Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulla Walter

Institute Director

Head of the research focus Prevention and Rehabilitation

Phone: +49 511 532 - 4455
Fax: +49 511 532 - 5376
E-mail: Walter.Ulla@mh-hannover.de

Research focus

• Reachability of target groups and access
  Identification of risk groups
  Development of access routes
  Evaluation Reachability

• Effectiveness of interventions
  Health promotion in settings (daycare centers, schools, companies, municipalities, care facilities)
  Early detection of disease, rehabilitation
  Intervention studies, sustainability of complex interventions

• Analysis and optimization of prevention and health promotion
  Evidence-based
  Capacity building
  Quality development

Scientific activities (selection)

• Since 2009 Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research at Hannover Medical School
• 2004-2010 Head of the Endowed Chair of Prevention and Rehabilitation in Systems and Health Care Research at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research at MHH
• 1993-2001 Scientific managing director of the North German Public Health Research Network
• 1992-2004 Research associate at the Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health Systems Research at Hannover Medical School
• 1992-1994 Research associate at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research (ISEG), Witten/Hanover
• 1987-1992 Research associate at the University of Bremen, Department of Biology-Chemistry

Commissions (selection)

• 2013-2017 Member of the Board of Trustees of Stiftung Warentest
• Since 2008 Member of WG 10 "Healthy ageing" of gesundheitsziele.de
• 2008-2016 Member of the National Cancer Plan field of action 1: Further development of early cancer detection
• 2007-2010 Member of the expert commission for the Federal Government's Sixth Report on the Elderly on the topic of "Images of old age in society" of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Ms and Youth

Scientific advisory board (selection)

• since 2024 Member of the scientific advisory board of the university course "Public Health - Master of Science (Continuing Education)" at the Medical University of Vienna
• since 2016 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Brandenburg Health Campus
• since 2016 Member of the advisory board of pro familia Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V.
• since 2011 Member of the advisory board "Healthy and active ageing" of the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA)
• 2010-2014 Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Health Consulting of the AOK Lower Saxony
• Since 2009 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lower Saxony section of the German Nutrition Society (DGE)
• 2008-2016 Member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians of Lower Saxony (KVN)
• since 2006 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the State Association for Health and Academy for Social Medicine Lower Saxony e.V.
• 2004-2018 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), 2014 - 2018 Deputy Chairwoman

Specialist societies

• 2016-2019 Member of the Board of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP)
• 2004-2016 Managing director of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP)
• 1999-2006 Member of the Board of the German Society for Public Health (DGPH)
  
• European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR)
• German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP)
• German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG)
• German Society for Rehabilitation Sciences (DGRW)
• German University Association (DHV)
  

Teaching

• Master's degree course "Population Medicine and Public Health"
• Human medicine Public Health I

Publications

Monographs/Publisherships

Röding D, Soellner R, Walter U (2025). Final report on the CTC-EFF project: Effectiveness of the Communities That Care community prevention system. Hanover Technical Information Library, Hanover. https://doi.org/10.34657/21665

Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich

Kuckeland H, Walter U, Zielke-Nadkarni A (eds.) (2022). Teacher professionalism in nursing didactics - current and future challenges. Prodos publishing house Brake

Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [eds] (2018). Obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence: basics, strategies and intervention concepts in living environments. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Hans Huber publishing house

Meyer-Rentz M, Sander K, Schneider K, Walter U (2018). Preventive, curative, rehabilitative and social nursing measures using the example of Nursing of a person with a heart attack. Fundamentals of Nursing for Education, Training and Further Education Issue 1, Prodos-Verlag, Brake. (ISBN 978-3-934750-79-1)

Walter U, Plaumann M, Nöcker G, Pawils S (guest ed.). Making prevention and health promotion effective and sustainable - Results of the BMBF funding priority Prevention Research 2004-2013. Das Gesundheitswesen 2015; 77 (Suppl. 1).

Altgeld T, Brandes S, Bregulla I, Castedello U, Dehn-Hindenberg A, Flor W, Funk S, Gaede-Illig C, Gebhardt B, Grossmann B, Hartung S, Kolip P, Kruckenberg B, Lehmann F, Löchel N, Merta J, Noweski M, Nöcker G, Plaumann M, Pospiech S, Reemann H, von Rüden U, Schaefer I, Schauermann L, Töppich J, Volkenand K, Walter U, Weber J, Weber L. Health Promotion in Living Environments - Development and Assurance of Quality. Overall project report cooperation and research project. Cologne: BZgA, 2015.

Walter U, Koch U, with the collaboration of Plaumann M. Prevention and health promotion in Germany. Concepts, strategies and intervention approaches of the Federal Center for Health Education. In: Research and Practice in Health Promotion. Special issue 01. Cologne: BZgA, 2015.

Hagen A, Gorenoi V, Walter U. Measures to promote men's health behavior. DIMDI HTA series, Volume 133; 1st edition, Cologne: DIMDI, 2015.

Walter U, Minne S, Borutta B, Walper S, Thönnissen C. Expertise Gesundheitsfördernde Elternkompetenzen für das frühe Kindesalter. Module 1. Cologne: BZgA 2014.

Kuhlmann, A., Lüders, S., Franke, A., Hampel, S., Naegele, G., Schmidt, W., Patzelt, C., Pfefferkorn, C., Walter, U. Personnel requirements in elderly care and nursing in Baden-Württemberg. Expertise taking into account the need for non-medical specialists with academic qualifications. Kommunalverband Jugend und Soziales Baden-Württemberg (ed.) 2013.

Seidel G, Schneider N, Möller S, Walter U, Dierks ML. Patient-oriented health care of the future - What are the demands of the oldest people in society? Kohlhammer, 2013.

Finck S, Köster M, Linden S, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Plaumann M, Walter U (eds.) Shaping the life phase of old age - Growing older healthy and active. BZgA. Research and practice in health promotion. Vol. 45, Cologne 2013.

Blüher S, Böhm A, Geuter G, Grossmann B, Herweck R, Huber HP, Köster M, Kuhlmey A, Kümpers S, Nitsche-Neumann L, Nowossadeck S, Saß AC, Schaeffer D, Scheidt-Nave C, Schumann A, Thelen M, Walter U, Weritz-Hanf P, Zank S, Ziegelmann JP, and Federal Ministry of Health [eds]: National Health Goal - Healthy Ageing. Cooperation Network Health Goals, Berlin, 2012.

Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Dierks ML, Busse R, Schneider N [eds]: Public Health. Health and Health Care. 3rd edition, Elsevier, Munich, 2012.

KKH-Allianz/MHH - Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research (Walter U) [ed:] White Paper on Prevention. Healthy young?! The challenge of prevention and health promotion in adolescents and young adults. Springer, Heidelberg, 2011.

Bergsdorf W, Borscheid P, Gröppel-Klein A, Hüther M, Klie T, Kruse A, Naegele G, Tesch-Römer C, Thimm C, Tippelt R, Vanis KP, Walter U, Wegner G, Zimmermann HP [Eds:] Sixth report on the situation of the older generation in the Federal Republic of Germany : images of old age in society. Report of the Expert Commission to the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Ms and Youth. German Bundestag, Berlin, 2010.

Dreier M, Borutta B, Stahmeyer J, Krauth C, Walter U. Comparison of study quality assessment tools for primary and secondary studies for use in HTA reports in German-speaking countries. Cologne, Dimdi, 2010.

Walter U, Nöcker G [Eds:] Prevention in the focus of different perspectives - workshop discussions of the BZgA with universities. Research for Health Education, Vol. 37, Cologne 2010.

Bitzer EM, Walter U, Lingner H, Schwartz FW. Strengthening children's health! Proposals for optimizing prevention and care. Berlin, Springer, 2009.

KKH, Hannover Medical School, Endowed Chair of Prevention and Rehabilitation in Systems and Health Services Research (Project Director: Prof. Dr. U. Walter) [Ed:] White Book on Prevention 2007/2008: Movable? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer, Heidelberg, 2008.

KKH, Hannover Medical School, Endowed Chair of Prevention and Rehabilitation in Systems and Health Services Research (Project Director: Prof. Dr. U. Walter) [Ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006: Stress? Causes, explanatory models and preventive approaches. Springer, Heidelberg, 2006.

Walter U, Krauth C, Wienold M, Dreier M, Bantel S, Droste S. Procedures to increase the participation rate in early disease detection measures. Publication series Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the Federal Republic of Germany (1044KB). [Ed:] German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), German Agency for Health Technology Assessment (DAHTA). DAHTA database (DAHTA). Federal Ministry of Health. 2006.

Walter U, Flick U, Neuber A, Fischer C, Schwartz FW. Old and healthy? Images of old age and prevention concepts in medical and nursing practice. Leverkusen, VS - Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2006.

Flick U, Walter U, Fischer C, Neuber A, Schwartz FW. Health as a guiding principle? Subjective health concepts of physicians and nurses. Bern: Huber 2004.

Walter U, Altgeld T. Growing old healthily. Health promotion and prevention in old age. Series of publications by the Federal Center for Health Education. Cologne, 2003.

Schwartz FW, Busse R, Badura B, Leidl R, Raspe H, Siegrist J, Walter U [eds]: The public health book. Health and health care. Urban & Fischer, Munich, Vienna, Baltimore, 2003.

Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention by health insurers. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa, Weinheim, Munich, 2002.

Stöckel S, Walter U [Eds:] Prevention in the 20th century. Historical foundations and current developments in Germany. Basic texts in health sciences. Juventa, Weinheim, Munich, 2003.

Dierks ML, Walter U, Windel I, Schwartz FW. Quality management in health promotion and prevention. Principles, methods and requirements. Publication series of the Federal Center for Health Education. Cologne, 2001.

Walter U, Altgeld T. [Eds:] Age(ing) in rural areas. Approaches for a forward-looking health and old-age policy. Campus, Frankfurt, 2000.

Altgeld T, Laser I, Walter U [Eds:] How can health be realized? Health-promoting action concepts and social obstacles. Juventa, Weinheim, Munich, 1997.

Walter U, Paris W [Eds:] Public Health - Gesundheit im Mittelpunkt. Alfred & Söhne Publishers, Merano, 1996.

Schneider K, Walter U. Lernfördernde Gestaltung von Bild- und Textmaterialien für den Gesundheitsbereich. An empirical study considering different target groups. Peter Lang, Frankfurt/Main, 1992.

Responsible editors of monographs - name included in CIP

Walter U, Krappweis H, Räbiger J, Schneeweiß S, Wildner M, Wolters P, Reschauer G (editors). German Society for Public Health [ed:] Public Health Research in Germany. Bern, Göttingen, Huber, 1999.

Walter U, Busse R, Klein-Lange M (technical edition). Schwartz FW, Badura B, Leidl R, Raspe H, Siegrist J. [Eds:] The public health book. Health and health care. Munich, Vienna, Baltimore, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1998.

Contributions in monographs

Bitzer EM, Schwartz FW, Walter U (2026). Evaluation and quality assurance in healthcare. In: Razum O, Kolip P, Mc Call T, Nowak AC (eds.) Handbook of Health Sciences, 8th edition (2026). Beltz Juventa, Weinheim. pp. 1073–1100

Röding D, Brender R, Bremer K, Schmidt N-D, Ünlü S, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2025). Digital technologies in the community prevention system 'Communities That Care' - CTC. In: Fischer F, Wrona K (eds.), Technology-supported approaches in community-based prevention and health promotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-71115-6_16 S 241-252

Walter U, Ünlü S, Decker L, von Holt I, Röding D (2025). Recommendations for the implementation of Communities That Care. https://wegweiser-gruene-liste.de/fileadmin/user_upload/wwgl/PDFs/CTC-Handlungsempfehlungen.pdf

Mosebach K, Schwartz FW, Walter U (2024). Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion within the framework of the National Prevention Act. In: Hurrelmann K, Richter M, Stock S (Eds.). Reference work on prevention and health promotion. Basics, concepts and implementation strategies. 6th, revised and expanded edition 2024. Hogrefe Verlag, Bern. S 497-519

Röding D, Gerlich M G & Walter U (2024). Health indicators. In: Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) (ed.). Key terms in health promotion and prevention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods. doi.org/10.17623/BZGA:Q4-i055-3.0

Walter U, Koppelin F, Kruse T, Illiger K (2024). Health problems and health promotion in old age. Handbook of Intensive Care 90th Supplement 2/2024. Ecomed Verlag Landsberg/Lech. S. 1-25

Bremer K, Brender R, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2023). Green list prevention: strengthening effective relationship prevention. In: Marks E, Heinzelmann C, Wollinger GR (eds.): Children in the focus of prevention. Selected contributions from the 27th German Prevention Day. Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH 2023. 978.3.96410.026.9 (print edition), 978.3.96410.027.6 (eBook). S. 291-316

