[Strengthen the prevention and health promotion in a science-based way--Results and experience of the German National Prevention Research Initiative].

From 2004 to 2013, the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) established its first funding programme for the promotion of prevention research. Objectives of this programme were the prevention of widespread health risks and diseases and to reinforce health promotion. Within this programme, 4 phases concentrated on socially disadvantaged target groups and on methodical and structural challenges relating to prevention/ health promotion. The projects covered evaluating the effectiveness of existing or newly-designed measures, developing and testing new concepts, programmes and access routes. Furthermore, the projects should contribute to the development of methods. The umbrella project "Kooperation für nachhaltige Präventionsforschung" (KNP-Cooperation for sustainable prevention research) was set up in 2009 to support the meaningful processing and application of key knowledge from this BMBF funding focus on prevention research and to promote networking between science, practice, and politics.