[Governance - Government Action: Strengthening the Public's Health by More Public Accountability for Health - Results of the Working Group 11 of the Forum Future Public Health, Berlin 2016]

There is a considerable need for action to systematically strengthen public health in Germany by increasing public responsibility for health. A Good Governance approach for health has not yet been developed. The main areas of action would be the establishment of a health impact assessment for proposed legislation, the expansion of public health services and a new role for structural interventions for disease prevention and health promotion. It is also necessary to focus government action on the provision of public health services and - related to that - on strengthening the municipal level as a relevant decision-making structure for health.