Dierks M-L, Nocera S, Rieder A, Blättner B, Walter U (2023). Introduction Chapter 7. in: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 47-49

Feesche J, Kula A, Heinze N, Walter U (2023). Health promotion and prevention in the daycare center setting. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (Eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 389-395

Gerlich MG, Schwartz FW & Walter U (2023). Health goals. In: Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) (ed.). Key terms in health promotion and prevention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods. https://doi.org/10.17623/BZGA:Q4-i062-3.0

Plaumann M, Schwartz FW, Walter U (2023). Prevention and health promotion. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (Eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 433-453

Schwartz FW, Dierks M-L, Walter U, Amelung V (2023). Public health - overview. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (Eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 3-7

Schwartz FW, Walter U, Röding D (2023). Being old - being ill? In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (Eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 115-132

Walter U, Koppelin F, Kruse T, Illiger K (2023). Health problems and health promotion in old age. In: Gostomzyk J, Hollederer A (eds.) Angewandte Sozialmedizin - 43. Erg.Lfg. 03/23. p. 61-94

Walter U, Kruse T, (2023). Late repatriates in Germany: Health and health promotion. In: Gostomzyk J, Hollederer A (eds.) Angewandte Sozialmedizin - 43. Erg.Lfg. 03/23. p. 45-59

Walter U, Robra B-P, Schwartz FW (2023). Prevention. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Busse R, Amelung V, Dierks M-L (Eds.) (2023). Public Health. Health and health care. 4th edition. Elsevier, Munich S 336-365

Feesche J, Kula A, Walter U (2022). Handout for training module 4 Everyday integrated promotion of health and resilience. In: Hormann K, Lichtblau M (eds.) (2022). Professionals and children in dialog. Practice volume cognitively activating interaction design in everyday daycare. Beltz Juventa, Weinheim. S. 62-73

Kuckeland H, Walter U, Zielke-Nadkarni (2022). Introductory words to the expert contributions. In: Kuckeland H, Walter U, Zielke-Nadkarni A (Eds.) (2022). Teacher professionalism in nursing didactics - current and future challenges. Prodos publishing house Brake S 9-14

Röding D, Walter U (2022). Research on health promotion. In: BZgA Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung (last updated online on 26.10.2022). doi:10.17623/BZGA:Q4-i019-2.0 https://leitbegriffe.bzga.de/alphabetisches-verzeichnis/forschung-zur-gesundheitsfoerderung/

Walter U (2022). Development of early disease detection - requirements of informed decision-making for professionals and users. In: Kuckeland H, Walter U, Zielke-Nadkarni A (eds.) (2022). Teacher professionalism in nursing didactics - current and future challenges. Prodos publishing house Brake S 433-452

Walter U, Feesche J, Heinze N, Kula A (2022). Learning support and cognitive activation in health and resilience promotion. In: Schomaker C, Wadepohl H (eds.) (2022). Professionals and children in dialog. In-depth volume on cognitively activating interaction design in everyday daycare. Beltz Juventa, Weinheim. S. 110-133

Walter U, Röding D (2022). Target group-specific prevention and health promotion. In: Haring R (ed.) (2022). Health sciences 2nd edition. Springer-Verlag Berlin. S 433-444

Heinze NR, Feesche J, Kula A, Walter U (2021). Health-promoting interaction design in everyday daycare. In: Mackowiak K, Wadepohl H, Beckerle C (Eds.). Designing interactions in everyday daycare - basics and suggestions for practice. Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart. S. 130-149

Mosebach K, Walter U (2021). Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion: analytical foundations and normative orientations of social multiple control. In: Tiemann M, Mohokum M (eds.). Prevention and health promotion. Springer, Berlin. S. 107-122

Walter U, Patzelt C, Nowik D (2021). Health promotion and prevention in rehabilitation. In: BZgA Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung (last updated online on 08.02.2021). doi:10.17623/BZGA:224-i050-1.0 https://leitbegriffe.bzga.de/alphabetisches-verzeichnis/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention-in-der-rehabilitation/

Bitzer EM, Schwartz FW, Walter U (2020). Evaluation and quality assurance in health care. In: Razum O, Kolip P [eds]. Handbook of health sciences. 7th edition. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, pp. 1034-1062.

Walter U, Gerlich M, Schwartz FW (2020). Health indicators. In: BZgA Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung (last updated online on 02.07.2020). doi:10.17623/BZGA:224-i055-1.0. https://www.leitbegriffe.bzga.de/alphabetisches-verzeichnis/gesundheitsindikatoren/

Mosebach K, Walter U (2019). Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion: analytical foundations and normative orientations of social multiple control. In: Tiemann M., Mohokum M. (eds) Prevention and health promotion. Springer Reference Nursing - Therapy - Health. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg pp. 1-15.

Walter U, Röding D (2019). Target group-specific prevention and health promotion. In: Haring R (eds) Health sciences. Springer Reference Nursing - Therapy - Health. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. S 391-402. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54179-1_36-1

Walter U, Sterdt E (2019). Prevention and health promotion in early childhood with special consideration of physical activity. In: Hartmann M et al [eds] (2019) Facets of inclusive education - National and international perspectives on the development of inclusive education systems. Publisher Julius Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn S 86-94

Babitsch B, Dadaczynski K, Geene R, Hassel H, Kliche T, Paulus P, Müller M, Quilling E, Süß W, Walter U (2018). Conceptual approaches in the prevention of childhood obesity: implementation of objectives, methodological approach and results in the SkAP project. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [Eds.] (2018). Obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence: principles, strategies and intervention concepts in lifeworlds. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 257-264

Brandes I, Flor W, Lander J, Walter U (2018). Obesity prevention in daycare centers - overview of conceptual approaches. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [Eds.] (2018). Obesity Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence: Fundamentals, Strategies and Intervention Concepts in Living Environments. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 293-305

Dadaczynski K, Feesche J, Walter U (2018). Effectiveness of lifestyle-related obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence- An overview of the international evidence base. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [Eds.] (2018). Obesity Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence: Basics, Strategies and Intervention Concepts in Living Environments. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 211-227

Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U (2018). Settings and lifeworlds in health promotion and prevention - concepts, approaches and demarcation potentials. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [Eds.] (2018). Obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence: Fundamentals, strategies and intervention concepts in lifeworlds. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 95-108

Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U (2018). The challenge of obesity: What can we do? An introduction. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [Eds.] (2018). Obesity Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence: Fundamentals, Strategies and Intervention Concepts in Lifeworlds. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 17-23

Mosebach K, Schwartz FW, Walter U (2018). Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion according to the National Prevention Act. In: Hurrelmann K, Richter M, Klotz T, Stock S [Eds.] Reference work on prevention and health promotion - basics, concepts and implementation strategies, 5th edition. Published by Hogrefe, Bern. S 449-464

Quilling E, Dadaczynski K, Walter U, Müller M (2018). Stakeholders in obesity prevention in Germany: an overview. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [eds] (2018). Obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence: basics, strategies and intervention concepts in lifeworlds. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 157-165

Trenker M, Walter U, Krauth C (2018). Addiction prevention. In: Machleidt W, Kluge U, Sieberer M. Heinz A (Eds.). Praxis der interkulturellen Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie - Migration und psychische Gesundheit. Elsevier Munich. S 617-622.

Walter U, Dadaczynski K, Quilling E (2018). Challenges and considerations for future orientations - a conclusion on the prevention of obesity in children and adolescents. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [Eds.] (2018). Obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence: basics, strategies and intervention concepts in living environments. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 375-387

Walter U, Kula A, Dadaczynski K (2018). Macrosystemic influences and political strategies for the prevention of obesity. In: Dadaczynski K, Quilling E, Walter U [eds] (2018). Obesity prevention in childhood and adolescence: Fundamentals, strategies and intervention concepts in lifeworlds. Bern: Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber. S 109-124

Walter U, Plaumann M. Research on health promotion. BZgA key concepts of health promotion Update online 10.01.2017: http://www.leitbegriffe.bzga.de/systematisches-verzeichnis/wissenschaftliche-perspektiven-bezugsdisziplinen-theorien-und-methoden/forschung-zur-gesundheitsfoerderung/

Walter U, Patzelt C, Nowik D. Health promotion and prevention in rehabilitation. BZgA Key concepts of health promotion Update online 22.11.2016: http://www.leitbegriffe.bzga.de/systematisches-verzeichnis/kernkonzepte-und-entwicklungen-der-gesundheitsfoerderung/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention-in-der-rehabilitation/

Bitzer EM, Schwartz FW, Dörning H, Walter U (2016). Evaluation and quality assurance in healthcare. In: Hurrelmann K, Razum O [Eds.] Handbook of health sciences. 6th edition. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, pp. 1123-1154.

Dreier M, Krüger K, Walter U. Colonoscopy for the early detection of colorectal cancer - experiences and information needs of the insured. Health Monitor 2016, published by the Bertelsmann Stiftung 2016; pp. 222-252.

Robert Koch Institute, Walter U. Outlooks. Conversations with experts. In: Robert Koch Institute. Report on cancer incidence in Germany 2016. Robert Koch Institute: Berlin, 2016; pp. 257-269.

Walter U, Brandes I. Health promotion in the workplace setting - barriers and facilitating factors in reaching employees. In: Knieps F, Pfaff H (eds.) BKK-Gesundheitsreport 2016 Gesundheit und Arbeit. Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft 2016; pp. 212-221.

Walter U, Koch U. The Federal Centre for Health Education on its way to population-based prevention and health promotion - A foreword. In: Walter U, Koch U, with the collaboration of Plaumann M. (Eds.) Prevention and health promotion in Germany. Concepts, strategies and intervention approaches of the Federal Center for Health Education. Series: Research and Practice in Health Promotion. Special issue 01. Cologne: BZgA, 2015; pp. 8-11.

Walter U, Bramesfeld A, Plaumann M. Prevention and health promotion. In: Schmitt-Ott G, Wiegand-Grefe S, Jacobi C, Paar GH, Meermann R, Lamprecht F (eds.) Rehabilitation in psychosomatic medicine. Care structures - treatment offers - quality management. 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Schattauer 2015; pp. 21-27.

Walter U, Kruckenberg B, Schauermann L, Volkenand K, Weber J, Castedello U, Gaede-Illig C (2015). Partial report 3: Legal regulations on prevention, health promotion and quality assurance and their perception. In: Altgeld T, Brandes S, Bregulla I et al. Overall project report cooperation and research project "Health promotion in living environments, development and quality assurance". Cologne: BZgA.

Walter U, Liersch S. Prevention and health promotion among children and adolescents. In: Klauber J, Günster C, Gerste B, Robra BP, Schmacke N (Eds.) Health Care Report 2015/2016. Focus: Children and adolescents. Stuttgart: Schattauer 2015; pp. 265-280.

Walter U, Töppich J. Dreier M. New challenges in prevention: evidence-based and informed decision-making using the example of cancer screening. In: Walter U, Koch U, with the collaboration of Plaumann M. Prevention and health promotion in Germany. Concepts, strategies and intervention approaches of the Federal Center for Health Education. Series: Research and Practice in Health Promotion. Special issue 01. Cologne: BZgA 2015; pp. 160-171.

Michalik T, Walter U. Concepts for health and health maintenance among older ethnic German repatriates. In: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg (ed.) Dokumentation 20. Kongress Armut und Gesundheit, Berlin 2015.

Plaumann M, Seidel G, Kramer S, Walter U. Definitions & explanations of 234 terms in the field of social medicine and public health. In: Brüggemann S, Niehues C, Rose AD, Schwöbel B (eds.) Pschyrembel Sozialmedizin und Public Health. 2nd updated edition, Berlin: DeGruyter, 2015.

Walter U, Flor W. Health and prevention behavior of older people. In: HW. Hoefert and C. Klotter [Eds.] Disease prevention in the controversy. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers 2014; pp. 72-90.

Liersch S, Henze V, Krauth C, Röbl M, Walter U. Effectively promoting health behavior? Results of the "fit for pisa" project. In: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg [ed.] Documentation Congress on Poverty and Health 2014, Berlin

Mosebach K, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion. In: Hurrelmann K, Klotz T, Haisch J. [Eds.] Textbook on prevention and health promotion. 4th ed. Bern: Huber 2014

Walter U, Dreier M. The Cancer Screening and Registry Act: a step towards informed choice? In: Böcken J, Braun B, Meierjürgen R [Eds.] Health Monitor, Bertelsmann Stiftung Publishing House 2014; pp. 12-27.

Walter U. Healthy and active ageing - shaping the phase of life in old age. In: Finck S, Köster M, Linden S, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Plaumann M, Walter U [Eds.] Shaping the life phase of old age - getting healthy and active older. Research and practice in health promotion. Vol. 45; Cologne 2013; pp. 14-23.

