Health targets in the Preventive Health Care Act and their importance for prevention reporting

Abstract

Experiences with the evaluation concept developed by the German forum gesundheitsziele.de (health targets) and the results obtained should be taken into consideration during the implementation of prevention reporting. Besides selecting and developing (sub-) targets, evaluating target achievement (impact evaluation) is an important aspect of the concept. This article discusses the methodological challenges for impact evaluation in addition to providing approaches to solve these issues.