In 2013 the Berlin Health Conference (Landesgesundheitskonferenz, LGK) implemented intervention reporting for  the first time within a kindergarten setting. Results from the survey of LGK Berlin members on current measures  in kindergartens in Berlin that are related to the child health targets enabled us to map socio-spatial interventions  and subsequently identify needs. This article highlights the potential and limits of intervention reporting as an  element in the wider field of health and prevention reporting

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Journal of Health MonitoringJournal of Health Monitoring 2017 2(S2)PROCEEDINGSIntervention reporting by the Landesgesundheitskonferenz Berlin (Berlin Health Conference)Journal of Health Monitoring · 2017  2(S2) DOI 10.17886/RKI-GBE-2017-096 Robert Koch Institute, Berlin Authors: Susanne Bettge, Sylke Oberwöhrmann Berlin Senate Administration for Health,  Care and EqualityDepartment for Health Reporting, Epidemiology,  Health Information Systems, Statistics OfficeIntervention reporting by the Landesgesundheitskonferenz Berlin (Berlin Health Conference)AbstractIn 2013 the Berlin Health Conference (Landesgesundheitskonferenz, LGK) implemented intervention reporting for the first time within a kindergarten setting. Results from the survey of LGK Berlin members on current measures in kindergartens in Berlin that are related to the child health targets enabled us to map socio-spatial interventions and subsequently identify needs. This article highlights the potential and limits of intervention reporting as an element in the wider field of health and prevention reporting.BackgroundThe LGK Berlin is a network of institutions and associa-tions that actively partake in health policy at the federal state level in Berlin and/or hold health policy responsi-bility. In 2012 the LGK decided to begin internal inter-vention reporting. Intervention reporting aims to create an instrument to optimise the management of activities and will be based on the self-commitment of LGK mem-bers to transparency in the implementation of measures in the context of Berlin's health target process [1].Possibilities and limits of intervention reportingIntervention reporting was implemented for the first time in 2013 referring to measures in a kindergarten setting. LGK members were asked which measures they were implementing in kindergartens that relate to the fields of activity for Berlin's child health targets. To judge whether offers meet the (estimated) needs, the locations of the kindergartens in which LGK stakeholders were implementing measures were projected onto a map pro-viding information on Berlin's social structure [2]. Whilst measures are clearly concentrated in socially disadvan-taged quarters of the city, there are still disadvantaged areas in which no measures are being implemented, and also kindergartens in more socially favourable areas where measures are nonetheless being implemented.Most LGK stakeholders view intervention reporting as a useful tool to identify social spaces with a height-ened need for measures and those where needs are already being satisfied. Reporting can help account for socially compensatory aspects in the planning of mea-sures. One risk is the potential to misinterpret results: a high number of offers in a particular area does not automatically mean that health is being effectively pro-moted here and vice versa, particularly because whilst intervention reporting does provide information on the kind and number of measures, it cannot say anything about how effective these measures were. Because inter-vention reporting only collects information on activities by the members of the LGK, it also does not provide a full picture of the activities in a social space that are directed at promoting health.45Journal of Health MonitoringJournal of Health Monitoring 2017 2(S2)PROCEEDINGSIntervention reporting by the Landesgesundheitskonferenz Berlin (Berlin Health Conference)References1. Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung,Abteilung Gesundheit (2017) Gesundheitsziele.www.berlin.de/sen/gesundheit/themen/gesundheitsfoerde-rung-und-praevention/landesgesundheitskonferenz-berlin/gesundheitsziele/ (As at 15.05.2017)2. Meinlschmidt G (2014) Handlungsorientierter Sozialstrukturat-las Berlin 2013. Ein Instrument der quantitativen, interregionalenund intertemporalen Sozialraumanalyse und -planung. Gesund-heitsberichterstattung Berlin, Spezialbericht 2014 – 1. Senatsver-waltung für Gesundheit und Soziales, Berlin3. Rosenbrock R (1995) Public Health als soziale Innovation.Gesundheitswesen 57(3):140-1444. Ruckstuhl B, Somaini B, Twisselmann W (2008) Förderung derQualität in Gesundheitsprojekten. Der Public Health Action Cycleals Arbeitsinstrument. Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin,Zürich und Bundesamt für Gesundheit, BernThe relation between health, intervention and preven-tion reportingGenerally speaking, intervention reporting is a potential element of prevention reporting. Meaningful prevention reporting should cover all phases of the Public Health Action Cycle (assessment, policy development, assur-ance and evaluation) [3, 4]. Health reporting can help identify where needs exist. The development of interven-tion strategies is a task limited to health care stakehold-ers and can be directed and co-ordinated by committees such as the LGK Berlin. Intervention reporting can pro-vide findings on the implementation and complemen-tarity of offers and needs, as well as, under certain circum-stances, on the degree to which target groups have been reached. Prevention reporting, however, fundamentally also depends on information on the efficacy of measures and the means applied. Successful disease prevention and health promotion measures should in turn be reflect-ed in the data produced by health reporting.46Journal of Health MonitoringJournal of Health Monitoring 2017 2(S2)PROCEEDINGSImprintThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Intervention reporting by the Landesgesundheitskonferenz Berlin (Berlin Health Conference)PublisherRobert Koch InstituteNordufer 20 D-13353 Berlin, GermanyEditorsSusanne Bartig, Johanna Gutsche, Dr. Franziska Prütz,  Martina Rabenberg, Alexander Rommel, Dr. Anke-Christine Saß, Stefanie Seeling, Martin Thißen, Dr. Thomas ZieseRobert Koch InstituteDepartment of Epidemiology and Health MonitoringGeneral-Pape-Str. 62–66D-12101 BerlinPhone: +49 (0)30-18 754-3400E-mail: healthmonitoring@rki.dewww.rki.de/journalhealthmonitoring-enTypesettingGisela Dugnus, Alexander Krönke, Kerstin MöllerkeTranslationSimon Phillips/Tim JackPlease cite this publication as Bettge S, Oberwöhrmann S (2017) Intervention reporting by the Landesgesundheitskonferenz Berlin (Berlin Health Conference).Journal of Health Monitoring 2(S2):45–47  DOI 10.17886/RKI-GBE-2017-096ISSN 2511-2708Journal of Health MonitoringAuthor detailsBerlin Senate Administration for Health, Care and EqualityDepartment for Health Reporting, Epidemiology, Health Information Systems, Statistics OfficeCorresponding authorDr Susanne BettgeBerlin Senate Administration for Health, Care and EqualityDepartment for Health Reporting, Epidemiology, Health Information Systems, Statistics OfficeOranienstraße 106D-10969 BerlinGermanyE-mail: susanne.bettge@sengpg.berlin.deConflicts of interestThe authors declared no conflicts of interest. Note  External contributions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Robert Koch Institute.47The Robert Koch Institute is a Federal Institute withinthe portfolio of the German Federal Ministry of Health

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