Walter U, Krugmann CS. Rationing: Reality in the care of older people. In: Bäcker G, Heinze R [Eds:] Social gerontology in social responsibility. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2013; pp: 269-283.

Walter U with the collaboration of Krugmann CS. Health in old age? In: LVGF SH [ed.] Documentation of the Schleswig-Holstein regional conference on 26.09.2012: Weiter wie gewohnt? Living in old age. 2013; S.: 12-16.

Walter U. Hidden and open rationing in the care of older people - problems and solutions. In: AOK Baden-Württemberg [ed.] Growing old healthily. Tailor-made rehabilitation. Rehab in practice! Vol. 01; Heidelberg: AKA Verlag 2013; pp.: 79-95.

Walter U, Reuter D. Prevention and health promotion as political strategies for employability and participation in old age. In: Hüther M, Naegele G [Eds.] Demographic policy - challenges and fields of action. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2013; pp: 223-245.

Patzelt C, Deitermann B, Heim S, Krauth C, Theile G, Hummers-Pradier E, Walter U. Target group-oriented approach and access routes in old age - the project "Reaching older people in a targeted manner". In: Finck S, Köster M, Linden S, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Plaumann M, Walter U [Eds.] Shaping the life phase of old age - Growing older healthy and active. Research and practice in health promotion. Vol. 45; Cologne 2013; p.: 54-61.

Walter U, Plaumann M, Krugmann C. Burnout Interventions. In: Bährer-Kohler S [ed.] Burnout for Experts. Prevention in the Context of Living and Working. Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013; pp.: 223-246

Liersch S, Henze V, Bisson S, Röbl M, Suermann T, Krauth C, Walter U. Daily school physical education: results on sustainability. In: Kirch W, Hoffmann T, Pfaff H [eds.] Prevention and Care 2012 for Health 2030. Stuttgart: Thieme 2012; pp.: 281-296.

Heim S, Theile G, Schmiemann G, Deitermann B, Patzelt C, Walter U, Hummers-Pradier E. Preventive home visits for older people: What is behind this concept? Who are they suitable for? In: Kalitzkus V, Wilm S [Eds.] Family medicine in the primary care of the future. Düsseldorf: dup düsseldorf university press 2013; pp.: 289-298.

Dreier M, Borutta B, Walter U. How good are information materials on colonoscopy as a method for the early detection of colorectal cancer? In: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg [ed.] Dokumentation 18. Kongress Armut und Gesundheit. Building bridges between knowledge and action - health promotion strategy. Berlin 2013. CD-ROM.

Bitzer EM, Schwartz FW, Dörning H, Walter U (2012). Evaluation and quality assurance in health care. In: Hurrelmann K, Razum O [Eds.] Handbook of health sciences. 5th edition. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, pp. 1123-1153.

Liersch S, Henze V, Röbl M, Suermann T, Krauth C, Walter U, Täglicher Schulsport: Ergebnisse zur Nachhaltigkeit. In: Kirch W, Hoffmann T, Pfaff (eds.) Prevention and care. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart/New York 2012. p. 281-296.

Remmers H, Walter U, The influence of age images on treatment and Nursing. In: Kruse A, Rentsch T, Zimmermann HP [Eds:] Good living in old age. AKA Verlag, Heidelberg 2012. pp. 205-230.

Liersch S, Sayed M, Windel I, Altgeld T, Krauth C, Walter U. Innovative approaches to quality management for a health-promoting school. In: BZgA [ed:] Growing up healthy in daycare centers, schools, families and neighborhoods. Research and practice in health promotion. Vol. 41, Cologne, 2012, pp. 164-174.

Patzelt C, Walter U. The ageing society as a challenge for prevention and rehabilitation. In: Lindner J, Peters M. [Eds:] Psychosocial health in old age. New challenges for prevention and psychosomatic rehabilitation. VAS - Verlag für Akademische Schriften 2012, Bad Homburg, pp. 40-64.

Schwartz FW, Walter U. Being old - being ill? In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Dierks ML, Busse R, Schneider N. [Eds:] Public health: health and health care. 3rd completely revised and expanded edition, Elsevier, Urban & Fischer: Munich, 2012, pp. 167-185.

Walter U, Patzelt C. Health promotion and prevention in old age. In: Günster C, Klose J, Schmacke N. Health care report 2012 - Health in old age. Schattauer: Stuttgart, 2012, pp. 233-248.

Sterdt E, Walter U. Approaches and strategies of prevention and health promotion in the context of urban planning. In: Böhme C, Kliemke C, Reimann B, Süß W [Eds:] Handbook of urban planning and health. Huber: Bern, 2012, pp. 27-36.

Sterdt E, Liersch S, Henze V, Röbl M, Schnitzerling J, Mayr E, Krauth C, Suermann T, Walter U. Integrating daily physical activity into the school day - The "fit for pisa" project. In: BZgA [ed:] Growing up healthy in daycare centers, schools, families and neighborhoods. Research and practice in health promotion. Vol. 41, Cologne, 2012, pp. 164-174.

Walter U. Targeting older people?! Successful access routes and addressing older people in a target group-oriented manner. Lecture. In : Landesgesundheitsamt Baden-Württemberg [ed:] Documentation of the Baden-Württemberg impulse conference. Stuttgart, 2012, pp. 29-43.

Walter U, Stolz M, Schneider N. Socio-political framework conditions. In: Wahl HW, Tesch-Römer C, Ziegelmann JP. [Eds:] Applied Gerontology. Interventions for ageing well in 100 key concepts. W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 2012, pp. 141-147.

Walter U, Robra BP, Schwartz FW. Prevention. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Dierks ML, Busse R, Schneider N. [Eds]: Public health: health and health care. 3rd completely revised and expanded edition, Elsevier, Urban & Fischer: Munich, 2012, pp. 196-223.

Walter U, Schwartz FW, Plaumann M. Prevention. Institutions and structures. In: Schwartz FW, Walter U, Siegrist J, Kolip P, Leidl R, Dierks ML, Busse R, Schneider N. [Eds]: Public health: health and health care. 3rd completely revised and expanded edition, Elsevier, Urban & Fischer: Munich, 2012, pp. 271-287.

Berner F, Walter U. The Federal Government's Sixth Report on the Elderly: Demands on rehabilitation. In: Netzwerk-Osteoporose e.V. [Ed:] Organization for Patient Competence (NWO). Time for health. Guide to rehabilitation. Paderborn, 2011, pp. 3-4.

Borutta B, Seidel G, Dreier M, Kramer S, Kreusel I, Helmstädter J, Töppich J, Bitzer EM, Dierks ML, Walter U. Systematic evaluation of health information from an expert and user perspective - initial results. In: GVG [ed:] Health information in Germany 67. Cologne, 2011, pp. 37-48.

Dörning H, Schneider A, Walter U. Adolescents in the mirror of health care: Analysis of the routine data of the KKH-Allianz for the age group of 12 to 21-year-olds. In: KKH-Allianz/MHH - Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research (Walter U) [ed:] White Paper Prevention. Healthy young?! The challenge of prevention and health promotion in adolescents and young adults. Springer: Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 61-94.

Gerlich MG, Wismar M, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health goals. In: BZgA [ed:] Key terms in health promotion and prevention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods. Publishing house for health promotion: Hamburg, 2011, pp. 321-325.

Liersch S, Walter U, with the collaboration of Gerlich MG. Health, health impairments and approaches to prevention in the life phase of adolescence and young adulthood. In: KKH-Allianz/MHH Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research (Walter U) [ed:] White Paper Prevention. Healthy young?! The challenge of prevention and health promotion in adolescents and young adults. Springer: Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 31-59.

Liersch S, Bisson S, Sayed M, Windel I, Altgeld T, Krauth C, Walter U. School development through health management. In: Krajic K [ed:] Learning for health. Proceedings of the 2010 annual conference of the Austrian Society for Public Health. Health Sciences, Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Fund: Linz, 2011, pp. 47-58.

Liersch S, Sterdt E, Bisson S, Henze V, Krauth C, Röbl M, Walter U. Daily physical education in elementary school - potentials and barriers of an organizational prevention measure. In: Krajic K [ed:] Learning for health. Proceedings of the 2010 annual conference of the Austrian Society for Public Health. Health Sciences, Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Fund: Linz, 2011, pp. 89-102.

Patzelt C, Walter U. Fall prevention. In: Lower Saxony State Health Office and Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Ms, Family, Health and Integration [ed:] Growing old, staying active, living self-determined. Hanover, 2011, pp. 206-207.

Plaumann M, Walter U. Prevention and health promotion. In: Flothow A, Kempf HD, Kuhnt U, Lehmann G [Eds:] KddR-Manual. New back school. Professional course design in theory and practice. Urban Fischer Elsevier: Munich, 2011, pp. 1-10.

Sayed M, Liersch S, Bisson S, Windel I, Altgeld T, Krauth C, Walter U. Participatory quality development for the implementation of school health management. In: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg [ed:] Dokumentation 16. bundesweiter Kongress Armut und Gesundheit, Berlin, 2011, pp. 1-7.

Walter U, Liersch S, Gerlich MG. Growing up: Departure and change - an introduction. In: KKH-Allianz/MHH - Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research (Walter U) [ed:] White Paper Prevention. Healthy young?! The challenge of prevention and health promotion in adolescents and young adults. Springer: Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 3-11.

Walter U. Health impairments in adolescents and young adults - an expert discussion on the current situation and prospects for prevention. In: KKH-Allianz/MHH Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research (Walter U) [ed:] White Paper Prevention. Healthy young?! The challenge of prevention and health promotion in adolescents and young adults. Springer: Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 217-227.

Walter U, Lux R. Prevention of chronic diseases. In: Günster C, Klose J, Schmacke N [Eds:] Versorgungs-Report 2011. schattauer: Stuttgart, 2011, pp. 85-101.

Walter U. Active and healthy ageing - health promotion and prevention. In: Lower Saxony State Health Office and Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Ms, Family, Health and Integration [ed:] Growing old, staying active, living self-determined. Hanover, 2011, pp. 190-193.

Walter U, Gerlich MG, Schwartz FW. Health indicators. In: BZgA [ed:] Key terms in health promotion and prevention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods. Publishing house for health promotion: Hamburg, 2011, pp. 286-290

Walter U. Prevention and health promotion in old age - possibilities and requirements. In: BZGA [ed:] Health in old age: challenges and strategies in health promotion. Documentation of the symposium on February 10. Düsseldorf, 2011, pp. 17-30.

Walter U. Research on prevention and health promotion. In: BZgA [ed:] Key terms in health promotion and prevention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods. Publishing house for health promotion: Hamburg, 2011, pp.84-86.

Walter U, Patzelt C. Health promotion and prevention in rehabilitation. In: BZgA [ed:] Key terms in health promotion and prevention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods. Publishing house for health promotion: Gamburg, 2011, pp. 267-271.

Walter U. Health in old age - gift or merit? In: Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Altenarbeit [ed:] Solidarity or justice? Health opportunities and health policy in an ageing society. Hanover, 2011, pp. 8-10.

Walter U. Health in old age - challenges for prevention. In: HAGE - Hessische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Gesundheitserziehung e.V. [Ed:] Changing images of old age: challenges for health promotion. Healthy & Active Ageing 2011, p. 18.

Zeef A, Salman R, Krauth C, Walter U, Machleidt W. Prevention among migrants using the example of addiction. In: Machleidt W, Heinz A [Eds:] Practice of intercultural psychiatry and psychotherapy. Migration and mental health. Urban Fischer: Munich, 2011, pp. 541-550.

Liersch S, Sterdt E, Bisson S, Henze V, Krauth C, Röbl M, Walter U. Relevance of daily school sports in elementary school for pupils with increased risk factors. In: Health Berlin-Brandenburg [ed:] Dokumentation 15. Kongress Armut und Gesundheit - Ethik im Spannungsfeld und Satellitenveranstaltung "Global-Gerecht-Gesund", CD-ROM, Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 2010, pp. 1-6.

Mosebach K, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion. In: Hurrelmann K [ed.]; with the collaboration of Altgeld T. Lehrbuch Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 3rd ed., Bern 2010. p. 369-381.

Plaumann M, Dubben S, Kliche T, Nöcker G, Walter U. Working together for sustainable prevention! The BMBF cooperation project. In: Health Berlin-Brandenburg [ed:] Dokumentation 15. Kongress Armut und Gesundheit - Ethik im Spannungsfeld und Satellitenveranstaltung "Global-Gerecht-Gesund", CD-ROM, Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 2010, pp. 1-5.

Theile G, Heim S, Patzelt C, Deitermann B, Walter U, Hummers-Pradier E. Preventive home visits - who is actually interested in them? In: Kirch W, Middeke M, Rychlik R [Eds:] Aspects of prevention. Stuttgart 2010, pp. 182-190.

