The Long-Term Public Health Impact of a Community-Based Participatory Research Project for Health Promotion Among Socially Disadvantaged Women—A Case Study Protocol

Frontiers in Public Health

Julika Loss¹  Heiko Ziemainz²  Karim Abu-Omar²  Annika Herbert-Maul²  Maike Till²  Stephanie Linder²  Michael Laxy³  Rolf Holle⁴  Ansgar Thiel⁵  Alexandra Sauter⁶ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany;Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany;Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Entrepreneurial University Munich, Munich, Germany;Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany;Institute of Sports Science, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany;Medical Sociology, Department for Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany;

关键词: long-term public health impact;    physical activity;    community-based participatory research;    low socioeconomic status;    ethnic minorities;    vulnerable groups;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.628630

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is considered to be of high potential for health promotion among socially disadvantaged groups. However, the long-term implementation and transfer of these approaches remain challenging, and the public health impact they achieve is difficult to study. This also pertains to the potential health effects and cost-effectiveness of CBPR. This study protocol describes the follow-up case study (NU-BIG) after 15 years of the BIG project (“movement as investment in health”), a project to promote physical activity among socially disadvantaged women. Through a participatory approach, BIG empowers the addressed women to plan and implement low-threshold physical activity offers. Since the project started in 2005, it was transferred to 17 communities in Germany.Materials and Analysis: NU-BIG intends to examine the long-term effects, including economic aspects, of the BIG project on individual and structural levels at all project sites, as well as its long-term implementation and transfer. NU-BIG is a cross-sectional and longitudinal study using a mixed method approach. For the longitudinal section, we re-analyze existing data from former BIG evaluations. For cross-sectional data collection, we use questionnaires and conduct qualitative interviews and focus groups. Women who take part in BIG program offers are part of the research team and will use the photo-voice approach to report on the effects of BIG. The study population consists of about 800 women who participate in BIG project offers and 50 persons involved in the implementation of the BIG project at local sites.Discussion: The expected results from NU-BIG are highly relevant for studying the long-term public health impact of CBPR. In particular, this project intends to answer questions on how the transfer of such projects can succeed and which factors determine if a CBPR project can be sustained at the community level. Eventually, these results can contribute to the further development of participatory approaches to provide effective health promotion among socially disadvantaged groups.Conclusion: Although CBPR is seen of having the potential to reduce health disparities, there is still a lack of research on its long-term effects and public health impact. NU-BIG aims at generating knowledge about the economic effects, reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of a CBPR project. The expected results could be of high interest for BIG and other CBPR-projects.

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