Annika Frahsa
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 327616 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Annika Frahsa |
| PRENOMES | Annika |
| SOBRENOME | Frahsa |
| ASSINATURA | FRAHSA A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0207-3989 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
From Healing Perceptions to Social Embeddedness
This study explores how people identifying as mestizo perceive healing in the city of Quito, Ecuador, an urban context shaped by Indigenous medical pluralism, sociocultural syncretism, and systemic health inequities. Based on drawing elicitation interviews and focused ethnographic fieldwork conducted across socioeconomically diverse neighborhoods, we combined Panofsky’s iconology with reflexive thematic analysis to interpret participants’ visual …
Polarization and health-related behaviors and outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic
Everyday cues of belonging
This study examines how everyday interactions in public spaces shape belonging, social cohesion, and health equity in Holligen, a culturally diverse neighbourhood in Bern, Switzerland. Drawing on focused ethnographic observation and brief in-situ interviews, we identify subtle indicators of inclusion and exclusion: small visual, behavioural, spatial, and affective cues through which residents come to feel recognised, entitled to participate, or m…
“Do you belong in my circle?” – a retrospective reflexive thematic analysis of the particularity and price of solidarity for socioculturally diverse communities in Switzerland during the Covid-19 pand…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for solidarity were widespread, yet its practice proved fragile and uneven. This study explores how individuals from socio-culturally diverse and often marginalized communities in the canton of Bern (Switzerland) experienced and enacted solidarity. Drawing on the conceptual works by Prainsack & Buyx and Komter, we conducted reflexive thematic analysis of seven focus group discussions with 53 participants and id…
Roles of health promotion researchers in the planning stages of a global urban health promotion initiative
Introduction: Health promotion research is marked by recognizing diverse forms of knowledge, the embeddedness of research practices in context, the relationship between researchers and stakeholders, and the articulation of knowledge production and sharing. Amid this epistemology, researchers' understanding of their roles in specific projects and programs led by different stakeholders is essential. We used a global initiative to promote governance…
From rhetoric to reality
Despite growing international consensus on the importance of addressing health inequities, the concept of health equity continues to evolve in its definition, relevance, and application across global contexts. While its prominence in international discourse and strategic frameworks has grown, the ways in which health equity is interpreted, prioritised, and operationalised within health-related organisations remain uneven and insufficiently examin…
A scoping review of community participation in public health research and action during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community participation played a crucial role in addressing health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in reaching marginalized populations and fostering resilience. Amid the wide variation of participatory approaches in community health-from information dissemination to co-decision-making-, there remains a lack of comprehensive analysis on their implementation, impact, and effectiveness. This scoping review synthesizes particip…
Copenhagen consensus statements on workplace health enhancing physical activity programmes
Workplace health enhancing physical activity (HEPA) programmes are associated with physical activity promotion and reduction of sedentary time among employees. Whilst the workplace is often considered an appropriate setting for such programmes, however, ethical and implementation challenges remain. Furthermore, debate still exists concerning programme rationale, efficacy, effectiveness, and impact. In 2024, 24 researchers from twelve countries co…
Between data providers and concerned citizens
This empirical article explores the dynamics of exchange and reciprocity between cohorters, that is, study organizers, and cohortees, that is, study participants. Drawing on literature on bioeconomy and valuation, we analyze cohortees’ expectations in return for the “clinical labor” they perform in the pilot phase of a Swiss precision public health study. Based on an ethnography of this cohort and data from seven focus groups with cohortees ( n =…
A 10-step participatory program for developing, implementing, and evaluating physical activity promoting actions in nursing homes in Germany
To effectively promote PA in nursing homes, a tailored approach considering structural conditions, locations, volunteer engagement, and organisational visions is essential. Long-lasting partnerships and low-threshold opportunities prove promising. Future research should delve into structural-level change processes and outcomes in this context
Willingness to participate in a personalized health cohort – insights from the swiss health study pilot phase