Walter U, Awa A, Plaumann M. Workplace-related stress and burnout - possibilities and limits of prevention. In: Schwartz FW, Angerer P [Eds:] Report Versorgungsforschung. Working conditions and well-being of physicians. Findings and Interventions; Volume 2, Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, Cologne 2010. pp. 385-394.

Walter U. Strategies and approaches of health promotion and primary prevention with regard to heart health with special consideration of exercise. In: Fonds Gesundes Österreich, a Devision of Gesundheit Österreich GmbH [ed:] Healthy together. Horn: Health promotion for the heart. Proceedings of the 10th Austrian Prevention Conference 2010. p. 5-9.

Walter U. First speech. In: Walter U, Nöcker G [Eds:] Prävention im Fokus unterschiedlicher Perspektiven - Werkstattgespräche der BZgA mit Hochschulen. Research for Health Education; Vol. 37, Cologne 2010. p. 310-13.

Walter U, Remmers H. Images of old age in medicine and Nursing. In: Kruse A [ed:] Life in old age. Eigen- und Mitverantwortlichkeit in Gesellschaft, Kultur und Politik; 1st ed., Heidelberg 2010. p.103-115.

Bitzer EM, Walter U, Lingner H, Schwartz FW. Preface. In: Bitzer EM, Walter U, Lingner H, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Strengthening children's health! Proposals for optimizing prevention and care. Berlin et al: Springer, 2009, pp. 9-10.

Bitzer EM, Walter U, Schwartz FW. Perspectives and potentials. In: Bitzer EM, Walter U, Lingner H, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Strengthening children's health! Proposals for optimizing prevention and care. Berlin et al: Springer, 2009, pp. 320-328.

Lux R, Walter U. Smoking and smoking - Passive smoke exposure and active tobacco consumption of girls and boys. In: Bitzer EM, Walter U, Lingner H, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Strengthening children's health! Proposals for optimizing prevention and care ; with 16 tables. Berlin et al: Springer, 2009. pp. 178-185.

Walter U, Salman R, Krauth C, Machleidt W. Targeting migrants. In Ziegenbein M, Machleidt W, Brüggemann BR, Wessels A, Haltenhof H. Schizophrenie - Frühintervention und Langzeitbegleitung. Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich, 2009, 227-237.

Walter U, Salman R, Krauth C, Machleidt W. Targeting migrants. In: Ziegenbein M, Machleidt W, Brüggemann BR, Wessels A, Haltenhof H [eds]: Schizophrenia - early intervention and long-term support. Lengerich, Westf: Pabst Science Publishers, 2009, pp. 221-231.

Behmann M, Walter U. Intervention studies and systematic literature reviews on the prevention of falls. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 178-182.

Behmann M, Walter U. Cohort, cross-sectional and intervention studies as well as systematic literature research on risk factors and prevention of back pain. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 91-104.

Behmann M, Walter U. Studies on osteoporosis. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal diseases - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 159-164.

Dörning H, Lorenz C, Walter U. Analysis of routine data. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 35-60.

Plaumann M, Lux R, Walter U. The importance of nutrition for the musculoskeletal system. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 187-194.

Plaumann M, Walter U. The importance of musculoskeletal disorders in international comparison and in Germany. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 15-34.

Plaumann M, Walter U. Planning and implementation of preventive measures. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 183-187.

Teichler N, Walter U. Anatomical and physiological principles and preventive approaches to back health. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 61-77.

Teichler N, Walter U. Ergonomics. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 219-242.

Teichler N, Walter U. Upper and lower extremities. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 125-142.
Walter U. Opportunities for health promotion and prevention in old age. In: Kuhlmey A, Schaeffer D (eds.). Age, health and disease. Huber: Bern, 2008, 245-262.

Walter U, Liersch S, Krauth K, Henze V, Röbl M. Daily exercise at school: The practical project "fit for pisa". In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 209-210.

Walter U, Lux R. Tobacco consumption: consequences and prevention from a sex- and gender-specific perspective. In: Neises M, Schmidt-Ott G [Eds:] Gender, cultural identity and psychotherapy. Pabst Publishers: Lengerich, 2008, 71-84.

Walter U, Plaumann M. Fundamentals of the musculoskeletal system, impairments and diseases of the musculoskeletal system and approaches to their prevention. In: KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse [ed.]: in cooperation with Hannover Medical School: Weißbuch Prävention 2007/2008. Beweglich? Musculoskeletal disorders - causes, risk factors and preventive approaches. Springer: Heidelberg, 2008, 3-13.

Gerhardus A, Lühmann D, Velasco-Garrido M, Walter U, Razum O. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and prevention - do they go together? In: Kirch W, Badura B, Pfaff H [Eds:] Prevention and health services research. Springer: Heidel-berg, 2007, 35-61.

Klippel U, Brasseit U, Kramer S, Plaumann M, Schwartz FW, Strote I, Walter U. Definition of the keywords of the field "Public Health". In: Brüggemann S, Irle H, Mai H, Korsukewitz C [eds]: Pschyrembel dictionary of social medicine. Brüggemann S, Irle H, Mai H (editing) [Eds:] Berlin: de Gruyter, German Pension Insurance, 2007, pp. 397-398.

Lux R, Walter U. Relevance of sex and gender in the development, prevention and treatment of bronchial asthma and COPD. In: Schwartz FW, Lingner H, Schultz K [eds]: Volkskrankheit Asthma/COPD. Springer: Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 135-146.

Mosebach K, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion. In: Hurrelmann K, Klotz T, Haisch J [Eds:] Lehr-buch Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. Huber Verlag: Bern, 2007, pp. 343-355.

Walter U, Buschmann-Steinhage R, Faller H, Kliche T, Müller H, Pfeifer K, Koch U. Prävention und Rehabilitation: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede von Konzepten, Rahmenbedingungen und Umsetzung in der gesundheitlichen Versorgung. In: Kirch W, Badura B, Pfaff H [Eds:] Prevention and health services research. Springer: Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 359-387.

Walter U, Schneider N. Approaches to health promotion and prevention. In: Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia [ed:] Gesundheitsberichte Spezial. Volume 4: Health in old age - demographic foundations and preventive approaches. Düsseldorf, 2007, pp. 21-37 (Part C and D, Literature), also: http://www.mags.nrw.de/08_PDF/002/gesundheit-spezial_band-4_gesundheit-und-alter.pdf.

Walter U, Schneider N. Introduction. In: Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia [ed:] Gesundheitsberichte Spezial. Volume 4: Health in old age - demographic foundations and preventive approaches. Düsseldorf, 2007, pp. 7-8 (Part A), also: http://www.mags.nrw.de/08_PDF/002/gesundheit-spezial_band-4_gesundheit-und-alter.pdf.

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Goals, target groups and forms of prevention and health promotion. In: German General Practitioners' Association, BARMER [ed:] Hausarzt - Handbuch Prävention. MED.KOMM: Munich, 2007, 14-16

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Strategies and methods of prevention / health promotion. In: German General Practitioners' Association, BARMER [ed:] Hausarzt - Handbuch Prävention. MED.KOMM: Munich, 2007, pp. 17-21.

Babitsch B, Begenau J, Brixius K, Busch J, Dohnke B, Fuchs J, Graß H, Hamelberg S, Kaczmarczyk G, Lagro-Jansen T, Lohff B, Litschauer B, Oehlsen A, Ruiz P, Schrader B, Ssosnowski M, Walter U, Zemp U, Regitz-Zagrosek V. Integration of gender in medical teaching - results of a European workshop. In: Regitz-Zagrosek V et al [eds]: Gender studies in medicine. Peter Lang: Frankfurt, 2006.

Busse A, Walter U. Stress theoretical models. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006. stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 53-77.

Dörning H, Lorenz C, Walter U. Analysis of the routine data of the Kaufmännische. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006. stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 29-62.

Klippel U, Walter U. Stress in international comparison. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School (ed.). White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006: Stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 13-27.

Mosebach K, Walter U. No state to make? Political control in prevention and health promotion. In: Essers M, Gerlinger T, Herrmann M, Hinricher L, Lenhardt U, Seidler A, Simon M, Stegmüller K [eds]: Jahrbuch für Kritische Medizin, vol., 43, Argument: Hamburg, 2006, pp. 8-24.

Plaumann M, Busse A, Walter U. Basics of stress. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006. stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 3-12.

Plaumann M, Busse A, Walter U. Work-related risks and resources. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006. stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 131-140.

Plaumann M, Walter U. Stress exposure and its prevention in childhood and adolescence. Lifeworld-related risks and resources. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006 Stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 79-85.

Schwartz FW, Bitzer E, Dörning H, Walter U. Evaluation and quality assurance in health care. In: Hurrelmann K, Laaser U, Razum O [Eds:] Handbuch Gesundheitswissenschaften. 4th completely revised edition. Juventa: Weinheim, 2006, pp. 1169-1200.

Walter U, Bisson S. Regulatory diversity in social insurance-supported prevention and its bundling through a prevention law with special consideration of addiction. German Center for Addiction Issues, 2006.

Walter U, Dörning H, Kurtz V, Lorenz C, Bisson S. Epidemiology of heart disease. In: Ennker J, Zerkowski HR [Eds:] Risk and quality in cardiac surgery. Steinkopff: Darmstadt, 2006, pp. 3-11.

Walter U, Engel M, Pott E (Chair), Ackermann A, Eichhorn C, Oberlinner C, Ziegelmann JP (Speakers). Life-phase-related prevention from childhood to old age: Reaching target groups and effectively promoting health (documentation of working group 1). In: Michna H, Oberender P, Schultze J, Wolf J [Eds:] Prävention auf dem Prüfstand: How much organized health - how much personal responsibility? Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation, Heinz Nixdorf Foundation Vol. 68, Cologne, 2006, pp. 89-133.

Walter U, Lux R. Prevention - Do we need different strategies for Ms and men? In: Regitz-Zagrosek V, Fuchs J [Eds:] Gender research in medicine. Peter Lang: Frankfurt, 2006, 35-48

Walter U, Mosebach K. Prevention potentials in employment promotion law. In: Hollederer A, Brand H [eds]: Unemployment, health and illness. Hans Huber: Bern, 2006, pp. 157-177.

Walter U, Plaumann M. Lebensweltbezogene Prävention: Ansätze und Herausforderungen für Wissenschaft und Praxis. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006 Stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 126-129.

Walter U, Plaumann M. Work-related prevention: approaches for science and practice. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006. stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 174-177.

Walter U, Plaumann M, Busse A, Klippel U. Prevention of stress in the workplace: Results of a systematic literature review. Work-related prevention: approaches for science and practice. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006 Stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 148-162.

Walter U, Pott E, Koch U, Lamprecht F, Meermann R. Prevention of stress: approaches and implementation in Germany. In: KKH, Hannover Medical School [ed:] White Paper on Prevention 2005/2006. stress? Causes, explanatory models and approaches to prevention. Springer: Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 179-185.

Krauth C, Grobe TG, Hoopmann M, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Rücken-schmerz: Krankheitskosten und Einsparpotenziale präventiver Maßnahmen. In: Hildebrandt J, Müller G, Pfingsten M [Eds:] Lumbar spine. Causes, diagnosis and therapy of back pain. Munich: Urban & Fischer, 2005, pp. 14-26.

Walter U. The language of health planning and its implementation. In: Debus S, Burmeister HP, Floeth T, Zechert C. Semiotics and social psychiatry. On the meaning and signs of a technical language. Protestant Academy Loccum. Loccumer Protokolle 15/03. Rehberg-Loccum, 2005, pp. 405-416.

Walter U. Socio-medical aspects of the codification of prevention and health promotion. In: Pitschas R [ed:] Präventionsgesetz. Speyerer Arbeitsheft Nr. German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, 2005.

Walter U, Plaumann M. Public Health in Germany - Developments in research, teaching and transfer to health care practice. In: Schneider K, Brinker-Meyendriesch E, Schneider A [Eds:] Nursing education for study and practise. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2nd ed., 2005, pp. 357-369.

Mosebach K, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health policy implementation of prevention and health promotion. In: Hurrelmann K, Klotz T, Haisch J [Eds:] Textbook Prevention and Health Promotion. Bern: Huber, 2004, pp. 341-353.

Schwartz FW, Wismar M, Walter U, Dierks ML. Pubic Health in Germany. In: Kirch W [ed:] Public Health in Europe. 10 Years EUPHA. Berlin: Springer, 2004, pp. 71-79.

Walter U, Hager K. The ageing population: demography, health restrictions, diseases and prevention with a gender focus. In: Rieder A, Lohff B [Eds:] Gender Medicine. Gender-specific aspects for clinical practice. Vienna: Springer, 2004, pp. 267-300.

Walter U. Anchoring prevention in social law and its perception. In: Action for the mentally ill. Schmidt-Zadel R, Kunze H, Peukert R [Eds:] Prevention of mental illness. New approaches in practice and legislation. Bonn: Psychiatrie-Verlag, 2004, pp. 149-167.

