Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)

Name:

Helene Reemann

Title:

Head of International Relations Department

Email:

helene.reemann@bzga.de

Telephone:

+49 221 89 92 349

Fax:

+49 221 89 92 359

Website:

http://www.bzga.de

Address:

Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)
Ostmerheimerstrasse 220
DE-51109 Köln

Country:

Germany

Profile

The Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) is a governmental authority working in the sphere of responsibility of the Federal Ministry for Health. It was established with the aim of preserving and promoting human health and was assigned the following tasks:

elaboration of principles and guidelines concerning the content and methods of practice of health education;
basic and advanced training of professionals in the field of health education;
coordination and strengthening of health education in Germany;
International cooperation.

The services offered by the BZgA aim to help citizens to assume responsibility for helping themselves, providing qualified information, increasing communicative and interactive competence and showing social support.

Health in Country

Projects & Programmes

News & Publications

The "Research and Practice of Health Promotion" specialist booklet series is intended to be a forum for the scientific debate and as a link between science and practice. This series is published in German and in English. It presents the results of scientific studies, expert meetings and conferences.

Also, BZgA has a variety of German brochures, school materials, films, posters, exhibitions and working materials, which are mostly free of charge. Download here.

Finally, there are two monographies which should be mentioned:

BZgA (2003) (Hg). Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung. Fachverlag Peter Sabo, Schwabenheim
Naidoo J, Wills J (Hg). Lehrbuch der Gesundheitsförderung (German translation edited by BZgA). Verlag für Gesundheitsförderung, Werbach-Gamburg