scholarly journals Women, wellbeing and the city: A model of participatory health research exploring physical activity in Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

2020 ◽  
pp. 001789692097132
Author(s):  
Denise Peerbhoy ◽  
Masoumeh Minou ◽  
Gareth Stratton
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Participatory Health Research ◽  
The City ◽  
Minority Ethnic

Objective: The aim of this project was to document a partnership working process from a cross-sectoral and cross-cultural participatory health research study focused on promoting physical activity among women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Design: A participatory health research paradigm was used to support this pilot feasibility study into partnership working for health promotion. Action research and community development principles underpinned the design, delivery and interpretation of findings from a community-based survey, data from four focus groups and bespoke interventions. Setting: Community groups from education, leisure, health and religious community sectors, and charity sectors, in the City of Liverpool, met in different venues representing those sectors. Method: Reflection on the process of community engagement in a research study guided by socio-ecological model, community development and action research principles. Results: Seven emerging collaborative processes based on effective partnership working, capacity-building practice and sustaining health and wellbeing evolved from a partnership between a Community Researchers Advisory Group and a Partners Advisory Group. BAME ‘community connectors’ were key to obtaining feedback from 213 women from 16 ethnic groups, which influenced the development of bespoke interventions and local sport and physical activity long-term policy, as one means of reducing social inequalities for women from BAME backgrounds. Conclusion: This feasibility study demonstrates the effectiveness and limitations of partnership working as a public health tool. The local Sport and Physical Activity Alliance and council department worked together to promote the sustainability of BAME-focused programmes as part of their governance and policy frameworks.

scholarly journals Conclusiones de las VI Jornadas del Grupo Avilés Sobre Medicina del Deporte

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (Avance Online) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Sports Medicine ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
Medical Examinations ◽  
De Medicina

Resumen El Grupo de Trabajo Avilés fue impulsado por el Consejo Superior de Deportes en 2009 y está formado por representantes de los Centros de Medicina de la Educación Física y el Deporte de todas las comunidades autónomas que cuentan con estas infraestructuras y representantes de centros de medicina del deporte de centros de tecnificación, centros municipales de medicina del deporte y la Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud del Deportista. Como objetivos de este grupo de trabajo figuran la coordinación entre estas estructuras autonómicas de la medicina del deporte, el planteamiento de soluciones comunes a las diferentes problemáticas que sufren cada uno de los centros y el ser un grupo de asesoramiento, en los diferentes ámbitos de la medicina de la educación física y el deporte, para el Consejo Superior de Deportes. Este grupo de trabajo se reúne periódicamente; en su última reunión, celebrada del 12 al 13 de noviembre de 2018 en Avilés, tras las diferentes reuniones de trabajo celebradas, se acordaron una serie de conclusiones, en relación con el propio Grupo de Avilés, la salud del deportista, la regulación de los reconocimientos medicodeportivos, la promoción de la actividad física beneficiosa para la salud, la investigación en Medicina de la Educación Física y el Deporte, o el mantenimiento de la especialidad. Este artículo reproduce dichas conclusiones. Abstract The Avilés Working Group was promoted by the National Sports Council in 2009 and is made up of representatives of Physical Education and Sports Medicine Centers of all the autonomous communities that have these infrastructures, Sports Technification Centers, municipal Sports Medicine Centers and the Spanish Agency for Health Protection in Sport. The objectives of this working group include the coordination between these autonomous structures of Sports Medicine, the proposal of common solutions to the different problems suffered by each of the centers and to be an advisory group in the different areas of the Physical Education and Sports Medicine, for the National Sports Council. This working group meets periodically; at its last meeting, held from 12 to 13 November 2018 in Avilés, after the different work meetings held, a series of conclusions were agreed, in relation to the Avilés Group itself, the health of the athlete, the regulation of the sports medical examinations, the promotion of the beneficial physical activity to health, research in Physical Education and Sports Medicine, or the maintenance of the medical specialty. This article reproduces these conclusions. Resumo O grupo de Trabalho Avilés foi incentivado pelo Conselho Superior de Esportes em 2009. É composto por representantes dos Centros de Medicina da Educação Física e Esporte de todas as comunidades autônomas que contam com estas infraestruturas, bem como representantes dos centros de medicina do esporte de centros técnicos, centros municipais de medicina do esporte e da Agencia Espanhola de Proteção da saúde do esportista. Como objetivos de trabalho desde grupo, figuram a coordenação entre estas estruturas autonômicas da medicina do esporte, a criação de soluções comuns as diferentes problemáticas que sofrem cada um dos centros, além de ser um grupo de assessoramento, nos diferentes âmbitos da medicina da educação física e do esporte, para o Conselho Superior de Esportes. Este grupo de trabalho se reúne periodicamente; Em sua última reunião, celebrada de 12 à 13 de novembro de 2018 em Avilés, traz as diferentes reuniões de trabalho celebradas, se acordam uma série de conclusões em relação ao próprio Grupo de Avilés, a saúde do esportista, a regulação dos reconhecimentos médico desportivos, a promoção da atividade física voltada a saúde, a investigação em Medicina da Educação Física e do esporte e a manutenção da especialidade. Este artigo reproduz estas conclusões.

