Res}miert den Stand in Forschung, praktischer und gemeinde- naher Umsetzung sowie regionaler Koordination in gesund- heitsbezogenen Bem}hungen im deutschen Sprachraum. Besch{f- tigt sich mit Elternhaus, Kindergarten, Schule, {rztlicher Praxis, Arbeitsplatz, Sport und Laienbewegung. Pl{diert f}r den Ausbau der kooperativen Pr{vention mit Schwerpunkt auf der Verhaltenspr{vention.

Reviews the problems of cost-benefit considerations in selected chronic diseases, concentrating on analyses of the United States, Germany and Israel.

Since the historieal conference held in Alma Ata in 1978, it has been possible to observe a reorientation of the medical profession. More and more, issues of health enter the stage and curative medicine is not just loosing ground but some interest. 'How effective is health education?' and 'Whose task is primary pre vention?' are questions which stimulate great concern and public debate. It seems also to be the first time since the last decades of the 19th century that the social dimension of health receives adequate consideration. Thus the reeent publication of the so-called Black Report on...