• Veronika Reisig, Joseph Kuhn, Franziska Poppe, and Wolfgang H Caselmann.
• Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Oberschleißheim.
• Gesundheitswesen. 2018 Jan 1; 80 (1): 43-49.

BackgroundBavaria is currently embarking on the endeavour of building up systematic prevention reporting. Prevention reporting is meant to support the implementation of the Bavarian Prevention Plan and the German Prevention Law and to further the ongoing development in the field of health promotion and health-related prevention in Bavaria.GoalsPrevention reporting in Bavaria aims to draw on general health reporting and complement it with specific prevention-related data taking into special consideration the Bavarian Prevention Plan. Particularly, data on prevention-amenable health determinants, prevention interventions, prevention spending and on indicators related to the targets of the Bavarian Prevention Plan are meant to be included. Periodic reporting will allow ongoing monitoring and the observation of trends. The reporting system will encompass shorter publications for the general public as well as more extensive reports for an expert audience. Where possible, data will be reported not only Bavaria wide but also on a smaller regional level to support local action.Implementation And First ResultsAn extensive stocktaking of prevention and health promotion activities in Bavaria in 2014/2015 as well as a survey of the partner organisations in the Bavarian Prevention Alliance in 2016 presented an overview of the prevention scene in Bavaria. A core indicator set to support the implementation of the Bavarian Prevention Plan was developed in 2016 and a first short data brochure for the public was published. A comprehensive compilation of prevention-related data and a Bavarian prevention report are planned for 2017 and 2018.ConclusionsLike health reporting, prevention reporting, as conceptualised in Bavaria, presents overview data and thus allows a monitoring of prevention. For specific planning or evaluation purposes, it needs to be supplemented by more in-depth analyses. Current challenges include the development of valid, prevention-specific indicators, the generation of an empiric database and the attempt of a coordinated approach amongst the federal states within Germany.© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

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