scholarly journals Enculturation, perceived stress, and physical activity: implications for metabolic risk among the Yup'ik – The Center for Alaska Native Health Research Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bersamin ◽  
Christopher Wolsko ◽  
Bret R. Luick ◽  
Bert B. Boyer ◽  
Cecile Lardon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Metabolic Risk

scholarly journals Bridges and Barriers in Public Service Interpreting Training: Instructing Non-Professional Longserving Interpreters

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Noelia Burdeus-Domingo ◽  
Suzanne Gagnon ◽  
Sophie Pointurier ◽  
Yvan Leanza
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The City ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

This paper reports on an action-research study with a dual purpose: (1) to design a PSI training programme adapted to the needs of the City of Québec’s public healthcare institutions, and (2) to assess its contribution to the development of trainees’ PSI competences. The course was designed adapting ÉSIT’s special regime methodology to PSI training, and delivered to a group of non-professional interpreters (N=23). The evaluation was undertaken qualitatively, through two focus groups (n=11). The data collected was submitted to content analysis and contrasted with the trainer’s action-research report. Findings reveal (1) that the special regime methodology can be applied to PSI training programmes, if combined with pedagogical approaches adjusting it to the group’s needs, and (2) that trainees’ preconceptions about PSI add up to the list of challenges of training non-professional longserving interpreters. Our concluding remarks present several recommendations on how to overcome the detected difficulties.

scholarly journals Time, timing, talking and training: findings from an exploratory action research study to improve quality of end of life care for minority ethnic kidney patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Wilkinson ◽  
Gurch Randhawa ◽  
Edwina Brown ◽  
Maria Da Silva Gane ◽  
John Stoves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Action Research Study ◽  
And Training ◽  
Minority Ethnic

scholarly journals Supporting women leaving prison through peer health mentoring: a participatory health research study

CMAJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. E1-E8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. McLeod ◽  
Mo Korchinski ◽  
Pamela Young ◽  
Tammy Milkovich ◽  
Christine Hemingway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Participatory Health Research

scholarly journals Development and evaluation of a training programme on asset-based community development aimed at general practice trainees: protocol for a mixed-method multilevel and multicentric action research study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e040043
Author(s):  
Sara Calderón-Larrañaga ◽  
Blanca Valls-Pérez ◽  
Adrián Cardo-Miota ◽  
Blanca Botello ◽  
Nieves Lafuente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Asset Based Community Development ◽  
Health Assets

IntroductionAsset-based community development (ABCD) is a strategy aimed at strengthening communities of interest through the identification and enhancement of those protective resources (also called ‘health assets’) that contribute to improve population health. Although primary care is specially well placed to contribute to ABCD by facilitating patients’ access to community health assets, the implementation of ABCD approaches is limited, in part due to training deficiencies amongst general practitioners. In this study, we will develop a training programme on ABCD aimed at general practice trainees and evaluate its implementation and scale-up in Andalusia, Spain. We will also investigate whether the programme may contribute to strengthen the community orientation of the primary care practices involved in the study.Methods and analysisWe will undertake a mixed methods, multilevel and multicentric action research study drawing on theoretical frameworks relevant to learning (pedagogy) and community health promotion. The intervention will be implemented and evaluated in eight different study areas over 48 months. It will comprise a classroom-based session and a practical exercise, which will involve general practice trainees producing a map of community health assets relevant to common health conditions. In each study area, we will set up a stakeholder group to guide our study. We will run the intervention sequentially across the eight study areas, and modify and refine it iteratively by incorporating the findings from the evaluation. We will employ qualitative (interviews and focus groups with general practice trainees, primary care workers, members of the teaching units and policymakers) and quantitative methods (self-administered questionnaires with an approximate sample of 157 general practice trainees and 502 primary care workers).Ethics and disseminationEthics approval from the Andalusian Regional Health Council has been granted (6/2020). It is envisaged that this research will provide relevant, evidence-based guidance on how best to incorporate learning on ABCD into the general practice training curriculum. Findings will be disseminated in an ongoing manner and will target the following audiences: (1) general practice trainees, primary care workers and members of the teaching units, (2) policymakers and strategic decision makers and (3) the academic community.