Overall, the study reveals a positive attitude towards personalized health research, with a strong willingness to share data and samples. Key insights focus the meaning of informed consent for participation, the relevance of sampling and representativeness, as well as the significance and challenges of personalized feedback, especially regarding environmental health concerns. Findings emphasize participants' supportive yet reflexive stances, unde…
A conceptual framework from the Philippines to analyse organizational capacities for health policy and systems research
Organizations that perform Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) need robust capacities, but it remains unclear what these organizations should look like in practice. We sought to define ‘HPSRIs’ (pronounced as ‘hip-srees’, i.e. ‘Health Policy and Systems Research Institutions’) as organizational models and developed a conceptual framework for assessing their capacities based on a set of attributes. We implemented a multi-method study in the …
A review and analysis of accountability in global health funding, research collaborations and training
INTRODUCTION: Accountability is a complex idea to unpack and involves different processes in global health practice. Calls for accountability in global health would be better translated to action through a better understanding of the concept and practice of accountability in global health. We sought to analyse accountability processes in practice in global health funding, research collaborations and training. METHODS: This study is a literature r…
Integrating Patient‐reported Experience (PRE) in a multistage approach to study access to health services for women with chronic illness and migration experience
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported Experience (PRE) is an emerging concept integrating patient perspectives and amplifying voices often marginalized in discussions surrounding health systems. However, it remains a challenge to use and integrate PREs when studying patient agency and access to quality services, particularly with data from multiple sources. In this article, using study materials from the Swiss MIWOCA project, we present and reflect upon a…
The Applicability of Photovoice in Pseudo-total Institutions - Methodological Insights From an Exploratory Study on Physical Activity in Nursing Homes
Photovoice helps participants express their perspectives through photography. As a setting for Photovoice, nursing homes represent challenging, yet promising, contexts partly characterized by elements of Goffman's concept of 'total institutions' and more fully characterized as Heinzelmann's 'pseudo-total institutions.' We analyzed Photovoice's applicability in nursing homes within the context of physical activity promotion research. Our results i…
“For me, it's just a piece of freedom”—Increased empowerment through physical activity promotion among socially disadvantaged women
Introduction: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective health promotion approach for reaching socially disadvantaged groups. However, there is limited evidence on how such interventions and their effects can be reproduced across time and place. The present study examines the effects of BIG (i.e., movement as an investment in health), a long-standing German CBPR project. Since 2005, BIG has aimed to empower women in difficult …
All We Have to Decide Is What to Do with the Time That Is Given to Us’ a Photovoice Study on Physical Activity in Nursing Homes
(1) Background: Despite high prevalence of physical inactivity and sedentariness among nursing home residents, research on the influence of environments on this topic remains scarce. This Photovoice study explores how structural and social environments relate to residents' everyday physical activity (PA). (2) Methods: 27 residents, staff, and significant others conducted Photovoice in eight nursing homes in Germany to document factors facilitatin…
Identification of Network Promoters in a Regional and Intersectoral Health Promotion Network
Health in all policies is a key approach to promote health and calls for cooperation between diverse levels of government and different sectors. In this paper, we analyze how a network called 'Healthy Region Plus' in Southern Germany addresses intersectoral cooperation at city and county levels. We aim to analyze the different roles of actors involved in the network based on the promoter model. We conducted two socio-material network mappings bas…
The capability approach as a bridging framework across health promotion settings
Health promotion research has increasingly called for transdisciplinary approaches. Such calls ask for bridging frameworks that define comprehensive sets of health determinants and appropriately conceptualize the roles of population groups as well as other relevant actor groups in the co-production of health. This article aims to present the seminal capability approach by Sen and Nussbaum as a potentially suitable framework for such bridging ende…
Can Functionalised Play Make Children Happy? A Critical Sociology Perspective
The functionalisation of play basically stems from the diagnosis of a global childhood inactivity crisis, the so-called "children's obesity pandemic." Hence, in the context of the activity-related guidelines, children's play appears no longer to be unproductive and purpose-free. It is rather considered an anti-obesity tool that will help children to meet physical activity recommendations. It is questionable whether such a functionalised tool can …
Transferring a Community-Based Participatory Research Project to Promote Physical Activity Among Socially Disadvantaged Women—Experiences From 15 Years of BIG
