Cooperation between science and practice in public health services: a systematic mapping from 2015 to 2024
Simon Bimczok, Marlene Lakemann, Dagmar Starke, Laura Arnold

TL;DR
This study maps collaborations between science and public health practice in Germany from 2015 to 2024, revealing trends and themes.
Contribution
The paper provides the first systematic mapping of science-practice cooperation in Germany's public health sector.
Findings
611 science-practice collaborations in public health were identified, mostly through conference contributions.
Collaborations increased over time and focused on traditional public health areas, often at the local level.
Collaborations were geographically concentrated in western German regions.
Abstract
Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kooperationen im Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst (ÖGD) bieten das Potenzial, wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse in die Praxis und praxisbezogene Fragestellungen in die Forschung zu integrieren. Bestehende Kooperationen können Einblicke in strukturelle Rahmenbedingungen liefern. Bislang existiert in Deutschland jedoch keine systematische Erhebung. Ziel dieser Studie war es daher, Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kooperationen im ÖGD systematisch zu identifizieren und zu analysieren. In einem strukturierten Screeningprozess wurden verschiedene Datenquellen aus dem Zeitraum von 2015–2024 systematisch durchsucht: (i) Google™, (ii) Kongress-Abstract-Bände, (iii) wissenschaftliche Datenbanken, (iv) Datenbanken für graue Literatur, ergänzt um eine (v) Online-Umfrage, ein (vi) Snowballing und (vii) den Einbezug des Netzwerks des EvidenzÖGD-Projektkonsortiums. Die identifizierten…
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TopicsHealth and Medical Studies · Social Policies and Healthcare Reform · Psychiatric care and mental health services