scholarly journals Employer schemes to encourage walking to work: feasibility study incorporating an exploratory randomised controlled trial

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Audrey ◽  
Sunita Procter ◽  
Ashley Cooper ◽  
Nanette Mutrie ◽  
William Hollingworth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Activity Levels

BackgroundPhysical inactivity increases the risk of many chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some cancers. Increasing physical activity levels, particularly among the most sedentary, is an important aim of current public health policy in the UK. An opportunity for working adults to increase physical activity levels may be through walking during the daily commute.ObjectivesTo build on existing knowledge and resources to develop an employer-led scheme to increase walking to work; to test the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the intervention; and to explore other requirements of a full-scale trial.DesignFeasibility study incorporating phase 1 resource review, focus groups with employees and interviews with employers in three workplaces (one small, one medium and one large); and phase 2 exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) including process and economic evaluations.SettingWorkplaces (eight small, five medium and four large) in Bristol.ParticipantsOne hundred and eighty-seven employees (89 male and 98 female) at baseline.InterventionsWalk to Work promoters were recruited and trained about the health, social, economic and environmental benefits of walking to work and how to identify and promote safe walking routes for employees. They were given resource packs based on nine key behaviour change techniques. The role of the Walk to Work promoter was to encourage participating employees in their workplace to walk to work; to help to identify walking routes; to encourage goal setting; and to provide additional encouragement through four contacts over the following 10 weeks (face to face, e-mail or telephone, as appropriate).Main outcome measuresRecruitment and retention rates; sample size calculation and estimation of the intracluster correlation coefficient (ICC); acceptability of the intervention and evaluation methods; and estimation of costs.ResultsWorkplace and employee recruitment appeared to be restricted by the initial requirement to identify employees living within 2 miles of the workplace. Once recruited, no workplace withdrew from the study between baseline and 1-year follow-up. It proved feasible to recruit and train workplace Walk to Work promoters. The response rate was 132 (71%) at 1-year follow-up. Although the study was not powered to measure effectiveness, accelerometer data suggest that overall physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were higher in the intervention arm than in the control arm at 1-year follow-up. The ICC was estimated at 0.12 (95% confidence interval 0.00 to 0.30). Based on an average cluster size of eight, an ICC of 0.15 and attrition of 25%, a total sample size of 678 would have 80% power with 5% significance to detect a 15% increase in mean MVPA. The average cost of the intervention was estimated at £441 per workplace. Activity levels were similar in the intervention and control arms at baseline.ConclusionsThe intervention and evaluation were feasible, and acceptable to participants. There was sufficient evidence of promise to justify a full-scale trial incorporating lessons learned during the feasibility study. Future work: an application is being submitted for a follow-on full-scale cluster RCT.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN72882329.FundingThis project was funded by the NIHR Public Health Research programme and will be published in full inPublic Health Research; Vol. 3, No. 4. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information. The work was undertaken with the support of The Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), a UK Clinical Research Collaboration Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. Joint funding (MR/KO232331/1) from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the Welsh Government and the Wellcome Trust, under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, is gratefully acknowledged.

scholarly journals Penerapan Pendekatan Taktis untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Bermain dan Physical Activity Enjoyment pada Pembelajaran Permainan Bola Tangan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Serla Fransiska ◽  
Suherman Slamet ◽  
Dian Budiana
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
The City ◽  
Activity Enjoyment

Learning Conditions Physical education in elementary schools which are still oriented towards mastering technical skills, makes students limited to explore, so that students' interest in Physical Education learning decreases. The purpose of this study is to improve playing skills and physical activity enjoyment (PAE) through tactical approaches in learning handball games. The method used is classroom action research (CAR), using the GPAI (Games Performance Assessment Instrument) instrument and the Enjoyment scale (questionnaire). This research was conducted at a school in the city of Bandung. The results of this study can be concluded that through the tactical approach, playing skills and physical activity enjoyment in learning handball games can be improved. AbstrakKondisi Pembelajaran Pendidikan jasmani di sekolah dasar yang masih berorientasi pada penguasaan keterampilan teknis, membuat siswa terbatasi untuk  bereksplorasi, sehingga minat siswa dalam pembelajaran Penjas menurun. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk meningkatkan keterampilan bermain dan physical activity enjoyment (PAE) melalui pendekatan taktis dalam pembelajaran permainan bola tangan. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK), dengan menggunakan instrumen GPAI (Games Performance Assesment Instrument) dan skala Enjoyment (kuisioner).  Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di salah satu sekolah di Kota Bandung. Hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa melalui pendekatan taktis, keterampilan bermain dan physical activity enjoyment pada pembelajaran permainan bola tangan dapat meningkat.

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