Introduction: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective approach for health promo-tion, especially with socially disadvantaged groups. However, the long-term implementation of such projects on a broad scale in practice is often challenging and research regarding the sustainable transfer of participa-tory research is lacking. This limits the scaling-up and public health impact of CBPR. Therefore, this study examines critical fa…
Experiences With Health Care Services in Switzerland Among Immigrant Women With Chronic Illnesses
Introduction: Descriptive data indicate a high burden of chronic illness among immigrant women in Switzerland. Little is known about how immigrant women with chronic illnesses experience healthcare services. This paper presents a methodological approach theoretically informed by Sen’s capability approach and Levesque’s framework of access to healthcare to study patient-reported experiences (PREs) of Swiss healthcare services among immigrant women…
"I Trust in Staff's Creativity"-The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdowns on Physical Activity Promotion in Nursing Homes Through the Lenses of Organizational Sociology
Objectives: The health-enhancing benefits or regular physical activity (PA) reach into old age. With the emergence of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the associated national lockdowns and restrictions, nursing home residents were restrained from being physically active. In our study, we aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19-related restrictions on PA promotion in nursing homes from an organizational-sociological lens.…
Co-producing active lifestyles as whole-system-approach
Population health interventions tend to lack links to the emerging discourse on interactive knowledge production and exchange. This situation may limit both a better understanding of mechanisms that impact health lifestyles and the development of strategies for population level change. This paper introduces an integrated approach based on structure-agency theory in the context of 'social practice'. It investigates the mechanisms of co-production …
Qualitative interviews in sport and physical activity research – do not forget the body
Narrative Interviews are considered as the methodological gold standard when it comes to researching complex phenomena associated with embodiment (Dowling & Garrett, 2016), critical life events or
Assets for policy making in health promotion
"I Trust in Staff's Creativity"-The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdowns on Physical Activity Promotion in Nursing Homes Through the Lenses of Organizational Sociology
Objectives: The health-enhancing benefits or regular physical activity (PA) reach into old age. With the emergence of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the associated national lockdowns and restrictions, nursing home residents were restrained from being physically active. In our study, we aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19-related restrictions on PA promotion in nursing homes from an organizational-sociological lens.…
Qualitative interviews in sport and physical activity research – do not forget the body
Narrative Interviews are considered as the methodological gold standard when it comes to researching complex phenomena associated with embodiment (Dowling & Garrett, 2016), critical life events or
Assessment of organizational readiness for health promotion policy implementation
Models explaining the engagement of organizations in different policy sectors in health promotion policy implementation often utilize retrospective data. The current study attempted to model determinants of organizational readiness (goals, resources, obligation, opportunities) in supporting health policy implementation prospectively. Twenty qualitative interviews with representatives of organizations from different policy sectors, levels of gover…
Assets for policy making in health promotion
Enabling the powerful? Participatory action research with local policymakers and professionals for physical activity promotion with women in difficult life situations
Enabling is a concept central to health promotion. It is perceived as a mechanism that can help people gain control over determinants of health. Little is known, however, about enabling among policy-makers and professionals. This case study investigates enabling among policy-makers and professionals who engaged in a specific participatory approach, cooperative planning. We define 'enabling' as creating action situations that allow policy-makers a…
Co-producing active lifestyles as whole-system-approach
Population health interventions tend to lack links to the emerging discourse on interactive knowledge production and exchange. This situation may limit both a better understanding of mechanisms that impact health lifestyles and the development of strategies for population level change. This paper introduces an integrated approach based on structure-agency theory in the context of 'social practice'. It investigates the mechanisms of co-production …
Qualitative interviews in sport and physical activity research – do not forget the body
Narrative Interviews are considered as the methodological gold standard when it comes to researching complex phenomena associated with embodiment (Dowling & Garrett, 2016), critical life events or
The capability approach as a bridging framework across health promotion settings
