Community health promotion and prevention
National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds
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Prof. Petra Kolip (Bielefeld University), Prof. Julika Loss (RKI)
Since 2019, the aim of the GKV-Bündnis für Gesundheit’s municipal funding programme has been to contribute to the systematic further development and strengthening of municipal health promotion and prevention as well as the promotion of equal health opportunities. Its focus is on supporting municipalities with problems and particular social and health challenges. It is important that particularly vulnerable target groups benefit more from health-promoting and preventive measures than previously. The programme’s two funding areas “Municipal structural development” and “Target group-specific interventions” are utilised by around 100 municipalities, and in some cases are also used in tandem.
Prognos and Prof. Petra Kolip (Bielefeld University) and Prof. Julika Loss (RKI) are conducting the scientific evaluation on behalf of the GKV-Bündnis für Gesundheit. From 2020 to 2026, there will be four evaluation phases that will assess the initial situation, implementation, results, and sustainability in all supported municipalities. The aim of the evaluation is to gain insights into the conditions for success as well as the obstacles facing local health promotion and prevention.
The GKV Prevention Report 2023 provides information about the first interim results of the current investigation:
The promotion of equal health opportunities, which is the overall objective of the programme, will only be possible in the long term if structures and measures can be built up sustainably. The evaluation has provided strong indications for the central role played by the people on the ground, who are committed to promoting health promotion and prevention in the municipalities. According to the evaluation team's assessment to date, it is particularly important to ensure the continuity of local staff as this in turn ensures the sustainability of developments.
The evaluation uses a mix of methods consisting of interviews, online surveys, case and documentary analysis, to comprehensively determine the starting conditions, development processes, results, and the sustainability of funding. The survey design is adapted according to the individual project duration in the respective municipality.
Prevention Report 2023 (PDF in German)
Project team: Nina Altmann, Andreas Heimer, Carsten Maday, Verena Stengel, Janko Vollmer
Latest update: 29.11.2023
Verena Stengel und Janko Vollmer erläutern u. a. die Untersuchungsschritte der Evaluation des kommunalen Förderprogrammes des GKV-Bündnisses für Gesundheit.
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