Cross-sector co-creation of a community-based physical activity program for breast cancer survivors in Colombia
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Benefits of physical activity (PA) in breast cancer survivors (BCS) are well established. However, programs to promote PA among BCS tailored to real-world contexts within low- to middle-income countries are limited. Cross-sector co-creation can be key to effective and scalable programs for BCS in these countries. This study aimed to evaluate the networking process to engage multisector stakeholders in the co-creation of a PA program for Colombian BCS called My Body. We employed a mixed-methods design including semistructured interviews, workshops and a social network analysis of centrality measures to assess stakeholders’ engagement, resources and skills enabling the collaborative work, challenges, outcomes and lessons learned. The descriptive analysis and the centrality measures of the network revealed that 19 cross-sector stakeholders engaged in the My Body collaborative network. Through ongoing communication and cooperation, My Body built relationships between the academic lead institutions (local and international), and local and national public, private and academic institutions working in public health, sports and recreation, social sciences and engineering fields. The outcomes included the co-creation of the community-based PA program for BCS, its implementation through cross-sector synergies, increased relationships and communications among stakeholders, and successful dissemination of evidence and project results to the collaboration partners and other relevant stakeholders and community members. The mixed-methods assessment enabled understanding of ways to advance cross-sector co-creation of health promotion programs. The findings can help to enable continued development of sustainable cross-sector co-creation processes aimed at advancing PA promotion.
Business · Capacity building · Centrality · Economic growth · Economics · Health promotion · Political science · Private sector · Promotion (chess) · Public health · Public relations · Public sector · Recreation · Social capital · Social network analysis · Sustainability · Cancer survivorship and care · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Nursing · Physical Activity and Health
Framework, principles and recommendations for utilising participatory methodologies in the co-creation and evaluation of public health interventions
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RE-AIM Planning and Evaluation Framework
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Qualitative research in health care
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The disease is mine, the body is mine, I decide”
Understanding Interdisciplinary Collaborations as Social Networks
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Conceptual models to guide integration during analysis in convergent mixed methods studies
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