German Region of Bavaria consults citizens on how to prioritise health promotion and prevention.
The Bavarian Regional Minister for Health, Mr Eberhard Sinner has launched a new Citizens Report. It addresses the issue of health policy by asking the key question of how the health system can be directed to prevention and health promotion.
The methodology used to develop the citizens report has already been used to assess opinions on consumer protection. 400 citizens have been randomly selected from the population of 8 counties and cities in the Bavarian region; they are then divided into groups of 25 known as Planning Cells. The groups also include representatives from interest groups and institutions.
The groups then spend four days discussing potential solutions to common problems; each Cell is given a particular problem to focus on. The Citizens Report for Health will be published in June 2004; it will also be available online.
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