Coordination Funds

强迫移徙以及由此带来的与难民健康有关的挑战目前被视为一种非常特殊的现象。我们假设，这在两个方面构成了一种社会和科学贫困的方法。首先，奇点观点最终可能会对难民的健康产生不利影响，因为由此产生的“其他”过程(例如，排斥、空间分离)和强迫移民进一步被社会边缘化。第二，将与难民健康有关的挑战作为一个特例对待，错失了改善总体人口健康的机会，因为它未能实现固有的分析潜力，从而找出更广泛的缺陷。鉴于当今德国社会的多样性，难民健康可以被解释为加剧和积累各种因素，这些因素也影响到其他人口亚群，并最终--尽管程度不同--影响到德国社会的所有成员。在PH-LENS研究单位(RU)，我们将从真正跨学科的角度分析两个因素，(I)背景(小范围)对健康的影响；(Ii)卫生系统面临的挑战(我们使用卫生系统复原力的概念进行分析)以及它们之间的相互作用。“其他”作为一种分析视角，将成为这些因素之间的关键理论纽带。我们的目标是确定与这些因素相关的健康不平等，确定潜在的途径，包括社会排斥过程，并制定减少这些不平等的概念和战略。通过拒绝奇点视角，我们的结果在方法论和科学内容方面都将更广泛地适用于德国日益多样化的社会的公共卫生。这一创新概念显然是从许多正在进行的难民健康项目的工作中脱颖而出的。COOREQ分项目将协调卫生部门所有其他分项目的整体合作(除了个别分项目共同编写的工作文件等活动之外)。COOREQ将通过组织(I)研究组内的数据共享；和(Ii)一系列专门的联合项目会议和研讨会，包括一次有国际专家参与的会议，促进跨子项目和学科的研究成果的迭代综合。此外，COOREQ将确保公平措施得到落实，并确保青年研究人员在研究组得到支持。因此，COOREQ对于确保PH-Lens RU的附加值--超越个别子项目的成就--将得到实现至关重要。

Forced migration, and resulting challenges relating to refugee health, are currently treated as highly exceptional, as a singularity. We postulate that this constitutes a socially as well as scientifically impoverished approach in two respects. Firstly, a singularity perspective may ultimately have adverse effects on the health of refugees because of the resulting ‘othering’ processes (e. g. exclusion, spatial separation) and further social marginalisation of forced migrants. Secondly, treating challenges related to refugee health as a singularity constitutes a missed opportunity for improving population health in general as it fails to realise an inherent analytical potential to identify broader deficiencies. In view of the diversity in Germany’s society today, refugee health can be interpreted as presenting an exacerbation and accumulation of factors that affect also other population subgroups, and ultimately – albeit to varying degrees – all members of society in Germany. In the PH-LENS Research Unit (RU), we will analyse two such factors, (i) contextual (small-area) effects on health; and (ii) challenges to the health system (which we analyse using the concept of health system resilience), as well as their interactions, from a truly interdisciplinary perspective. ‘Othering’ as an analytical perspective will serve as a key theoretical link between these factors. We aim to identify health inequalities related to these factors, determine the underlying pathways including societal exclusion processes, and formulate concepts and strategies for reducing them. By rejecting the singularity perspective, our results, both in terms of methodology and of scientific content, will be applicable more broadly to public health in Germany’s increasingly diverse society. This innovative concept clearly stands out from the work of many on-going refugee health projects.The sub-project COOREQ will coordinate the overall cooperation of all other sub-projects in PH-LENS (beyond activities such as working papers that individual sub-projects jointly produce). COOREQ will facilitate an iterative synthesis of research findings across sub-projects and disciplines through organising (i) data sharing within the RU; and (ii) a series of dedicated joint project meetings and workshops, including a conference with input from international experts. Moreover, COOREQ will ensure that equity measures are implemented and that young researchers are supported in the RU. COOREQ is thus crucial for ensuring that the added value of the PH-LENS RU – beyond the achievements of the individual sub-projects – will be realised.