Walter U. Prevention - the fourth pillar of health care?! In: Teltower Kreis [ed.] The German health care system after the election. In focus: Prevention and palliation. Einhorn Verlag: 2003.

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Health indicators. In: Federal Center for Health Education [ed:] Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods of health promotion. Schwabenheim: Fachverlag Peter Sabo, 4th expanded and revised edition, pp. 111-113.

Walter U, Plaumann M, Public Health in Germany - Developments in research, teaching and transfer to health care practice. In: Schneider A, Schneider K, Brinker-Meyendriesch E [Eds:] Textbook for Nursing Education. Springer: 2003 , 2nd edition, pp. 357-371.

Schwartz FW, Walter U. Being old - being ill? In: Schwartz FW, Badura B, Busse R, Leidl R, Raspe H, Siegrist J, Walter U [eds]: The Public Health Book. Health and health care. Munich Vienna Baltimore: Urban & Fischer: 163-180.

Walter U, Schwartz FW, with the collaboration of Robra B-P and Schmidt T. Prävention. In: Schwartz FW, Badura B, Busse R, Leidl R, Raspe H, Siegrist J, Walter U [eds]: The public health book. Health and health care. Urban & Fischer: Munich/Vienna 2003, 189-214

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Prevention: Institutions and structures. In: Schwartz FW, Badura B, Busse R, Leidl R, Raspe H, Siegrist J, Walter U [eds]: Das Public Health Buch. Health and health care. Urban & Fischer: Munich/Vienna, 2003, 254-268

Schienkiewitz A, Walter U. Glossary. In: Schwartz FW, Badura B, Busse R, Leidl R, Raspe HH, Siegrist J, Walter U [eds]: The public health book. Health and health care. Urban & Fischer: Munich/Vienna, 2003, 805-829

Walter U. Prevention - the fourth pillar of health care?! In: Teltower Kreis [ed:] Germany after the election. The role of preventive and palliative medicine in the German healthcare system. Einhorn Presse Verlag: Reinbek, 2002, 13-29

Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW. Aims and concept of the book. Foreword by the editors. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance companies. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 9-14

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Prevention by health insurance funds - On the way to more target orientation and quality. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance companies. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 15-23

Walter U, Reichle C, Lorenz C, Schwartz FW. Targeting and reaching risk groups. Effectiveness of routine data-based active and open passive access routes and selection strategies. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 97-110

Dierks ML, Buser K, Busack I, Walter U. Outreach counseling - a concept for the primary prevention of atopic dermatitis in young children. Information on risk factors, nutrition, personal hygiene and design of the living environment. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 111-120

Dierks ML, Buser K, Walter U. Effectiveness of counseling pregnant women and mothers for the primary prevention of atopic dermatitis. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance companies. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 153-163

Buser K, Dierks ML, Walter U. Tertiary prevention of atopic dermatitis: training parents of children with atopic dermatitis. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 164-172.

Hoopmann M, Krauth C, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health and performance-related effectiveness of back schools. Results of the effects evaluation of an external back school program of the AOK Lower Saxony. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance companies. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 239-250

Walter U, Schmdit T, Lorenz C, Weidemann F, Schwartz FW. Preventing cardiovascular diseases - exercise-related effects of a walking training and intensive program. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 263-273

Schmdit T, Weidemann F, Walter U, Schwartz FW. Blood pressure reduction in everyday life through intensive behavioral training. Evaluation of a cardiovascular training program of the AOK Lower Saxony. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance companies. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 274-283

Krauth C, Hoopmann M, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Cost-effectiveness of interventions for non-specific back complaints. Health economic evaluation of a back training program of the AOK Lower Saxony. In: Walter U, Drupp M, Schwartz FW [Eds:] Prevention and health insurance companies. Target groups, access routes, effectiveness and efficiency. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 306-317

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Age(ing) - Contributions of German public health research. In: Flick U [ed:] Innovation through New Public Health. Hogrefe: Göttingen, 2002, 172-192

Stöckel S, Walter U. Prevention in the 20th century. Outline and prologue. In: Stöckel S, Walter U [Eds:] Prevention in the 20th century. Historical foundations and current developments in Germany. Basic texts in health sciences. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 11-25

Walter U, Stöckel S. Prevention and its organization from the German Empire to the turn of the millennium. Summary and outlook. In: Stöckel S, Walter U [Eds:] Prevention in the 20th century. Historical foundations and current developments in Germany. Basic texts in health sciences. Juventa: Weinheim, Munich, 2002, 273-299

Walter U, Dierks ML, Reichle C, Schmidt T, Hoopmann M, Lorenz C, Schwartz FW. How can vulnerable target groups be reached? Comparison of different access routes and possibilities for target group-specific participant selection. In: Gostomzyk JG [ed:] Innovative aspects in prevention. Publication series of the State Center for Health in Bavaria. Vol. 7, Munich, 2001, 131-147

Dierks ML, Walter U, Windel I, Schwartz FW. Introduction: Aim and structure of the reader. In: Dierks ML, Walter U, Windel I, Schwartz FW. Quality management in health promotion and prevention. Principles, methods and requirements. Federal Center for Health Education. Cologne, 2001, 13-16

Walter U, Schwartz FW, Hoepner-Stamos. Goal-oriented quality management and current developments in health promotion and prevention. In: Dierks ML, Walter U, Windel I, Schwartz FW. Quality management in health promotion and prevention. Principles, methods and requirements. Federal Center for Health Education. Cologne, 2001, 18-37

Walter U, Dierks ML, Windel I, Schwartz FW. Recommendations for the future - summarizing guidelines for the implementation of quality management in health promotion and prevention. In: Dierks ML, Walter U, Windel I, Schwartz FW. Quality management in health promotion and prevention. Principles, methods and requirements. Federal Center for Health Education. Cologne, 2001, 315-320

Dierks ML, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Consumer information and patient sovereignty. In: Reibnitz C von, Schnabel PE, Hurrelmann K [eds]: The empowered patient. Concepts for patient counseling and consumer sovereignty in the health care system. Juventa: Weinheim, 2001, 71-79

Walter U, Schwartz FW, Dierks ML. Quality management in health promotion and prevention with special consideration of possibilities and approaches in health insurance companies. In: Höfling S, Gieseke O [Eds:] Gesundheitsoffensive Prävention. Health promotion and prevention as indispensable components of efficient health policy. Hanns Seidel Foundation Special Edition Political Studies. Atwerb Verlag: Munich, 2001, 79-92

Walter U, Schwartz FW. The health of older people and the potential of prevention and health promotion. In: German Center on Aging [ed:] Expertises on the Third Report on the Elderly. Vol. I, Personal, health and environmental resources in old age. Leske + Budrich: Leverkusen, 2001, 153-261

Dierks ML, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Patients as customers. Information needs and quality of patient information from the perspective of public health research. In: Jazbinsek D [ed:] Health Communication. Westdeutscher Verlag: Wiesbaden, 2000, 150-163

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Health and health care of the elderly population in rural areas. In: Walter U, Altgeld T [Eds:] Age(ing) in rural areas. Approaches for a forward-looking health and elderly care policy. Campus: Frankfurt/Main, 2000, 77-96

Walter U, Altgeld T. Alter(n) im ländlichen Raum - Resümee und Ansätze für eine vorausschauende Gesundheits- und Altenpolitik. In: Walter U, Altgeld T [Eds:] Age(ing) in rural areas. Approaches for a forward-looking health and old-age policy. Campus: Frankfurt/Main, 2000, 318-327

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Diseases, disabilities and care structures: questions of morbidity development and care in old age. In: Hirsch RD, Bruder J, Radebold H [Eds:] Aggression in old age. Bonn publication series "Violence in old age". Vol. 7, Bonn, 2000, 73-92

Journal articles

Röding D, von Holt I, Decker L, Ünlü S, Walter U (2026). How Local Governments Increase the Effectiveness of CTC. Results of a Reanalysis of the CTC Effectiveness Study. forum kriminalprävention 1/2026, pp. 29–32

Brender R, Ünlü S, Meyer C, Röding D, Walter U (2025). Sustainable Development Goals in local implementation: Whole School Approach FREI DAY. Public Health Forum 2025; 33(3): 220-224. doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2025-0067

Decker L, von Holt I, Ünlü S, Walter U, Röding D (2025). Early Effects of Communities That Care on the Adoption and Implementation Fidelity of Evidence-Based Prevention Programs in Communities: Results from a Quasi-experimental Study. Prev Sci (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s11121-025-01823-w

Fischbock N, Oppermann L, Lander J, Seidel G, Walter U (2025). Health literacy as a building block of prevention and health promotion: An introduction for nursing education. Nursing Education 2/2025, pp. 2-7.

Hoppe H, Brender R, Walter U, Röding D (2025). Effectiveness of physical activity promotion based on inter-sectoral collaboration - a meta-analysis of complex interventions in high-income western countries. J Public Health (Berl.) (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02658-z

Röding D, Lenz MC, von Holt I, Decker L, Walter U (2025). Factors influencing the implementation of prevention strategies - validation of a measurement instrument for the school context. Prev Gesundheitsf (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s11553-025-01208-5

Seidler A, Dierks M-L, Walter U (2025). Thought leader and designer - in memoriam Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz (1943-2024). Healthcare 2025; 87: 165-171

von Holt I, Decker L, Röding D, Ünlü S, Walter U (2025). Evidence on the effectiveness of CTC in Germany - results of a re-analysis of data from the CTC-EFF study. forum kriminalprävention 2/2025 S 19-22

Walter U (2025). Public health has grown up. DGSMP Newsletter 2/2025, p 2-3

Walter U, Bolte G, Eichinger M, Geene R, Hoffmann B, Pischke C (2025). Designing healthy and sustainable living environments: FIGENA research networks. Public Health Forum 2025; 33(3): 232-236. DOI 10.1515/pubhef-2025-0065/html

Birgel V, Röding D and Walter U (2024). Community capacity for health promotion - results of the CTC-EFF study. Public Health Forum 2024; 32(3): 181-185

Bremer K, Brender R, Groeger-Roth F and Walter U (2024). Green list prevention - A contribution to evidence-based practice. Public Health Forum 2024; 32(4): 386-389. doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2024-0111

Bremer K, Brender R, Tetzlaff F, Walter U, Groeger-Roth F (2024). Finding suitable prevention measures - The Green List guide supports with new search functions. Forum Crime Prevention, 3/2024, 3-5

Brender R, Bremer K, Kula A, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2024). Evidence Register Green List Prevention - Analysis of the listed effectiveness-tested programs. Public Health 2024; 86: 474-482. DOI 10.1055/a-2308-7256

Dreier M, Brinkmann M, Stahmeyer JT, Hemmerling M, Krauth C, Walter U (2024). Intended and actual participation in the colorectal cancer screening program - a prospective cohort study with AOK insurees. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2024; 121: 497-504. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0087

Kula A, Brender R, Bernartz KM, Walter U (2024). Waist circumference as a parameter in school-based interventions to prevent overweight and obesity - a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 24, 2864 (2024). doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20354-7

Röding D, Birgel V and Walter U (2024). Intersectoral cooperation in community prevention and health promotion for children and adolescents. Public Health Forum 2024; 32(3): 199-203

Röding D, von Holt I, Decker L, Ünlü S, Walter U (2024). Community health literacy and community capacity development. Präv Gesundheitsf. doi.org/10.1007/s11553-024-01143-x

Walter U (2024). Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz (†) - Pioneer and shaper for the health of the population. Health and Social Policy p 55. DOI: 10.5771/1611-5821-2024-03-55

Walter U and Röding D (2024). Evidence-based prevention and health promotion - approaches to promotion. Public Health Forum, vol. 32, no. 4, 2024, pp. 346-349. doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2024-0088

Birgel V, Decker D, Röding D & Walter U (2023). Community capacity for prevention and health promotion: a scoping review on underlying domains and assessment methods. Systematic Reviews (2023) 12:147, DOI 10.1186/s13643-023-02314-1

Birgel V, Röding D, Reder M, Soellner R, Walter U (2023). Contextual effects of community capacity as a predictor for adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use: A multi-level analysis. SSM - Population Health, Volume 24, 2023, 101521. ISSN 2352-8273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101521

Birgel V, Walter U & Röding D (2023). Relating community capacity to the adoption of an evidence-based prevention strategy: a community-level analysis. J Public Health (Berl.) (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-02159-x

Birgel V, Röding D, Reder M, Soellner R & Walter U (2023). Contextual effects of community capacity as a predictor for adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use: a multi-level analysis, [Manuscript under review at SSM - Population Health].

