title: [Public health developments and potentials: the International Public Health Congress 1999 in Freiburg i. Br].
abstract: In October 1999 a big conference (about 1300 participants) on Public Health took place for the first time in Germany. The conference was aiming at giving a comprehensive survey of theory and practice of Public Health in German-speaking countries. Four main topics were identified in about 550 contributions (workshops, posters and oral presentations): health care research, health services research/health economics, prevention/health promotion and methods. Geographical and topical distribution of the contributions is presented.
authors.affiliation: birgit.laubereau@stud.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laubereau
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D014310:Triplets