Social inequality and health as reflected in the Journal "Das Gesundheitswesen"

People with social problems and risks very often also suffer from health pr oblems and risks. This refers to at least 10% of the population. We were in terested to learn how many articles in the leading German journal of Public Health "Das Gesundheitswesen" are dealing with this topic of social inequa lity and health, From 1990 to 1999 just 5.4% of the 1399 published articles deal with this topic. The authors mainly came from social epidemiology; pr actical research was rare, This also seems to be a consequence of a lack of research in the departments of social work education.