Bitzer EM, Schmitt G, Seidler A and Walter U (2023). Health literacy in times of crisis - Report from the Joint Annual Conference of the DGSMP, the DNGK and the NAP. Dr. med. Mabuse 262 4th quarter 2023

Bitzer E, Walter U, Schaefer C, Schaeffer D, Seidler A (2023). Health literacy in times of crisis. Healthcare 2023; 85: 686-687. DOI 10.1055/a-2111-9875

Junius-Walker U, Feil F, Altgeld T, Graf M, Walter U, Dierks M-L (2023). How can more young people be recruited to the public health service? Lower Saxony Medical Journal 11/2023 p. 15/16

Röding D, Birgel V, Decker L, Ünlü S, Walter U (2023). How does community prevention work for children and adolescents? Initial findings from the CTC-EFF study. Journal Forum Crime Prevention. 01/2023, pp. 13-15

Röding D, Birgel V & Walter U (2023). Validation of an instrument to measure community capacity building for prevention. J Public Health (Berl.) (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01905-5

Walter U, Groeger-Roth F, Röding D (2023). Evidence-based prevention for the mental health of children and adolescents: The Communities That Care (CTC) approach for Germany. Bundesgesundheitsbl S774-783 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-023-03725-0

Röding D, Reder M, Soellner R, Birgel V, Stolz M, Groeger-Roth F, Walter U (2022). Evaluation of the science-based community prevention system Communities That Care: study design and baseline equivalence of intermediate outcomes. Prev Gesundheitsf (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-022-00972-y

Walter U (2022). Quality management and development in primary prevention and health promotion: status, challenges and perspectives. Bundesgesundheitsbl 2022 65:310-318 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-022-03494-2

Dreier M, Krüger K, Walter U, Hagen A (2021). Smoking ban in publicly accessible areas. Publication series Health Technology Assessment, VOL: 138, 1st edition 2021. ISSN: 1864-9645, 10.3205/hta000138L

Illiger K, Walter U & Koppelin F (2021). "I can do that on my own!" On the relevance of subjective factors to the use of formal support, from the perspective of peoplewith dementia, Health Care for Women International, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1876064

Kula A, Strech D, Mertz M, Krüger K, Liersch S, Walter U, Hagen A (2021). Obesity prevention programs in schools. Publication series Health Technology Assessment, VOL: 140, 1st edition 2021. ISSN: 1864-9645, DOI 10.3205/hta000140L

Michalik T, Koppelin F, Walter U (2021). Family as a health-preserving resource for ethnic German repatriates? A qualitative study on health perceptions in old age. Healthcare 2022; 84: 1101-1106 DOI 10.1055/a-1397-7731

Pischke CR, Helmer SM, Pohlabeln H, Muellmann S, Schneider S, Reintjes R, Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A, Girbig M, Krämer A, Icks A, Walter U, Zeeb H (2021). Effects of a Brief Web-Based "Social Norms" Intervention on Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among German University Students: Results of a Cluster-Controlled Trial Conducted at Eight Universities. Front Public Health. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.659875

Röding D, Soellner R, Reder M, Birgel V, Kleiner C, Stolz M, Groeger-Roth F, Krauth C, Walter U (2021). Study protocol: a non-randomized community trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the communities that care prevention system in Germany. BMC Public Health (2021) 21:1927 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11935-x

Röding D, Walter U, Dreier M (2021). Long-Term Effects of Integrated Strategies of Community Health Promotion on Diabetes Mellitus Mortality: A Natural Policy Experiment Based on aggregated longitudinal secondary data. Journal of Urban Health doi:10.1007/s11524-021-00590-7

Dehn-Hindenberg A, Saßmann H, Dierks M-L, Haack M, Meyer A, Walter U, Lange K (2020). "The first three entries ..." Information behavior of Ms with gestational diabetes. Prev Gesundheitsf https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-020-00811-y

Illiger K, Walter U, Koppelin F (2020). The Dementia-Specific Self-Concept - Developing a Model of Experiencing and Coping with the Disease Situation of Persons Living Alone with Dementia. Ageing Science & Mental Health Studies, 4(1), 1-12.

Mackowiak K, Kula A, Brunemund L, Walter U (2020). Promotion of social-cognitive problem-solving strategies of preschool children - First results of the joint project KoAkiK. Early Education (2020), 9 (3), 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1026/2191-9186/a000481

Quilling E, Babitsch B, Dadaczynski K, Kruse S, Kuchler M, Köckler H, Leimann J, Walter U, Plantz C (2020). Municipal Health Promotion as Part of Urban Health: A Policy Framework for Action. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6685; doi: 10.3390/su12166685

Quilling E, Kruse S, Kuchler M, Leimann J, Walter U (2020). Models of Intersectoral Cooperation in Municipal Health Promotion and Prevention: Findings from a Scoping Review. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6544; doi: 10.3390/su12166544

Zhou Y, Buck C, Maier W, von Lengerke T, Walter U, Dreier M (2020). Built Environment and Childhood Weight Status: A Multi-Level Study Using Population-Based Data in the City of Hannover, Germany. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2694; doi:10.3390/ijerph17082694

Bantel S, Jones E, Walter U, Wünsch A (2019). The social pediatric daycare concept: an interdisciplinary approach. Public Health Forum 2019; 27(4): 295-297

Beck S, Borutta B, Walter U, Dreier M (2019) Systematic evaluation of written health information on PSA based screening in Germany. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220745. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220745

Cespedes I, Seidler U, Walter U, Dreier M (2019). Sigmoidoscopy for the early detection of colorectal cancer from the physicians' perspective. Z Gastroenterol 2019; 57: 1059-1066

Geene R, Babitsch B, Hassel H, Kliche T, Paulus P, Quilling E, Suess W, Walter U, Dadaczynski K (2019) Conceptual approaches in the prevention of child overweight in Germany - the research project "Systematization of Conceptual Approaches" (SCAP). Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice
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Zhou Y, Walter U, Dreier M. Migration background and overweight prevalence in preschool children. Public Health Forum 2019; 27(4): 287-290.

Bantel S, Schlaud M, Walter U, Dreier M (2018). Which factors are associated with behavioral problems in preschool age? A secondary data analysis of the school entry examinations from 2010 to 2014 in the Hannover region. Public Health DOI: 10.1055/a-0594-2373

Dreier M, Krüger K, Walter U (2018). Patient-rated importance of key information on screening colonoscopy in Germany: a survey of statutory health insurance members. BMJ Open 2018;8:e019127. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019127

Geene R, Babitsch B, Hassel H, Kliche T, Paulus P, Quilling E, Suess W, Walter U, Dadaczynski K (2018) Conceptual Approaches in the Prevention of Child Overweight in Germany: Project SkAP. J Pub Health Issue Pract 2018, 2: 117 dx.doi.org/jphip/2018/117

Illiger K, Walter U, Koppelin F (2018). People living alone with dementia - A data analysis of outpatient Nursing care in an independent city. Nursing Science 9/10-2018: 437-444. DOI: 10.3936/1579

Räbiger J, Reschauer G, Walter U (2018). 100 issues reflect 25 years of public health. Public Health Forum 2018; 26(3): 180-186

Walter U (2018). Deficits and future challenges for research in prevention. Public Health Forum 2018; 26(2): 83-85

Walter U (2018). The long road to the Prevention Act - Development of prevention and health promotion in Germany. Public Health Forum 2018; 26(3): 201-204

Zhou Y, von Lengerke T, Walter U, Dreier M (2018). Migration background and childhood overweight in the Hannover Region in 2010-2014: A population based secondary data analysis of school entry examinations. Eur J Pediatr. 2018 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s00431-018-3118-x.

Hotze E, Kolip P, Koppelin F, Kümpers S, Künemund H, Loss J, Mecheril P, Paulus P, Schmacke N, Stöver H, von Mühlendahl KE, Walter U (2017). More courage for precise problem analysis, quality development and process-accompanying evaluation in health promotion and prevention. Position paper of the Scientific Advisory Board of the State Association for Health and Academy for Social Medicine Lower Saxony e.V. impulse 96 (3): 17-18

Illiger K, Walter U, Koppelin F (2017). Dementia in the focus of health research. A comparative analysis of current ageing studies. Federal Health Journal 2017 60:563-571

Lindert J, Wehrwein A, Klemperer D, Walter U (2017). Teaching public health in health-related study programs in Germany: the perspective of program directors. Public Health. DOI doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-116940

Moser G, Kuhn J, Walter U. Obituary - Dr. phil. Sigrid Stöckel, MPH (2.4.1956 - 17.2.2017). Public Health 2017; 79

Schilling S, Zeeb H, Pischke C, Helmer S, Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A, Reintjes R, Walter U, Girbig M, Krämer A, Icks A, Schneider S. (2017): Licit and illicit substance use patterns among university students in Germany using cluster analysis. Subst Abuse Treat Pr 12:44. link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-017-0128-z

Walter U, Volkenand K. Municipal prevention and health promotion in Germany: Duties, rights and potentials in the context of municipal services of general interest. Public Health 2017; 79: 229-237

Babitsch B, Geene R, Hassel H, Kliche T, Bacchetta B, Baltes S, Nold S, Rosenfeldt D, SkAP consortium [Babitsch B, Geener R, Hassel H, Kliche T, Paulus P, Quilling E, Süß W, Walter U]. Criteria catalog for the systematization of conceptual approaches in the universal prevention of childhood obesity. Methodological approach and first results. Federal Health Gazette 2016; 59:1415-1422

Illiger K, Koppelin F, Walter U. Living alone with dementia? Current care strategies in policy. Public Health Forum 2016, 24(2): 108-111.

Kula A, Wiedel C, Walter U. Effectiveness of combined interventions for the prevention of obesity in children and adolescents - A systematic review. Federal Health Journal 2016; 59: 1432.

Pape N, Sterdt E, Azouagh K, Kramer S, Walter U, Urban M, Werning R. Potentials of physical activity promotion in preschools - an overview of results of an ethnographic observation. In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 2016; 24 (4), pp. 581-591.

Patzelt C, Heim S, Deitermann B, Theile G, Krauth C, Hummers-Pradier E, Walter U. Reaching the Elderly: Understanding of health and preventive experiences for a tailored approach - Results of a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics 2016; 16:210.

Pigeot I, Walter U. Our children: The future is fat. Are we losing the battle against obesity? Federal Health Gazette Health Research Health Protection. 2016; 59(11):1369-1371.

Plaumann M, Trenker M, Walter U. Burnout - unanimity in perception and ambiguity in concept. Public Health Forum 2016, 24(2): 108-111.

Schoeppe S, Liersch S, Röbl M, Krauth C, Walter U. Mothers and fathers both matter: The positive influence of parental modeling on children's leisure-time physical activity. Pediatric Exercise Science 2016; Volume:28 Issue: 3 Pages:466-472 doi: 10.1123/pes.2015-0236

Walter U, Volkenand K. Municipal prevention and health promotion in Germany: Obligations, rights and potentials in the context of municipal services of general interest. Das Gesundheitswesen 2016; eFirst DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-113129

Walter U, Pigeot I. Universal programs for the primary prevention of childhood obesity. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection 2016; 59(11):1372-1384

Kula A, Walter U. Life skills as a central intervention component in kids and teens. Public Health Forum 2015; 23(4): 228-230.

Patzelt C, Deitermann B, Heim S, Lupp K, Stahmeyer J, Krauth C, Theile G, Hummers-Pradier E, Walter U. The preventive home visit as an outreach prevention measure in old age - effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of access routes. Public Health 2015; 77(S 01): S45-S46

Liersch S, Henze V, Sterdt E, Sayed M, Röbl M, Schnitzerling J, Suermann T, Mayr E, Krauth C, Walter U. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of daily school sports in elementary school - the "fit for pisa" project. Public Health 2015; 77(S 01): S72-S73

Walter U, Bisson S, Gerken U, Machleidt W, Krauth C. Health and prevention behavior of persons with and without a migration background. Public Health 2015; 77(S 01): S85-S86

Walter U, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Robra BP, Trojan A, Franz M, Grossmann B, Schmidt TA, Lehmann H, Bauer U, Göpel E, Janz A, Kuhn J, Naegele G, Müller-Kohlenberg H, Plaumann M, Stender KP, Stolzenberg R, Süß W, Trenker M, Wanek V, Wildner M. Memorandum - Sustainably strengthening prevention and health promotion: Challenges at federal, state and municipal level. The health care system 2015; 77(05): 382-388.

Walter U, Plaumann M, Pawils S, Nöcker G, Pott E, Koch U. "Prevention research" as a funding priority of the BMBF - A successful push in the right direction! Editorial. Healthcare 2015; 77 (Suppl. 1): S1.

Walter U, Kliche T, Pawils S, Nöcker G, Trenker M, Finck S, Linden S, Plaumann M. Strengthening prevention and health promotion based on science - results and experiences of the BMBF funding priority Prevention Research. The health care system 2015; 77 (Suppl. 1): S2-S11.

