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[The current public health situation in Germany]
1Technische Universität Berlin. ums@ifg.tu-berlin.de
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
|September 21, 2005
Summary
The development of public health in German universities during the 1990s achieved professionalization and met labor market demands. However, sustained strength requires addressing foundational conditions for robust public health schools.
Area of Science:
- Health Sciences
- Public Health
Context:
- Development of health sciences and public health at German universities in the 1990s.
- Process maintained scientific objectives with a distance from the Public Health Service.
Purpose:
- Evaluate the coverage of health science issues by public health findings.
- Assess the impact of professionalization through postgraduate teaching and degree courses.
- Analyze labor market demand for university graduates' qualifications.
Summary:
- Public health entities successfully cover relevant health science issues.
- Professionalization achieved via postgraduate teaching and degree courses at universities and Fachhochschulen.
- University graduates show impressive labor market demand for acquired qualifications.
- Theoretical and methodological professionalization utilized internationally recognized concepts from public health schools.
Impact:
- Structural establishment of public health at universities is vulnerable to changing basic conditions.
- Germany has further to go to establish strong schools of public health.
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