Gelius P, Pfeifer K (2022)
Publication Type: Authored book
Publication year: 2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783030972127
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97212-7_16
Achieving sustainability in real-world settings remains a central challenge of health promotion, as pilot interventions often fail to be widely implemented. As a solution, approaches based on participation, knowledge co-production and transdisciplinarity have been suggested. This chapter reports on the experience of Capital4Health, a German research consortium aimed at promoting capabilities for active lifestyles in childcare centres, schools, vocational training and communities. It employed cooperative planning to involve key stakeholders in the development of setting-specific, sustainable measures to promote physical activity. A total of 144 planning sessions were conducted in 22 sites, and an intervention at the consortium level supported collaboration among projects. Effects were evaluated using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. Results indicate that Capital4Health helped improve organizational capacity, the skills of professionals and health literacy and physical activity levels of population groups. Consortium-level collaboration led to the development of a common language and understanding between disciplines. The overall experience indicates that co-production can be effective in developing adapted health promotion measures in different settings. However, setting readiness for change is a key factor for success, and involving population groups is more challenging than enlisting professionals and policymakers. Collaboration across settings and disciplines is beneficial but requires substantial time and resources.
APA:
Gelius, P., & Pfeifer, K. (2022). Capabilities and Transdisciplinary Co-production of Knowledge: Linking the Social Practices of Researchers, Policymakers, Professionals and Populations to Promote Active Lifestyles. Springer International Publishing.
MLA:
Gelius, Peter, and Klaus Pfeifer. Capabilities and Transdisciplinary Co-production of Knowledge: Linking the Social Practices of Researchers, Policymakers, Professionals and Populations to Promote Active Lifestyles. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
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