Finck S, Nöcker G, Wildner M, Walter U. Transferring preventive measures into health care practice. Healthcare 2015; 77(S 01): S124-S128

Plaumann M, Lehmann F, Pawils S, Walter U. Changing structures - integrating health. Healthcare 2015; 77 (Suppl. 1): S109-S111.

Pawils S, Boettcher A, Metzner F, Plaumann M, Walter U. Importance and implementation of prevention in Germany - A nationwide survey of decision-makers in the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds, federal government, federal states and local authorities. The health care system 2015; 77 (Suppl. 1): S12-S13.

Michalik T, Walter U. Late repatriates and health concepts in old age - what do we know? Public Health Forum 2015; 23(2): 88-90.

Walter U, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Robra BP, Trojan A, Franz M, Grossmann B, Schmidt TA, Lehmann H, Bauer U, Göpel E, Janz A, Kuhn J, Naegele G, Müller-Kohlenberg H, Plaumann M, Stender KP, Stolzenberg R, Süß W, Trenker M, Wanek V, Wildner M. Memorandum - Sustainably strengthening prevention and health promotion: Challenges at federal, state and municipal level. The health care system 2015; 77(05): 382-388.

Walter U, Jahn I. Reaching target groups - designing access routes. Healthcare 2015; 77(S 01): S14-S18

Sayed M, Liersch S, Windel I, Krauth C, Altgeld T, Walter U. School development through health management: Key data toolbox as a quality assurance instrument for self-evaluation in schools. Public Health 2015; 77(S 01): S80-S81

Sterdt E, Liersch S, Henze V, Röbl M, Suermann T, Krauth C, Walter U. Implementing daily school sports in elementary school - potentials and barriers from the perspective of the actors involved. Public Health 2015; 77: 269-275

Rüppel F, Liersch S, Walter U. The Influence of Psychological Well-Being on Academic Success. Journal of Public Health 2015; 23:15-24.

Walter U. One prevention law? Many prevention laws! Legal regulations on prevention and health promotion at federal and state level. Prevention - Journal for Health Promotion 2014; 37(4): 121-124.

Dreier M, Borutta B, Seidel G, Münch I, Töppich J, Bitzer EM, Dierks ML, Walter U. Print media and internet offers with information on colorectal cancer screening and their criteria-based evaluation from an expert perspective. Federal Health Journal 2014; 57:356-365

Dreier M, Borutta B, Seidel G, Münch I, Kramer S, Töppich J, Dierks ML, Walter U (2014). Communicating the Benefits and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Needed for an Informed Choice: A Systematic Evaluation of Leaflets and Booklets. PLoS ONE 2014; 9(9): e107575. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107575

Seidel G, Münch I, Dreier M, Borutta B, Walter U, Dierks ML. Are information materials on colorectal cancer screening in Germany understandable or do they fail to be effective? Evaluation of health information by users with different educational backgrounds. Federal Health Journal 2014; 57:366-379

Sterdt E, Pape N, Kramer S, Liersch S, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U. Do Children's Health Resources differ according to Preschool Physical Activity Programs and Parental Behavior? A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2014, 11: 2407-2426

Walter U, Töppich J. Cancer screening in transition. Federal Health Journal 2014; 57:285-287

Walter U. Early cancer detection. Commentary. Barmer GEK Members' Magazine 2014; 3: 30

Walter U, Töppich J, Stomper B. On the way to informed decision-making - design and results of the BMG-funded research projects on (cancer) screening. Federal Health Journal 2014; 57:351-355

Walter U, Plaumann M, Lehmann F. Quality management in prevention and health promotion. Public Health Forum 22 Issue 83 (2014) 29-30

Hussein RJ, Walter U, Schneller TH. Attitudes of dentists towards prevention Results of a postal survey of dentists in private practice in Lower Saxony and Bremen in 2009. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift 2014; 69: 90-96.

Walter U, Stöckel S. Prevention and its organization from the German Empire to the turn of the millennium. Summary and outlook. In: Stöckel S, Walter U. (Eds.) Prevention in the 20th century. Historical foundations and current developments in Germany. Weinheim: Juventa 2002, pp. 273-299. Reprint: Zeitgeschichte der Vorsorge. Materials on the topic of the booklet. In: Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History, online edition 2013; 10(3): http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/16126041-Material-3-2013

Stöckel S, Walter U. Prevention in the 20th century. Outline and prologue. In: Stöckel S, Walter U. (eds.) Prevention in the 20th century. Historical foundations and current developments in Germany. Weinheim: Juventa 2002, pp. 11-25. Reprint: Zeitgeschichte der Vorsorge. Materials on the topic of the booklet. In: Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History, online edition 2013; 10(3): http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/16126041-Material-3-2013

Sterdt E, Pape N, Kramer S, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U. Do preschools differ in promoting children's physical activity? Rationale, design and results of an instrument for the assessment of preschool physical activity programs. BMC Public Health 2013; 13: 795

Sterdt E, Pape N, Kramer S, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U. Physical activity of children in preschools with and without physical activity programs - a mixed-methods study. Public Health Forum 2013; 21(2): 24.e1-24.e3

Sterdt E, Liersch S, Walter U. Correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents: A systematic review of reviews. Health Education Journal 2013; 73 issue: 1, page(s): 72-89

Schrem H, Kurok M, Kaltenborn A, Vogel A, Walter U, Zachau L, Manns MP, Klempnauer J, Kleine M. Incidence and long-term risk of de novo malignancies after liver transplantation with implications for prevention and detection. Liver Transplantation 2013, 19(11): 1252-1261.

Remmers H, Walter U. Images of old age in health professions - some recent findings. Journal Psychotherapie im Alter 2013; 10(38/2): 267-278

Krauth C, Liersch S, Sterdt E, Henze V, Röbl M, Walter U. Health economic evaluation of health promotion - using the example of fit for pisa. Public Health 2013. 75(11): 742-746

Hussein R, Schneller T, Walter U. Preventive activity of dentists: Associations with dentists' and practice characteristics in Northern Germany. Journal of Public Health 2013; 21(5): 455-463

Hussein R, Schneller T, Dierks ML, Walter U. Establishment of Prevention: What do Dentists in Northern Germany Suggest? Public Health 2013; 75(11): e161-e167

Hussein R, Walter U, Schneller T. Practice and expansion of prophylaxis in German dental practices: a comparison of the results from 2000 and 2009. Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift 2013; 68 (1): 30-37

Finck S, Nöcker G, Wildner M, Walter U. Transferring preventive measures into care practice. Healthcare 2013; 75: dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1347252

Dreier M, Borutta B, Seidel G, Kreusel I, Töppich J, Bitzer EM, Dierks ML, Walter U. Development of a comprehensive list of criteria for evaluating consumer education materials on colorectal cancer screening. BMC Public Health 2013; 13(1): 843

Dreier M, Borutta B, Töppich J, Bitzer EM, Walter U. Early detection of breast and cervical cancer - a systematic review on knowledge, attitudes and uptake behavior of Ms in Germany. [Mammography and Cervical Cancer Screening - A Systematic Review about Women's Knowledge, Attitudes and Participation in Germany]. Public Health 2012; 74: 722-735

Sterdt E, Stöcker R, Dierks ML, Urban M, Werning R, Walter U, Health education and promotion in children with a migration background. Development of health concepts and theories in the context of kindergarten and family. Info Service for Health Promotion 2012; 12(1): 21-22

Patzelt C, Deitermann B, Heim S, Krauth C, Theile G, Hummers-Pradier E, Walter U, How can older people be motivated to make use of preventive home visits? Public Health Forum 2012; 20(1): 141-143

Kreusel I, Seidel G, Borutta B, Dreier M, Töppich J,Walter U, Dierks ML, How do citizens from educationally disadvantaged population groups assess the comprehensibility of written information on colorectal cancer screening by colonoscopy? Public Health 2012; 74 - A60

Kliche T, Post M, Pfitzner R, Plaumann M, Dubben S, Nöcker G, Walter U, Transfer methods of German prevention and health promotion. An expert survey in the prevention research funding priority (BMBF). Public Health 2012; 74: 240-249

Behmann M, Brandes I, Walter U, Teaching in the cross-sectional area of "Health economics, health system, public health care" at medical faculties in Germany. Healthcare 2012; 74: 435-441

Walter U, Nöcker G, Plaumann M, Linden S, Pott E, Koch U, Pawils S in collaboration with Altgeld T, Dierks ML, Frahsa A, Jahn I, Krauth C, Pomp M, Rehaag R, Robra BP, Süß W, Töppich J, Trojan A , von Unger H, Wildner M, Wright M. Memorandum on prevention research - topics and methods. The health care system 2012; 74: 673-677.

Walter U, Pawils S. Memorandum on research funding in prevention - old wine in new bottles? Healthcare 2012; 74: 465-466

Walter U, Gold C, Hoffmann W, Jahn I, Töppich J, Wildner M, with the collaboration of: Dubben S, Franze M, John J, Kliche T, Lehmann H, Naegele G, Nöcker G, Plaumann M, Pott E, Robra BP. Memorandum - Research Funding Prevention. Memorandum - Research Funding of Prevention. Public Health 2012; 74: 526-532

Liersch S, Sayed M, Windel I, Altgeld T, Krauth C, Walter U. Integration of health management in schools using the Balanced Scorecard as a strategic management instrument.J Public Health 2012; 20(2): 171-180

Pawils S, Atabaki A, Metzner F, Nöcker G, Linden S, Plaumann M, Walter U. Behavioral and structural prevention to promote the health of socially disadvantaged children and adolescents: an overview of European and German health promotion strategies. J Public Health 2012; 20(2): 103-110

Plaumann M, Linden s, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Walter U. Older people in the focus of the BMBF funding priority Prevention Research. Public Health Forum 2012; 20(1): 51-53

Walter U (2012). Prevention - an overview of approaches and perspectives. Nursing Education 5/2012 S2-7

Walter U, Krugmann CS, Plaumann M. Effective prevention of burnout? A systematic review on the effectiveness of individual-based and combined approaches. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection 2012; 55: 172-182

Walter U, Pott E, Pawils S. Multimodal and multilevel approaches - key elements in preventive interventions. Journal of Public Health 2012; 20(2): 99-101

Worthmann H, Schwartz A, Heidenreich F, Sindern E, Lorenz R, Adams HA, Flemming A, Luettje K, Walter U, Haertle B, Dengler R. Educational campaign on stroke in an urban population in Northern Germany: influence on public stroke awareness and knowledge. International Journal of Stroke 2012; 4947-4949

Behmann M, Bisson S, Walter U. Social medicine at medical faculties: realization of the subfield in the subject " social medicine, occupational medicine". Public Health 2011; 73: 853-859

Behmann M, Brandes I , Walter U. Teaching in the cross-sectional area of "Health Economics, Health-Care System and Public Health" at medical faculties in Germany Teaching Health Economics, Health-Care System and Public Health at German Medical Faculties. Public Health 2011; 31-47

Deitermann B, Patzelt C, Heim S, Krauth C, Theile G, Hummers-Pradier E, Walter U. Successful prevention needs a gender-appropriate approach. Forum Public Health 2011; 19(71): 91-93

Deitermann B, Patzelt C, Heim S, Krauth C, Theile G, Walter U. Addressing older women and men in prevention. Optimization through a target group-specific approach. Healthcare 2011; 73: 548-549

Dreier M, Meyer T, Walter U. Report bias favors screening: Prostate cancer screening. BMJ 2011; 342: 3703

Kliche T, Post M, Pfitzner R, Plaumann M, Dubben S, Nöcker G, Walter U. Transfer methods of German prevention and health promotion. An expert survey in the prevention research funding priority (BMBF). Public Health 2011; 1-10

Krauth C, A'Walelu O, Bisson S, Gerken U, Machleidt W, Salman R, Walter U. Cost-effectiveness of active and passive access routes to Russian-speaking migrants in addiction prevention. Prevention and Health Promotion 2011; 6(2): 116-123

Kuehne F, Behmann M, Bisson S, Walter U, Schneider N. Non-response in a survey of physicians on end-of-life care for the elderly. BMC Research Notes 2011; 4: 367-384

Liersch S, Henze V, Röbl M, Schnitzerling J, Suermann T, Mayr E, Krauth C, Walter U. Forty-five minutes of physical activity at school each day? Curricular promotion of physical activity in grades one to four. J Public Health 2011; 19: 329-338

Schneider N, Walter U. Care of older people at the end of life: Selected project results. Information Service on Aging 2011; 38(6): 4-10

Walter U, Plaumann M, Dubben S, Nöcker G, Kliche T. Health economic evaluations in prevention and health promotion. Prevention and Health Promotion 2011; 6(2): 94-101

Walter U, Liersch S, Henze V, Bisson S, Sterdt E, Schnitzerling J, Suermann T, Mayr E, Krauth C, Röbl M. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of daily school sports in elementary school - the "fit for pisa" project. Lower Saxony Medical Journal 2011; 84(5): 64-65

