Journal of Health Monitoring
The Journal of Health Monitoring is an online publication series of the federal health reporting (GBE) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The first issue appeared on September 28, 2016. The journal appears quarterly in German and English.
In this journal several former publication formats of the GBE have been summarized, for example the online series " GBE compact ".
profile
The journal provides scientific data and analyzes on health topics that are prepared in such a way that they are accessible not only to experts but also to an interested public. The individual articles are assessed by independent scientific experts ( peer review ) before publication .
The declared aim of the publication is to provide data from the health monitoring of the Robert Koch Institute, from official statistics, from epidemiological registers and from social insurance institutions for the improvement of the health of the population ( public health ).
subjects
The topics cover all areas of public health:
- physical and mental health
- Health behavior
- Risk factors and protective factors
- medical and nursing care.
The first issue deals with data and trends on harmful alcohol consumption in Germany and contains a “focus article” and three “fact sheets” (alcohol poisoning, alcohol-related accidents and mortality from alcohol).
Purchase options
All editions of the journal are freely accessible on the RKI website.
literature
- Thomas Lampert, Anke-Christine Saß, Sandra Beermann, Reinhard Burger , Thomas Ziese: Health reporting. In: Christian Thielscher (Hrsg.): Medical economy 1: The system of medical care. 2nd, updated & exp. Edition 2015, Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-01966-2 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-658-01966-2 ; Pp. 27-56
Individual evidence
- ↑ T. Lampert et al .: Federal health reporting: goals, tasks and possible uses. Robert Koch Institute, Berlin 2010. GBE compact 1/2010
- ↑ a b Press release from the Robert Koch Institute on the first issue of the Journal of Health Monitoring
- ^ BM Kurth et al .: Health monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute. 2009. Federal Health Gazette (PDF; 772 kB)
- ↑ Journal of Health Monitoring 01/16
- ^ Front page of the Journal of Health Monitoring