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The project uses debates on the prevention of chronic cardiovascular diseases to compare perceptions of social inequality in Germany and Great Britain in the 20th century. Thereby, cultural imprinting and historical development of perceptions of inequality as well as their consequences for public health policy shall be analysed. Using a cultural history perspective, an area of historical research on the welfare state which so far has attracted little attention shall be developed and a contribution be made to the history of the European welfare system.

Climate, energy, mobility and consumer policy are increasingly seen as interdependent policy fields. At least since the World Economic Forum in 2011 the “nexus” between policy fields is perceived as a central societal challenge. At the “nexus” between policy fields, actors are confronted with complex knowledge and coordination problems. For some years now, we can, however, observe new formats of joint cross-policy-field knowledge production and coordination, for instance participatory foresight procedures, interactive policy assessments, multistakeholder initiatives, and transdisciplinary platforms. These are designed to produce knowledge that is deemed both scientifically valid and politically useful in terms of coping with nexus challenges.

Quality assurance and quality development measures have been recognized as an important part of programs and projects in the field of health promotion and prevention. There is, however, little data on what measures are currently employed in the German healthcare system. A survey of the members of the National Association for Prevention and Health Promotion (BVPG) was conducted to provide the first systematic, empirically-based overview of the field. The National Association is composed of important players at the national level who are involved in the provision of health promotion and prevention services (e.g., professional associations, social welfare organizations, ministries).

Under the auspices of the Volkswagen Foundation’s “Bridging the Gap” programme the project will bring important questions of social policy into the scientific discussion and establish a dialogue between scientists and relevant social policy organisations. The project will also examine the impact of the 2003/4 statutory health insurance and welfare reforms on seriously and chronically ill persons on low incomes and discuss alternative models for addressing their needs. Secondary analyses of social data will be used to define more closely the above-mentioned set of circumstances and to identify as precisely as possible the groups of people affected.

Kooperationsprojekt der Arbeitsgruppe Public Health des Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung und des Zentrums für Sozialpolitik der Universität Bremen.

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Wandel von Medizin und Pflege im DRG-System

Sozialwissenschaftliche Längsschnittsanalyse der Auswirkungen des DRG-Systems auf den pflegerischen und medizinischen Dienstleistungsprozess und
die Versorgungsqualität im Krankenhaus