Geographical Locations - Germany

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 1,064
• CIA World Factbook : Germany

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Germany
  - WHO - Tobacco control: country profile - Germany
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Germany
• Regional Office for Europe (EURO) in Copenhagen (Denmark)

Government

• Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin - The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend - Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
• DIMDI - German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information
• Federal Centre for Health Education
• Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
• Federal Ministry of Health
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
• Information System for Federal Health Monitoring - The Information System offers easy access to all products of the Federal Health Monitoring, e.g. the topical booklets of the Federal Health Monitoring and Health Reports for Germany
  
  
• - Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environmental Agency
• DLR - Gesundheitsforschung - health research programs of the German government ("Gesundheitsforschung 2000" = "Health Research 2000") managed by Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Projektträger
• Gesundheitsförderung an Schulen - health promotion in schools (in German)
• GTZ - German Technical Cooperation - the leading foreign aid agency in Germany, which is involved in international health projects
• KfW - Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau - German Development Bank, provides loans for development projects including public health in so-called developing countries
• Statistics Germany - the federal office for statistics, the English language link is: http://www.statistik-bund.de/e_home.htm
  - Datenreport 1999 - a comprehensive data set on living conditions and their impact on health
• Landesinstitut für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst, Nordrhein-Westfalen - State Agency for Public Health
• Landesgesundheitsamt Baden-Württemberg - State Agency for Public Health

Non-Government

• DVGE - German Association for Health Sciences and Public Health
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung - German Society of Nutrition
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention - German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention
  - AG Sozial-Epidemiologie - Working Group Social Epidemiology
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Psychologie - German Society of Medical Psychology
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie - German Society of Medical Sociology
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Internationale Gesundheit - German Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health
• PHAD - Public Health Absolventen Deutschland - the association of German Public Health postgraduates
• Healthy Cities Network of Germany
• CriminologyNet - "Currently the 'Norddeutsches Institut für Kriminologische Forschung e.V.' is conducting projects to following topics: Monitoring Synthetic Drugs, Crime Prevention and Telecommunication, Fraud and Nepotism in the European Union, Mediation and Victim-Offender-Programs, Insider Trading and Compliance, Serial Murders and Society, Criminology in Italy, Cannabis as a Medicine and Networking"
• Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e.V. (DGAUM)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung e. V. (DGE)
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - the German section of the Red Cross
• Gesundheit und Psychologie - this is an information server which provides extremely useful links to local and regional groups active in public health; unfortunately, the information is only available in German, but check it out anyway
• Hessische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Gesundheitserziehung - a very comprehensive site providing links to almost all relevant German organizations active in the field of health education, health promotion, and public health; the site offers an English version, too
• HIV.NET - not a self-help group, but a German information site on AIDS and HIV (with English pages) - highly recommended
• Infoquelle: Selbsthilfegruppen - a comprehensive web-site on self-help groups in Germany
• Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Gesundheitsförderung, Saarland
• Netzwerk Gesundheit im Betrieb - worksite health promotion in the state of Saarland, pretty interesting and good resources
• MedNet - "Kompetenznetzwerke für die Medizin Online-Kontaktbörse" - an online contact network for medical and health related research
• NAKOS - Nationale Kontakt- und Informationsstelle zur Anregung und Unterstützung von Selbsthilfegruppen
• Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband - provides many links to other socially active organisations
• Public Health in Germany
• The Public Health Information Exchange Office, TU Berlin
• SiC.scout - Social Work in Cyberspace - "search and find information on social work in the internet" (in German, but recommended - provided by FH Jena)
• Software und Online-Dienste für Gesundheitsämter und andere Public Health-Institutionen - provided by Dr Michael Dórr, excellent web-site on applications of computer technology in local public health offices, highly recommended
• Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Uni Bonn - "an international, interdisciplinary research institute that contributes to resolving global development problems. It actively supports interdisciplinary collaboration. The goal of development research at ZEF is to contribute tangibly to sustainable development and the reduction of absolute poverty"

Academic Institutions

• German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) - "a wide-ranging representative longitudinal study of private households. It provides information on all household members, consisting of Germans living in the Old and New German States, Foreigners, and recent Immigrants to Germany. The Panel was started in 1984. In 1998, there were more than 6,600 households, and more than 12,700 persons sampled. Some of the many topics include household composition, occupational biographies, employment, earnings, health and satisfaction indicators. The data are available to researchers in Germany and abroad in SPSS, SAS, TDA, STATA, and ASCII format for immediate use. Extensive documentation in English and German is available online"
• GesundheitsAkademie e.V. - "in gemeinnütziger Zusammenschluss von Personen, Initiativen und Institutionen im Gesundheitsbereich mit dem Ziel, gesundheitsfördernde Kompetenz, ein sozial-ökologisches Gesundheitsverständnis und eine solidarische und gerechte Gesundheitspolitik zu unterstützen".
• Jugendforschung in Deutschland - providing access to resources on social research on adolescents in Germany, rich resource, unfortunately only available in German

