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Goal: Participatory Health Research (PHR) approaches are becoming more common in Germany. In this paper, appropriate support strategies for the funding and implementation of PHR projects in Germany are described., Method: Nine strategies are discussed, based on the research experience of the German Network for Participatory Health Research (PartNet) and other international networks., Results: In order to foster PHR in Germany, 1) funds have to be available for those participating in the research process, and 2) for the participatory processes themselves; 3) the requirement to promote participation should be incorporated routinely in tender notices, as well as 4) in special funding programs as a funding requirement; 5) participation in research projects should be part of a formative evaluation; 6) methodology development in this field needs specific funding; 7) review processes for research bids need to be adapted to take into account the specifics of PHR; 8) coordination needs to be established across participatory research projects; 9) and successful models and examples of participation in research should be disseminated., Conclusion: It is necessary to adapt research funding programs in Germany to the specific requirements of PHR so as to promote meaningful participation on the part of non-academic partners and to avoid tokenism., Competing Interests: Die Autorinnen/Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)

This report focuses on the topic of Public Health in practice. The article summarizes the discussion of the Working Group 12. A first diagram shows how broad the definition of "Public Health practice" can be. Challenges as well as visions were articulated. In order to ensure individual and diverse health promotion for all, public health must be integrated as a central vision for the future in the daily routine and in the various living environments of the people as part of social life. To achieve this goal, public health actors in general and the public health service in particular must work closely with policy makers, cost-bearers, science and teaching and complement each other's work, while respecting their spheres of action. A precondition is adequate financial and human resources. Public health therefore deals with the design of living environments as well as with political structures and strategies., Competing Interests: Interessenkonflikt: Die Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.)