Challenges in doing multi-disciplinary health promotion research in Germany.
Health problems such as obesity are increasingly addressed by complex intervention programmes which operate at multiple levels of influence (e.g. families, schools, neighbourhoods) involving partners from various academic, professional and cultural backgrounds. Following a complex participatory heal...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion International Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 1082 - 1090 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173175298&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173175298 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09574824 F9Y jtl: Health Promotion International issn: 09574824 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2018 vid: 33 iid: 6 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 173175298 10.1093/heapro/dax054 173175298 ppf: 1082 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Challenges in doing multi-disciplinary health promotion research in Germany. aug: au: Igel, Ulrike Gausche, Ruth Lück, Martina Lipek, Tobias Spielau, Ulrike Garz, Maria Kiess, Wieland Grande, Gesine affil: Research and Transfer Centre, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig), Germany sug: ab: Health problems such as obesity are increasingly addressed by complex intervention programmes which operate at multiple levels of influence (e.g. families, schools, neighbourhoods) involving partners from various academic, professional and cultural backgrounds. Following a complex participatory health promotion approach is challenging, because conflicting interests as well as contextual constraints may occur which are rarely discussed empirically. Process evaluations of some programmes investigate factors influencing the implementation process. However, researchers' perspectives on inter- and transdisciplinary work are mostly neglected. This paper aims at illustrating and critically analysing challenges that arose in the planning and implementation of a health promotion project in a socially deprived neighbourhood in Germany. Drawing on minutes, email conversations, and research diary entries we reflect on discrepancies and difficult interactions within the research team, with collaborating (academic) institutions (interdisciplinary work) and with the community partners (transdisciplinary work) respectively. Differences in language, interests, success criteria, professional preferences and habits as well as contextual factors are worked out and coping strategies or solutions are proposed. According to our experiences, bringing to light researchers' positions, preferences and interactions with the community is necessary to find a balance between research and practice, to develop adequate solutions for challenging situations and to evaluate the process, effectiveness and transferability of a programme. Health promotion research should report not only on the effectiveness of interventions but also on struggles, unsuccessful attempts and useful (or useless) strategies to fuel discourse on opportunities in and the efficacy and transferability of health promotion projects. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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