Welcome

on the website of the Family Health Research Network

The Family Health Research Network is an association of preventive and rehabilitation clinics for mothers, fathers and children as well as for family caregivers and a scientific team from the Research and Teaching Unit Medical Sociology at Hannover Medical School.

The research association conducts research in the field of prevention and rehabilitation for mothers and mothers/fathers and their children as well as for family caregivers.

  • research
  • Concept development
  • quality management

The research association thus makes an important contribution to safeguarding and improving evidence-based inpatient treatment and to promoting family health in Germany. Further information can be found in the concept paper or the current newsletter.

Our latest publication

Here you can find our latest publication on the topic: "Exploring the connection between maternal mental health and partnership, parental role, and satisfaction with various aspects of life using pairfam data: a cross-sectional analysis", which was published on August 18, 2025 in BMC Women's Health: https: //doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03933-7

Research projects

Here you can find our current and completed studies.

To the study information
The team

About us.

 

About the team
QM-FAM Reha 5.0 - Internal quality management

Here you will find information on our internal quality management QM-FAM Reha recognized by the BAR.

About QM-FAM Reha 5.0
Participating prevention and rehabilitation clinics

Here you will find an overview of the member clinics.

 

To the participating clinics
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Research consortium

We are a member of the international research consortium"International Investigation of Parental Burnout" (IIPB)

Head: Professors Moïra Mikolajczak and Isabelle Roskam from the University of Louvain in Belgium

https://en.burnoutparental.com/


Contact

Logo Research Network Family Health Hannover Medical School

Hannover Medical School

Medical Sociology OE 5420

Family Health Research Network

Claudia Kirsch

Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hanover

Phone: +49 511 532 6423

E-mail: forschungsverbund@mh-hannover.de

You will find us in building K23 (house E) on the 3rd floor