„Health in All Policies“ und gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit: COVID-19 als Fallstudie

Abstract

ZusammenfassungIm Beitrag wird eine erste Analyse des Umgangs mit gesundheitlicher Chancengleichheit bzw. Ungleichheit während der COVID-19 Pandemie im Frühjahr 2020 in Deutschland vorgenommen, um Rückschlüsse auf den allgemeinen Stand von HiAP-Ansätzen zur Thematik der Chancengleichheit zu ziehen. Teile der Maßnahmen deckten sich prinzipiell mit den HiAP-Ideen, eine übergeordnete Strategie zur Förderung der gesundheitlichen Chancengleichheit ist jedoch in der betrachteten Zeit nicht auszumachen.

Mental health of the adult population in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid Review

“…Surveillance of the mental health of the population is also necessary after the infection waves have subsided, among other things because mental disorders can be preceded by longer sub-clinical or prodromal phases (precursor phases) and thus there may be a time-delayed increase in psychopathology [ 3 ]. In addition, it should be noted that in the past, economic recessions have been associated with an increase in mental disorders and suicides in the population, which may also contribute to an increased burden of disease in the context of a pandemic [ 2 , 9 , 10 , 124 ].…”

“…social and leisure activities, access to care services), the burden of infection protection measures [ 5–7 ], the loss of relatives [ 4 ] and immediate physical, neurological and psychological symptoms of a COVID-19 infection [ 8 ] can have negative consequences for mental health. Longer-term consequences [ 1 , 2 ] are being discussed in the event of an economic recession caused by the pandemic [ 9–11 ]. The increase in risk factors that already existed before the pandemic may also create additional mental health burdens, such as a higher risk of domestic violence [ 11–13 ] or increased loneliness [ 14 , 15 ] in the wake of contact restrictions and widespread closures.…”