Health and Work

The section deals with the interactions between work and health. It aims to identify suitable interventions to promote work-related health. We are particularly interested in those stress-resource constellations that, depending on the target group, may be associated with particular vulnerability

Objectives

  • To support public health research and practice regarding health and work e.g. on the effectiveness of relevant interventions.
  • To contribute to the establishment of health and work as a relevant field of research and intervention in public health.
  • To promote networking and targeted cooperation with related disciplines, actors and institutions in the field of health and work.

In order to achieve these goals the section

  • promotes the exchange between science, politics and practice
  • is in continuous dialogue with researchers and practice partners in the field of health and work
  • is committed to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and interinstitutional cooperation in the field of health and work.

Activities and products

  • Regular workshops on the topic of health and work as part of the annual congress „Armut und Gesundheit“ in Berlin
  • Cooperation with related professional societies in the form of lectures, congress events
  • Publications on relevant topics

Opportunities to participate

You are cordially invited to get involved in our department or contribute your own ideas.

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Faller
Communication and Intervention in the Context of Health and Work
Department of Community Health
Hochschule für Gesundheit
Gesundheitscampus 8
44801 Bochum
Tel.: +49(0)234 77727729
E-Mail: gesundheitarbeit@dgph.info

Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Bitzer,
Public Health & Health Education
Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
E-Mail: gesundheitarbeit@dgph.info

Prof. Dr. Alfons Hollederer 
University of Kassel
The Faculty of Human Sciences (FB 01)
Professor for Theory and Empirics of Health
Arnold-Bode-Str. 10
D-34109 Kassel
Germany
E-Mail: gesundheitarbeit@dgph.info