The Robert Koch Institute (RKI): main building in Berlin. more
Germany’s Public Health institute RKI monitors the population’s health and wellbeing. more
The Robert Koch Institute is the German government's central institution for the identification, surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases in the Portfolio of the German Ministry of Health. more
GBE kompakt was an information series of the Federal Health Monitoring. In September 2016, the series was transferred to the Journal of Health Monitoring (online journal). In the journal, GBE kompakt became a focus article, which is supplemented by fact sheets.
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The first issue in 2012 focuses the connection between unemployment, precarious work and health. Are unemployed people more impaired? Is illness a cause or a consequence of unemployment? What are the effects of precarious work? Are there differences between women and men? To answer these questions data of the GEDA 2010 survey and other sources were analysed.
Date of issue March 28, 2012PDF (441 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)
This issue focuses on mental health and the connection with a healthy lifestyle. Data of the German Health Update 2009 (GEDA) show at last that a healthy lifestyle leads to less mental impairments (e.g. depression).
Date of issue November 7, 2011PDF (478 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)
This issue will focus the consumption of fruit and vegetable in Germany. One of the questions answered by this article is, if the recommened intake of fruit and vegetable is achieved within the population. The data of the telephone survey "German Health Update" 2009 (GEDA) and EsKiMo, a representative survey on food intake among children and adolescents, provide the answers.
Date of issue September 1, 2011PDF (534 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)
How is the workload perceived by the german population? Is there a variation within the workload depending on the sector or industry? Answers are provided by the results of the "German Health update Study" 2010.
Date of issue June 28, 2011PDF (470 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)
Every year on May 31 is World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The current issue of GBE kompakt deals with the prevalence and development of tobacco use in Germany. Data of the telephone survey "German Health Update" 2009 (GEDA) show a decrease in smoking for the last years but only for the younger age groups.
Date of issue May 25, 2011PDF (528 KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)
