[Current status of the interdisciplinary model project "Neurodermatitis Education for Children and Adolescents"]

With the help of the German Ministry of Health and the health insurance companies a national interdisciplinary project for children and adolescents with atopic eczema will be developed. The aim of the project is to generate standardized teaching concepts for parents and children covering medical, psychological and social aspect of the disease. 800 children and adolescents of different age groups will be enrolled in this project. Furthermore, during the three years of the study the efficacy of the teaching concept will be evaluated.