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Creating knowledge for better health ... For research and practice
The health sciences are facing a challenging departure due to the Corona pandemic, worldwide as well as in Germany. As we know today, it is important to ensure modern and high-quality health protection against dangers such as COVID-19 without neglecting the many other determinants of health, for example in the psychosocial area.
As an application-oriented study programme, we closely follow the ten "Essential Public Health Operations" (EPHOs) of the WHO, which also serve as the basis for the current future strategy for public health in Germany.
THE PRACTICE ON THE MOVE
As a Master's programme, we focus on EPHO 1 "Surveillance" and EPHO 4 "Health Promotion". However, we also offer our graduates the necessary knowledge to enable the necessary cooperation and integration in the practical field at the interfaces, e.g. with health protection (EPHO 3) or care planning (EPHO 5). Special emphasis is placed on the implementation of the ten EPHOs in the largest field of public health in Germany. This is the municipality, i.e. the level of independent cities and districts, with its almost 400 public health units throughout Germany.
The pandemic has exposed long-standing weaknesses in public health practice, especially in the public health service (ÖGD). These have now also been addressed by politicians. Of particular importance in this context is the Pact for the Public Health Service as a resolution of the Conference of Health Ministers in 2020, through which 5000 new positions are to be created in the Public Health Service in the coming years, not only, but also for health scientists (see also the report of the Advisory Council in October 2021).
OUR OFFER TO YOU
What is needed are graduates with a solid background in public health and scientific methodology, but coupled with in-depth practical knowledge of, among other things, the tasks and structures in the public health service. This is precisely the focus of the Master of Applied Health Sciences at RWU. We offer you a broad and application-oriented qualification for various health science fields of work as well as specific competences for the main tasks of the ÖGD in prevention, health promotion, health reporting and coordination, including in-depth practical knowledge.
As an application-oriented health science degree programme, we also see it as our duty to make an active contribution to EPHO 10 "Public Health Research for Policy and Practice". Our focus is on health services research, epidemiology and health reporting, often in active cooperation with other institutions. On this basis, quite a few of our graduates have already been able to enter into further doctoral procedures, i.e. we are also happy to support you on this further path if necessary.
Contact & People
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General contact details
| Opening hours | Monday 2 - 3 pm, following a request by email |
|---|---|
| Phone | |
| marlene.haupt@rwu.de | |
| Room | A 213 |
| On campus |
Building A
Leibnizstr. 10
88250 Weingarten Germany |
| Postal address |
RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences Applied Health Science P.O. Box 30 22 88216 Weingarten Germany |
study course management & consulting
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Marlene Haupt
program coordination
Robert Gaissmaier M.A.
Professors
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Marlene Haupt
Prof. Dr. phil. Silvia Queri Diplom-Psychologin
Prof. Dr. phil. Annerose Siebert
Prof. Dr. habil. Andreas Lange M.A.
Prof. Dr. med. MPH Bertram Szagun
Employees
Michael Eggart M.A.
Robert Gaissmaier M.A.
Deanery
Prof. Dr. Jörg Wendorff
Prof. Dr. Jan-Marc Hodek
Prof. Dr. phil. Hendrik Reismann