Health promotion research has increasingly called for transdisciplinary approaches. Such calls ask for bridging frameworks that define comprehensive sets of health determinants and appropriately conceptualize the roles of population groups as well as other relevant actor groups in the co-production of health. This article aims to present the seminal capability approach by Sen and Nussbaum as a potentially suitable framework for such bridging ende…
Can Functionalised Play Make Children Happy? A Critical Sociology Perspective
The functionalisation of play basically stems from the diagnosis of a global childhood inactivity crisis, the so-called "children's obesity pandemic." Hence, in the context of the activity-related guidelines, children's play appears no longer to be unproductive and purpose-free. It is rather considered an anti-obesity tool that will help children to meet physical activity recommendations. It is questionable whether such a functionalised tool can …
Transferring a Community-Based Participatory Research Project to Promote Physical Activity Among Socially Disadvantaged Women—Experiences From 15 Years of BIG
Introduction: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective approach for health promo-tion, especially with socially disadvantaged groups. However, the long-term implementation of such projects on a broad scale in practice is often challenging and research regarding the sustainable transfer of participa-tory research is lacking. This limits the scaling-up and public health impact of CBPR. Therefore, this study examines critical fa…
Experiences With Health Care Services in Switzerland Among Immigrant Women With Chronic Illnesses
Introduction: Descriptive data indicate a high burden of chronic illness among immigrant women in Switzerland. Little is known about how immigrant women with chronic illnesses experience healthcare services. This paper presents a methodological approach theoretically informed by Sen’s capability approach and Levesque’s framework of access to healthcare to study patient-reported experiences (PREs) of Swiss healthcare services among immigrant women…
"I Trust in Staff's Creativity"-The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdowns on Physical Activity Promotion in Nursing Homes Through the Lenses of Organizational Sociology
Objectives: The health-enhancing benefits or regular physical activity (PA) reach into old age. With the emergence of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the associated national lockdowns and restrictions, nursing home residents were restrained from being physically active. In our study, we aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19-related restrictions on PA promotion in nursing homes from an organizational-sociological lens.…
All We Have to Decide Is What to Do with the Time That Is Given to Us’ a Photovoice Study on Physical Activity in Nursing Homes
(1) Background: Despite high prevalence of physical inactivity and sedentariness among nursing home residents, research on the influence of environments on this topic remains scarce. This Photovoice study explores how structural and social environments relate to residents' everyday physical activity (PA). (2) Methods: 27 residents, staff, and significant others conducted Photovoice in eight nursing homes in Germany to document factors facilitatin…
Identification of Network Promoters in a Regional and Intersectoral Health Promotion Network
Health in all policies is a key approach to promote health and calls for cooperation between diverse levels of government and different sectors. In this paper, we analyze how a network called 'Healthy Region Plus' in Southern Germany addresses intersectoral cooperation at city and county levels. We aim to analyze the different roles of actors involved in the network based on the promoter model. We conducted two socio-material network mappings bas…
“For me, it's just a piece of freedom”—Increased empowerment through physical activity promotion among socially disadvantaged women
Introduction: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective health promotion approach for reaching socially disadvantaged groups. However, there is limited evidence on how such interventions and their effects can be reproduced across time and place. The present study examines the effects of BIG (i.e., movement as an investment in health), a long-standing German CBPR project. Since 2005, BIG has aimed to empower women in difficult …
A review and analysis of accountability in global health funding, research collaborations and training
INTRODUCTION: Accountability is a complex idea to unpack and involves different processes in global health practice. Calls for accountability in global health would be better translated to action through a better understanding of the concept and practice of accountability in global health. We sought to analyse accountability processes in practice in global health funding, research collaborations and training. METHODS: This study is a literature r…
Integrating Patient‐reported Experience (PRE) in a multistage approach to study access to health services for women with chronic illness and migration experience
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported Experience (PRE) is an emerging concept integrating patient perspectives and amplifying voices often marginalized in discussions surrounding health systems. However, it remains a challenge to use and integrate PREs when studying patient agency and access to quality services, particularly with data from multiple sources. In this article, using study materials from the Swiss MIWOCA project, we present and reflect upon a…
