Scaling Up a Community-Based Exercise Program for Women in Difficult Life Situations in Germany—The BIG Project as a Case-Study

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ID15499992
AutoresAnnika Herbert-Maul (0000-0001-5372-9952, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, autor de correspondencia), Karim Abu-Omar (0000-0002-8686-7013, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Anna Streber, Zsuzsanna Majzik, Jeanette Hefele, Stephanie Dobslaw (University of Regensburg), Hedi Werner (Stadtwerke Straubing (Germany)), Alexandra Wolf (0000-0002-0795-0258), Anne K Reimers (0000-0003-4053-1378, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número18
Páginas9432-9432
Fecha de publicación2021-09-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18189432
PMID34574356
OpenAlexW3197942951
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas15

Scaling up community-based participatory research (CBPR) remains challenging. This case-study reports on how, and under which conditions, a CBPR project aiming at promoting exercise among socially disadvantaged women (BIG) scaled up at four project sites. As part of BIG, researchers support city administrations in implementing a participatory project to reach socially disadvantaged women for exercise. The case study was conducted in winter 2020 in southern Germany and is based on a co-creative process involving city administrators and researchers. Following Kohl and Cooley's scaling up dimensions, scaling up BIG was investigated at the four sites using a mixed-method approach. Course registrations and offers were analysed, and qualitative interviews ( n = 4) with administrative staff members were conducted and analysed using content analysis. The geographical coverage of exercise classes, the addressed groups, and the utilisation of participatory methods by city administrations are described. All four sites managed to scale-up project activities. Three of the four sites reported that further growth of the project was no longer possible due to limited resources. All sites attempted to reach a larger number of, and more diverse, women. One site managed to scale-up the use of participatory methods within the city administration. The following important facilitators for scaling up CBPR projects were reported: advertisements tailored to the needs of the addressed women, utilising participatory approaches, and equipping project coordinators with sufficient resources

Citizen journalism · Community-based participatory research · Disadvantaged · Geography · Medical education · Participatory action research · Political science · Public relations · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Delphi Technique in Research · Health and Medical Studies · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology