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0000-0001-5825-9435
Current Organisations
The University of Auckland
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IT University of Copenhagen
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University of Toronto
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Simon Fraser University
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo
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Københavns Universitet
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GAME
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Museums and science centres for health: from scientific literacy to health promotion
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-12-2015
Activating the ‘peerness’ of youth leaders in a community sports programme through techne and phronesis
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 27-10-2022
Abstract: Peer-to-peer approaches engage groups of people considered to share one or more characteristics that identify them as peers and draw on rationales of credibility, identification and role modelling in peer-to-peer interactions. Despite the popularity of the approach, the ways in which the peer leadership component specifically contributes to health promotion is not thoroughly understood. We suggest that a first step for making use of peer leader characteristics is to make explicit what the peer leadership component is expected to bring to a programme. To approach such an understanding, we investigated how peer leaders can be supported in activating their ‘peerness’ in health promotion programmes, using as a case the peer leader education of a youth-led, peer-to-peer community sports programme, implemented by the non-profit street sports organization, GAME. We analysed the peer leader training programme’s learning objectives and field notes from observations of the training programme. The empirical material was analysed using an abductive approach by drawing upon contemporary interpretations of two forms of knowledge originally proposed by Aristotle. In so doing, this article explores how the development of techne (practical knowledge) and phronesis (practical wisdom) was supported in a peer leader training programme for young people. Findings suggest that supporting the development of both these types of knowledge can strengthen programme planners’ attention to the contribution of peers. Concurrently, an emphasis on promoting phronesis in peer leader training can support and encourage peer leaders in activating their ‘peerness’ in peer-to-peer health promotion programmes.
7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Date: 10-2018
Sports-based recreation as a means to address social inequity in health: why, when, where, who, what, and how
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-08-2019
Health in All local Policies: Lessons learned on intersectoral collaboration in a community‐based health promotion network in Denmark
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-08-2018
DOI: 10.1002/HPM.2620
Abstract: Health promotion increasingly involves collaboration with civil society organisations and the private sector rather than being implemented exclusively by public sector stakeholders. Health in All Policies (HiAP) is an approach that promotes health in policy-making across public sectors. This study explored intersectoral integration and collaboration for health promotion at a local community level through a qualitative single case study of a local community network in Denmark: the Husum Health Network. The paper describes and discusses strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of HiAP-inspired local efforts to build alliances and supportive environments for health within an inter-organisational community-based network. The data were generated from participant observations made at 11 meetings and events organised by the network partners and nine qualitative, semi-structured interviews with Husum Health Network partners conducted from August 2014 to February 2015. The data were analysed using a theoretical framework introduced by Axelsson and Axelsson (2006) to characterise aspects of integration and differentiation between organisations. With high levels of structural and functional differentiation between the partners, the network provided an opportunity to exercise inter-organisational integration at the local level. Integration was fostered by knowledge sharing, face-to-face interaction, and communal events. However, the loose structure of the network was a challenge to its sustainability and achievement. We argue that Health in All local Policies is a meaningful concept in the context of local community development only when referring to the polices and strategies of all stakeholder organisations involved in decision-making and agenda setting, and not just local government institutions.
Health outcomes associated with crack-cocaine use: Systematic review and meta-analyses
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2017
DOI: 10.1016/J.DRUGALCDEP.2017.08.036
Abstract: Crack-cocaine use is prevalent largely in socio-economically marginalized populations in the Americas. Its use has been associated with erse health outcomes, yet no recent or systematic reviews of these exist. A systematic review of health outcomes associated with crack-cocaine use was performed, using MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and LILACS up to October 2016. Search terms included crack-cocaine and health outcome-related keywords, targeting peer-reviewed studies on quantified health outcomes associated with crack-cocaine use. Random effects meta-analyses produced pooled odds ratios. Levels of evidence for major results were assessed using the GRADE approach. A review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42016035486). Of 4700 articles returned, 302 met eligibility criteria, reporting on health outcomes for 14 of 22 ICD-10 chapters. Conclusive evidence and meta-analyses showed positive associations between crack-cocaine use and blood/sexually transmitted diseases (HIV and hepatitis C virus, others) moderate evidence and meta-analyses supported associations with neonatal health, and violence. There were mixed associations for mental and other health outcomes, yet insufficient evidence to perform meta-analyses for many categories (e.g., mortality). Most underlying research was of limited or poor quality, with crack-cocaine commonly assessed as a secondary covariate. Crack-cocaine use was associated with a range of health outcomes, although it was unclear if there was direct causal impact, interactions between risk factors, or external drivers of both crack-cocaine use and outcomes. Rigorous epidemiological studies are needed to systematically assess health outcomes of crack-cocaine use and underlying pathways, also to inform evidence-based interventions.
Erratum to: Risk factors for failure to return to the pre-fracture place of residence after hip fracture: a prospective longitudinal study of 444 patients
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-10-2013
ASPHALT II: Study Protocol for a Multi-Method Evaluation of a Comprehensive Peer-Led Youth Community Sport Programme Implemented in Low Resource Neighbourhoods
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-11-2022
Abstract: To reduce inequalities in children’s sport participation, studies are needed to explore ways in which children from low resource neighbourhoods can be engaged and retained in sport. GAME Community is a peer-led community sport programme which aims to promote physical activity through participation in inclusive street sports activities targeting 8–15-year-old children living in low resource neighbourhoods. The GAME Community intervention is implemented by the non-profit street sport organisation GAME. Five components support the implementation of GAME Community: (1) training of peer leaders (2) a focus on inclusion of inactive girls (3) parental involvement (4) community engagement (5) strengthened organisational support to peer leaders. In the ASPHALT II study, we aim to evaluate GAME Community and hence contribute to understanding how children growing up in low resource neighbourhoods can be engaged and retained in physical activity through participation in peer-led, community-based sport and to generate new understandings on the scale up of community interventions. The primary objective of the evaluation is to investigate the implementation of GAME Community and the programme’s reach, and to establish the functioning and mechanisms of the programme. The secondary objective is to establish the health enhancing potential of the programme. The evaluation of GAME Community involves three linked but independent studies that investigate (1) the functioning (i.e., mechanisms and processes), (2) reach, and (3) outcomes. The functioning of the five intervention components is investigated using qualitative methodologies. Programme reach will be investigated based on participant registrations. Systematic observations using a novel combination of validated tools will provide information on outcomes (physical activity level and social behaviour) during GAME Community activities. Investigating functioning, reach, and outcomes of the GAME Community intervention by using multiple methods is a strength, as different data complement and inform each other. This study will provide in-depth insights into if and how children living in low resource neighbourhoods can be engaged and retained in physical activity through participation in peer-led, community-based sport. Contributions of this evaluation include new understanding of the mechanisms and scalability of a community-based street sport intervention.
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