• Have you suffered damage to health as a way of vaccination or any other measure of specific prophylaxis? Has this vaccination been publicly recommended, prescribed or prescribed by law or carried out under international health regulations?

    Then, because of the damage to vaccination and because of the health and economic consequences of the damage, you can, on request, receive care in accordance with the Law on the Care of Victims of War (BVG).

  • Health insurance companies offer services for the prevention of diseases for mothers and fathers.

  • The Act on the Modernization of Statutory Health Insurance (GKV Modernization Act - GMG) in principle put all non-insured social assistance recipients on an equal footing with those insured by law with effect from 1 January 2004 and are now treated as "cash patients". All recipients of social assistance are now used for co-payments within the limits of the burden.

    The other non-insured (short-term) welfare recipients can continue to receive health assistance.

  • If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will bear the costs of counselling sessions.

  • Insured persons can check with their health insurance company what prevention options are available. The health insurance companies provide quality-assured offers.

  • The statutory health insurance funds bear the costs of the vaccinations recommended by the Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO).

  • The aim of infection protection is to prevent communicable diseases in humans, to detect infections at an early stage and to prevent them from spreading.

    The health department accepts all reports of pathogens or notifiable diseases that are notifiable in accordance with the Infection Protection Act (IfSG). Sick people are contacted and explored with the aim of identifying and eliminating a possible source of infection. You will be advised on hygiene measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

    If necessary, the health department can determine measures to prevent the spread of a communicable disease, such as a ban on visiting a community facility or a ban on staff working in food establishments.

    The health department provides information and advice on all questions relating to communicable diseases and multiple resistant pathogens such as MRSA,
    • to prevent further spread
    • to take preventive measures
    • on questions of hospital hygiene
    • about vaccinations

    New buildings, conversions and extensions to hospitals, medical facilities and community facilities are assessed from a hygienic point of view and statements are made about them.
  • The adolescent psychological / psychiatric service (JPPD) supports young people with psychosocial and psychological problems who receive inpatient or semi-inpatient help for upbringing or for whom the appropriate help is provided by the youth welfare office.

    The adolescent psychological / psychiatric service offers mentally stressed people and their caregivers:
    Crisis intervention,
    Consultation,

    expert opinions on necessary aids
    according to §§ 27, 33, 34, 35 SGB VIII,

    Preparation of expert opinions according to Sections 10 and 35 a SGB VIII, also in connection with Section 41 SGB VIII,
    Supervision and therapeutic support, in individual cases also on a longer-term basis,
    Adolescent psychological and adolescent psychiatric support in the aid plan procedure.

    The service works outreach and also supports institutions and offices in looking for counseling and therapy offers on the free market.

    The staff of the service consists of psychologists with a license to practice as psychotherapists and doctors for child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy.

  • Every year the dental service examines the teeth of schoolchildren from preschool to fourth grade, sometimes up to sixth grade, as well as all special needs students. The school dental service aims to strengthen and convey a sense of responsibility and awareness for dental health in children. In addition, oral hygiene should be improved and tooth damage or misaligned teeth in children should be detected at an early stage. During the examinations, the children are given tips on oral hygiene.

    All children then receive the “Green Letter to Parents” with the examination results and, if necessary, information on the need to visit the dentist.

    Prophylaxis program for children with an increased risk of tooth decay
    As part of group prophylaxis, the school dental service, in cooperation with the State Working Group for the Promotion of Youth Dental Care in Hamburg eV (LAJH), offers primary school students in the 1st grade with an increased risk of tooth decay as well as all special needs students in the entrance class to participate in a free prophylaxis program (for at least four years) in the school. In this intensive care, with the consent of the parents, teeth brushing exercises with the children and then fluoridation of the teeth are carried out twice a year. The children receive a prophylaxis pass in which all measures are documented.
  • The dental service offers a free medical check-up for children between 3 and 6 years of age, usually free of charge, in day-care centers. Both the teeth and the position of the teeth are checked. In this way, the children can get used to the dental examination at an early stage in a familiar environment. All parents then receive the “Green Parents Letter” with the test results. In addition, it contains a recommendation for regular preventive examinations in the dental practice.