Walter U, Pott E, Kliche T. Health economics meets health promotion and prevention - approaches and further developments in the BMBF funding priority prevention research. Prevention and Health Promotion 2011; 6(2): 83-84

Walter U, Plaumann M, Dubben S, Nöcker G, Pawils S, Koch U. Effectiveness, quality and transfer: Further development of prevention and health promotion through research. The BMBF funding priority prevention research. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2011; 136: 1488-1492

Walter U, Plaumann M, Dubben S, Nöcker T. Well positioned. Evidence-based prevention from Lower Saxony: The BMBF funding priority Prevention Research. Lower Saxony Medical Journal 2011; 84(1): 50-51

Awa WL, Plaumann M, Walter U. Burnout prevention: A review of intervention programs. Patient Education and Counseling 2010; 78(2): 184-190

Bisson S, Gerken U, Salman R, Krauth C, Machleidt W, Walter U. Addiction prevention services for migrants. Public Health Forum 2010; 18(67): 14-16

Lux R, Borutta B, Walter U. Secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use pediatric prevention approaches. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkd 2010; 1-8

Bisson S, Gerken U, Salman R, Krauth C, Machleidt W, Walter U. Addiction prevention services for migrants. Public Health Forum 2010; 18(67): 14.1-14.4

Sterdt E, Brandes I, Dathe R, Walter U. Post-rehabilitation care in the context of cardiac rehabilitation - aspects of prevention and health promotion. Rehabilitation 2010; 49(2): 87-94

Walter U. Staying healthy - how is that possible? Health and Society 2010; 13: 28-31

Walter U, Flick U, Neuber A, Fischer C, Hussein RJ, Schwartz FW. Putting prevention into practice: qualitative study of factors that inhibit and promote preventive care by general practitioners, with a focus on elderly patients. BMC Family Practice 2010; 11:(68)1-33

Walter U, Suhrcke M, Gerlich MG, Boluarte TA. The opportunities for and obstacles against prevention: the example of Germany in the areas of tobacco and alcohol. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:500-527

A'Walelu O, Krauth C, Machleidt W, Salman R, Walter U. Promoting the health of migrants. Impulse 2009; (62):16-17

Brandes I, Gerken U, Walter U. Factors influencing the health-related utilization behavior of Turkish-speaking migrants. Z Med Psychol 2009; 18: 124-134

Lux R, Awa WL, Walter U. An interdisciplinary analysis of sex and gender in relation to the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma. Respiratory Medicine 2009; 103(5): 637-649

Lux R, Bisson S, Walter U. Gender perspective as an integral part of a seminar on tobacco use prevention. GMS Z Med Ausbild 2009; 26(3):29

Plaumann M, Lux R, Walter U. Child and adolescent health-related teaching content in the cross-sectional area of prevention and health promotion
GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung 2009; 26(4):1-7

Schneider N, Walter U. Palliative care in geriatric patients. Design and methodology of a study to explore the perspectives of different health care professions and disciplines. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2009; 42(2): 127-130

Walter U, Patzelt C. Health promotion and prevention. Goals and strategies with special consideration of Nursing. PADUA 2009; 4: 6-12

Brandes I, Walter U. Evaluation of prevention measures from an economic perspective on the basis of selected indications. Health Economics and Quality Management 2008; 34: 42-49

Walter U, Schneider N, Plaumann M. Empowerment of older people. The health care system 2008; 70: 730-735

Brandes I, Walter U. Interfaces prevention - rehabilitation - prevention. Impu!se. Newsletter for Health Promotion 2008; 56: 11-12

Brandes I, Walter U. Health in old age: medical costs and cost-effectiveness of prevention. Z Gerontol Geriat 2007; 40: 217-225

Lux R, Walter U. Dealing with tobacco in German-speaking countries: scientific knowledge and legislation in the 20th century. Prevention Journal for Health Promotion 2007; 30 (1): 8-12

Lux R, Walter U. First warnings about the dangers of tobacco consumption: Medical-scientific knowledge and proposals for prevention in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 2007; 157

Lux R, Walter U. Smoking and gender. Public Health Forum 2007; 54(15): 7-9

Schneider N, Walter U. Where do prevention and palliative care meet? A systematic literature study on the interfaces of two different health care sectors. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine 2007; 24 (2): 114-118

Schneider N, Walter U. Preventive aspects in palliative care patients. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion 2007; 2: 39-42

Schneider N, Seidel G, Walter U, Dierks ML. Possibilities and limitations of interviews with very old people about health care. Public Health Forum 2007; 57 (15): 18-20

Walter U. Age(ing) and images of age. Public Health Forum 2007; 57 (17): 2-4

Walter U, Flick U, Neuber A, Fischer C, Schwartz FW (2007). Health promotion and prevention: Subjective definitions, attitudes and approaches from the perspective of nursing staff. Nursing Education 2007; 12 (1): 9-14

Walter U, Klippel U, Bisson S. Implementation of the 9th medical licensing regulations in the cross-sectional area of "prevention and health promotion" at medical faculties in Germany. Healthcare 2007; 69: 240-248

Walter U, Krauth C, Kurtz V, Salman R, Machleidt W. Health and health care of migrants with special consideration of addiction. Der Nervenarzt 2007; 78 (9): 1058-1061

Walter U, Salman R, Krauth C, Machleidt W. Targeting migrants: Access routes to optimize the use of preventive measures. Psychiatric Practice 2007; 34: 349-353

Brennecke R, Boschek HJ, Gaeredts M, Scheidig S, Swart E, Walter U. German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP). Social medical material catalog for the medical APPO of 27.6.2002. Healthcare 2006; 68: 48-64

Lux R, Walter U. Population-based establishment of preventive food and nutritional supplements: Barriers and resistance. Public Health 2006; 68: 384-392

Schneider N, Walter U. Preventive aspects in palliative care patients. Journal Prevention & Health Promotion 2006; 38(4): 124-126

Walter U. Prevention and rehabilitation in the system - Symposium on December 8 and 9, 2005 in Hanover. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice 2006; 38(1): 185-186

Walter U, Krauth C, Wienold M, Dreier M, Bantel S, Droste S. Methods to increase the participation rate in disease screening programs. GMS Health Technol Assess 2: Doc 16. www.egms.de/en/journals/hta/2006-2/hta000029.shtml

Walter U, Schneider N, Bisson S (2006). Burden of disease and health in old age - challenges for prevention and health care. Bundesgesundheitsbl - Gesundheitsforsch - Gesundheitsschutz 2006- 49:537-546 DOI 10.1007/s00103-006-1267-y

Walter U, Plaumann M. Cardiovascular diseases: Extent, risks and prevention. Die Krankenversicherung 2005; 58(3): 69-72

Walter U, Schneider N, Bisson S. Health in old age - challenges for prevention and health promotion. Federal Health Gazette. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection 2005; 49: 537-546

Brasseit U, Walter U. Legal framework, perception and implementation of occupational therapy treatment activities in Germany. Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation 2004; 11(05): 6-10

Lux R, Walter U. Prevention strategies through fortification of basic foods with iodine, fluoride and folic acid: a chronology. Ernährungs-Umschau 2004; 52 (11): 444-447

Neuber A, Flick U, Fischer C, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Prevention and ageing - (not) a topic in medical education and training? Analysis of the current and future situation. Z ärztl. Fortbild Qual. Gesundheitswes. 2004; 99: 425-429

Plaumann M, Walter U. Mental stress in the workplace: possibilities and limits of prevention. Public Health Forum 2004; 13 (49): 5-7

Walter U, Kramer S, Röbl M. Physical (in)activity in childhood and adolescence. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 2004; 130 (50): 10-12

Plaumann M, Walter U. Point by point on the way to promoting preventive behavior? The bonus programs of the statutory health insurance (GKV). Public Health Forum 12 2004; (45):12-13

Walter U. On the way to more prevention. Public Health Forum 2004; 12 (45):2-4

Walter U. Preventive home visits. Public Health Forum 2004; 12 (45):14-15

Walter U. Perception of legal preventive regulations and implications for an overarching prevention law. Public Health 2004; 66:1-7

Walter U. Population-based and individual prevention - strategies and effectiveness. The Internist 2004; 45:148-156

Walter U, Scriba P. Editorial. Preventive medicine: Are we not ready yet? Introduction to the topic. The Internist 2004; 45:137-138

Fischer C, Flick U, Neuber A, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health perceptions of physicians and nurses in ambulatory care. Public Health Forum 2003; 11(38): 18-19

Flick U, Fischer C, Neuber A, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health in the context of growing old - Social representations held by health professionals. Journal of Health Psychology 2003; 8(5): 539-556

Schöppe S, Neuber A, Schwartz FW, Fischer C, Flick U, Walter U. Perceptions of health in professional journals. Public Health Forum 2003; 11(38): 19-20

Walter U. The language of health planning and its implementation practice - consensus and rupture using the example of prevention. Social Psychiatric Information 2003; 33: 15-20

Walter U. Babylon in the SGB? An analysis of the diversity of terms relating to prevention in the Social Code. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice 2003; 35 (4): 836-848

Walter U. Law on prevention and health promotion. Public Health Forum 2003; 11 (40): 12

Walter U. Public Health: Where do we stand today? Editorial. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2003; 128: 2183

Walter U. Babylon in the SGB? An analysis of the diversity of terms relating to prevention in the Social Code. Social Progress 2003; 10: 253-261

Walter U, Hoopmann M, Krauth C, Reichle R, Schwartz FW. Nonspecific back complaints. Conclusion. Dt Ärztebl 2003; 100(23): A1624

Walter U, Kruse A, Schwartz FW. Age(ing) and health - A social challenge and ways of overcoming it. Interview with Prof. Dr. Andreas Kruse, Heidelberg, and Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz, Hannover. Psychomed 2003; 15(3): 161-165

Walter U, Neuber A, Flick U, Fischer C, Schwartz FW. Decline and immobility - independence and maturity: GPs' and nurses' perceptions of old age and health in old age. Psychomed 2003; 15(3): 149-155

Flick U, Fischer C, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Social representations of health held by health professionals - the case of general practitioners and home care nurses. Social Science Information 2002; 41(4): 581-602

Walter U. Prevention is better than cure. Better health and potential savings through prevention. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Saturday, November 16, 2002; 267:8

Flick U, Fischer C, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Health perceptions of general practitioners in private practice. Psychomed 2002; 14(3):173-179

Walter U, Hoopmann M, Krauth C, Reichle R, Schwartz FW. Nonspecific back pain. Medical and economic evaluation of an outpatient prevention approach. German Medical Journal 2002; 99(34/35): 1808-1811

Walter U, Schwartz FW. Expert opinion on prevention in the German health care system. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice 2002; 34(2): 351-363

Walter U, Grobe TG. Strengthening prevention. Health care in the second half of life. Forum for Health Policy. 2002; 5: 185-188

Dierks ML, Busack I, Walter U. Can personal counseling increase the willingness and frequency of breastfeeding in Ms? Results of a counseling model in Lower Saxony. Public Health Forum 2001; 31: 18-19

Hoopmann M, Reichle C, Krauth C, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Effects of a back training program of the AOK Lower Saxony on the development of health-related quality of life and inability to work. Health Care 2001; 63: 176-182

Raum E, Arabin B, Schlaud M, Walter U, Schwartz FW. The impact of maternal education on intrauterine growth: comparison of former West and East Germany. Int J Epidemiol 2001; 30: 81-87

Scriba PC, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Prevention in medical care - potentials, effectiveness and implementation. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2001; 126 (45): 1013-1014

Walter U. Prevention potentials for healthy ageing. Health and Society Science "Ageing and Health" 2001; 1: 21-26

Walter U, Bitzer EM, Busse R, Giersiepen K, Schwartz FW. Outcome and impact of public health research. Examples from the North German Public Health Research Network. Journal of Health Sciences 2001; 4: 83-96

Walter U, Schmidt T, Lorenz C, Weidemann F, Schienkiewitz A, Schwartz FW. Optimization of nutritional behavior through a multimodal cardiovascular program. Public Health Forum 2001; 31: 21-22

Dierks ML, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Consumer role and consumer information from the perspective of public health research. Psychomed 2000; 12(2): 77-82

Dierks ML, Walter U, Gernreich C, Kofahl C, Lehmann H, Räbiger J, Stander V. Recommendations for the addressee-oriented transfer of health outcomes. Public Health Forum 2000; 29: 14-15

Krauth C, Hoopmann M, Reichle C, Dörning H, Schwartz FW, Walter U. Costs and potential savings of a back training program. Public Health Forum 2000; 28: 23

Walter U. Age(ing) in rural areas. Health and social care. AKP - Journal for Alternative Communal Policy 2000; 21(5): 43-45