The Applicability of Photovoice in Pseudo-total Institutions - Methodological Insights From an Exploratory Study on Physical Activity in Nursing Homes
Photovoice helps participants express their perspectives through photography. As a setting for Photovoice, nursing homes represent challenging, yet promising, contexts partly characterized by elements of Goffman's concept of 'total institutions' and more fully characterized as Heinzelmann's 'pseudo-total institutions.' We analyzed Photovoice's applicability in nursing homes within the context of physical activity promotion research. Our results i…
Between data providers and concerned citizens
This empirical article explores the dynamics of exchange and reciprocity between cohorters, that is, study organizers, and cohortees, that is, study participants. Drawing on literature on bioeconomy and valuation, we analyze cohortees’ expectations in return for the “clinical labor” they perform in the pilot phase of a Swiss precision public health study. Based on an ethnography of this cohort and data from seven focus groups with cohortees ( n =…
A 10-step participatory program for developing, implementing, and evaluating physical activity promoting actions in nursing homes in Germany
To effectively promote PA in nursing homes, a tailored approach considering structural conditions, locations, volunteer engagement, and organisational visions is essential. Long-lasting partnerships and low-threshold opportunities prove promising. Future research should delve into structural-level change processes and outcomes in this context
Willingness to participate in a personalized health cohort – insights from the swiss health study pilot phase
Overall, the study reveals a positive attitude towards personalized health research, with a strong willingness to share data and samples. Key insights focus the meaning of informed consent for participation, the relevance of sampling and representativeness, as well as the significance and challenges of personalized feedback, especially regarding environmental health concerns. Findings emphasize participants' supportive yet reflexive stances, unde…
A conceptual framework from the Philippines to analyse organizational capacities for health policy and systems research
Organizations that perform Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) need robust capacities, but it remains unclear what these organizations should look like in practice. We sought to define ‘HPSRIs’ (pronounced as ‘hip-srees’, i.e. ‘Health Policy and Systems Research Institutions’) as organizational models and developed a conceptual framework for assessing their capacities based on a set of attributes. We implemented a multi-method study in the …
Roles of health promotion researchers in the planning stages of a global urban health promotion initiative
Introduction: Health promotion research is marked by recognizing diverse forms of knowledge, the embeddedness of research practices in context, the relationship between researchers and stakeholders, and the articulation of knowledge production and sharing. Amid this epistemology, researchers' understanding of their roles in specific projects and programs led by different stakeholders is essential. We used a global initiative to promote governance…
From rhetoric to reality
Despite growing international consensus on the importance of addressing health inequities, the concept of health equity continues to evolve in its definition, relevance, and application across global contexts. While its prominence in international discourse and strategic frameworks has grown, the ways in which health equity is interpreted, prioritised, and operationalised within health-related organisations remain uneven and insufficiently examin…
A scoping review of community participation in public health research and action during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community participation played a crucial role in addressing health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in reaching marginalized populations and fostering resilience. Amid the wide variation of participatory approaches in community health-from information dissemination to co-decision-making-, there remains a lack of comprehensive analysis on their implementation, impact, and effectiveness. This scoping review synthesizes particip…
Copenhagen consensus statements on workplace health enhancing physical activity programmes
Workplace health enhancing physical activity (HEPA) programmes are associated with physical activity promotion and reduction of sedentary time among employees. Whilst the workplace is often considered an appropriate setting for such programmes, however, ethical and implementation challenges remain. Furthermore, debate still exists concerning programme rationale, efficacy, effectiveness, and impact. In 2024, 24 researchers from twelve countries co…
From Healing Perceptions to Social Embeddedness
This study explores how people identifying as mestizo perceive healing in the city of Quito, Ecuador, an urban context shaped by Indigenous medical pluralism, sociocultural syncretism, and systemic health inequities. Based on drawing elicitation interviews and focused ethnographic fieldwork conducted across socioeconomically diverse neighborhoods, we combined Panofsky’s iconology with reflexive thematic analysis to interpret participants’ visual …
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