ratzel, U [VerfasserIn]
Wildner, M [VerfasserIn]
Caselmann, W H [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 28.02.2018

Date Revised 28.02.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1055/s-0042-108585

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NLM261505033