Zum Stellenwert des Themas Soziale Benachteiligung und Gesundheit in der Zeitschrift Das Gesundheitswesen

People with social problems and risks very often also suffer from health problems and risks. This refers to at least 10% of the population. We were interested to learn how many articles in the leading German journal of Public Health Das Gesundheitswesen are dealing with this topic of social inequality and health. From 1990 to 1999 just 5.4% of the 1399 published articles deal with this topic. The authors mainly came from social epidemiology; practical research was rare. This also seems to be a consequence of a lack of research in the departments of social work education.