• Technical University of Berlin
  - Preliminary Study Public Health Documentation
  - The Public Health Information Exchange Office - including an exhaustive list of links and a German public health mailing list - unfortunately this URL hasn't been updated since late 1997
  - Postgraduierten Studiengang Gesundheitswissenschaften/Public Health - Post-graduate Program Public Health
• University of Bielefeld
  - BISPH - Bielefeld School of Public Health
  - Distance Learning Programme Applied Health Sciences - in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences of Magdeburg
• University of Bremen - currently no link to the public health programme available, it would be located within the Fachbereich Human und Gesundheitswissenschaft
  - Institut für Psychologie der Arbeit, Arbeitslosigkeit und Gesundheit (IPG) - Institute for the Psychology of Work, Unemployment and Health
• Technical University of Dresden
• - Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin - Institute and Policlinic for Occupational and Social Medicine
• University of Düsseldorf, Zentrum für Medizinische Psychologie, Soziologie, Statistik und Allgemeinmedizin - Center for Medical Psychology, Sociology, Statistics and General Medicine
  - Zusatzstudiengang "Gesundheitswissenschaften und Sozialmedizin"
• University of Hannover - Medical School Hannover
  - Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
  - Ergänzungsstudiengang Bevölkerungsmedizin und Gesundheitswesen (Public Health) - Postgraduate Programme in Public Health
• University of Heidelberg
  - Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health - WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Systems Research in Developing Countries
• University of Munich
  - Öffentliche Gesundheit und Epidemiologie - Public Health and Epidemiology
  - Die Studenten und Absolventen des Studiengangs Public Health - Munich's Public Health Students and Alumnies Homepage(s) - recommended
• University of Ulm
  

• FH Jena - Fachbereich Sozialwesen - Department of Social Work
  - Sozialmedizin - lots of links on social medicine and public health as part of a nursing distance learning programme - by Frank Börger
• FH Lüneburg
  - Weiterbildungsstudiengang Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften - Postgraduate Program on Applied Health Sciences
• FH Magdeburg
  - Department of Public Health and Social Services
  - Distance Learning Programme Applied Health Sciences - in cooperation with the University of Bielefeld
  - IVS - Informationsvermittlungsstelle Gesundheit - "Das Projekt bietet folgende Leistungen an:
  -- elektronische Informationsquellen für Professionelle im deutschen Gesundheitswesen
  -- individuelle Beratung bei der Suche im WWW
  -- Informationsaustausch zwischen ExpertInnen aus dem Gesundheitswesen per Email-Liste
  -- "Vor Ort"-Beratung für Einrichtungen, Dienste und Institutionen des Gesundheitswesens zur Internetnutzung"

• GCAPH - German Coordinating Agency of Public Health - this agency coordinates public health programs in Germany, it is located at the Institute for Medical Sociology of the University of Freiburg i.Br.
• Bayerischer Forschungsverbund Public Health
• Berliner Forschungsverbund Public Health
• Nordrhein-Westfälischer Forschungsverbund Public Health

• Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS) - Bremen Institute of Prevention Research and Social Medicine
• BgVV - Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Berlin - an institute of the former 'Bundesgesundheitsamt' (BGA)
• DKFZ - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum - the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
• Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Prävention und psychosoziale Gesundheitsforschung
• GSF - Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit - Research Center for Environment and Health
• RKI - Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin - an institute of the former 'Bundesgesundheitsamt' (BGA)
• Universität Rostock, Institut für Gesundheitswissenschaften - Institute of Health Sciences
• WZB - Social Science Research Center Berlin: Working Group Public Health

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

Educational Resources

• Awards in the field of Public Health in Germany
  - Fritz und Hildegard Berg Preis für Gesundheitswissenschaften
  - Preis der Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin
  - Baxter-Auszeichnung
• Bundesgesundheitsblatt: Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
• CDC - Travel Information : Western Europe
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Germany
• Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin - German Central Library for Medicine, Cologne
• Fritz und Hildegard Berg-Stiftung - some information about the major foundation supporting public health education and research in Germany
• pubhealth-l - currently Germany's only Public Health Mailing List
• Public Health Forum - the quarterly magazine on 'Public Health' in Germany (in German)
• Who is Who? - a digest of German Public Health Scientists