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ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2025

[Digital public health in Germany: status quo, challenges, and future perspectives : A position paper of the Digital Public Health Section of the German Public Health Association].

Laura Maaß, Christoph Dockweiler, Zora Hocke-Bolte, Stephanie Hoffmann, Florian Fischer, Sarah Forberger, Janika Gebert, Felix Holl, Robert Hrynyschyn, Sven Kernebeck and 3 more

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Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Laura MaaßUniversität Bremen, SOCIUM Forschungszentrum Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik, Mary-Somerville-Straße 3, 28359, Bremen, Deutschland. laura.maass@uni-bremen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7354-8120
Christoph DockweilerFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1024-3279
Zora Hocke-BolteFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9123-5507
Stephanie HoffmannFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6887-2831
Florian FischerFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-1245
Sarah ForbergerFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7169-675X
Janika GebertFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4906-7538
Felix HollLeibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-9509
Robert HrynyschynLeibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8642-9590
Sven KernebeckFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8796-7393
Claudia PischkeFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2256-8903
Jacqueline PosseltFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-2192-6763
Jacob SpallekFachbereich Digital Public Health, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Public Health e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6312-034X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This position paper from the Digital Public Health Section of the German Public Health Association defines digital public health (DiPH) and describes its goals and potential. It also addresses the current situation and challenges as well as the need for action in Germany. The focus here is on the presentation of the nationwide promotion of (digital) health literacy; the application of DiPH in prevention, health promotion, and healthcare; the use of innovative preventive strategies for the prevention of non-communicable diseases; and the teaching of DiPH in academic public health programs. Finally, relevant measures and demands to strengthen DiPH in Germany are summarized.

Indexed as

Digital TechnologyHealth LiteracyHealth PromotionPublic HealthTelemedicineForecastingGermanyHumansDigitalizationDigital public healthGermanyHealth sciencesPosition paper

Identifiers

PMID39636444
PMCPMC11775032

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Registered trials

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