title: [Memorandum prevention research - research areas and methods].
abstract: From 2004 to 2012, the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) established its first funding programme for the promotion of prevention research. 60 projects on primary prevention and health promotion and the meta-project entitled "Cooperation for Sustainable Prevention Research" (KNP) received BMBF grants under this programme during this period. The experience and knowledge gained and recommendations arising from the research funded under this programme are compiled in memorandum format. The "Memorandum on Prevention Research - Research Areas and Methods" highlights 5 research areas that are considered to be especially relevant from the perspective of the involved scientists and practice partners.The promotion of structural development and sustainability enhancement in disease prevention and health promotion are central areas that should branch out from existing nuclei of crystallization. Improving the health competence of the population and of specific subpopulations is another major area. Research in these areas should contribute to the development of theoretical concepts and to the empirical testing of these concepts. The transfer of knowledge for effective use of developed disease prevention and health promotion programmes and measures is still a scarcely researched area. Among other things, studies of the transfer of programmes from one context to another, analyses of the coop-eration between politics and science, and the continued theoretical and conceptual development of transfer research are needed. Long-term data on the effects of intervention studies are also needed for proper evaluation of sustainability. The latter dem-onstrates the importance of method development in disease prevention and health promotion research as an area that should receive separate funding and support. This research should include, in particular, studies of the efficacy of complex interventions, health economic analyses, and participative health research.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Epidemiologie, Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover. walter.ulla@mh-hannover.de
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mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D057220:Health Literacy; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014163:Transfer, Psychology