Gesundheit in der Region intersektoral, sozialraumorientiert und diversitätssensibel gestalten – ein anspruchsvolles Netzwerk-Projekt

Regional approaches to health care are currently an ambitious trend in health policy and health care in Germany. Almost as a natural consequence of this process of “health regionalisation” is the often unquestioned assumption that subtle but essential factors such as diversity perspectives, the integration of clients’ knowledge, the everyday experience of health/illness, etc. would be finally addressed adequately. However, the process of considering these dimensions in approaches to regionalization of health does not happen automatically. On the contrary, these aspects once again threaten to be swallowed up by organizational and institutional processes. So what is needed for these factors to be taken into account effectively?