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Academic-Practice-Policy Partnership for Urban Health Promotion Research
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Academic-Practice-Policy Partnership for Urban Health
Promotion ResearchCharli Eriksson, Karin Fröding, Eva Järliden, Johnny Andersson
Development of knowledge for health promotion
needs a well-developed mechanism for collaboration between academics, practitioners and policymakers.
Objectives of the Workshop
This workshop will highlight necessary components for fostering a trustful partnership as well as the need for critical reflections and sustainable structures in urban settings.
The workshop procedures
1. Introduction: Partnership for Sustainable Welfare
Development and Healthy City Research Stakeholders perspective Sustainable structures Participatory research
2. Clarifying Questions: Converging and divergent perspectives on
urban health promotion research
3. Promoting factor and barrier: A trustful partnership for knowledge
development
Research & development in four municipalities
The PARTNERSHIP
Negotiations between four municipalities with four deprived neighborhoods are in focus.
Healthy Neighbourhoods – city networking in multilevel context
Including the municipal public housing companies (and Swedish Association of Municipal Housing, SABO)
Partnership also includes
Örebro University
Swedish National Institute of Public Health
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Two periods 2004-6 and 2007-9
2012-06-08
Healthy Cities
•Includes social inclusion, •urban governance, and •sustainable welfare development
• potentials for urban planning and public health work
Healthy City – Social Integration, Urban Governance and Sustainable Welfare Development
Partnership 2003-2009
Research program 2003-
Potentials for urban planning and public health work
Two PhD students
Planning and organisation
Organisation at the University: Researchers and PhD-students (jointly Public Health Sciences, Center for Urban and Regional Studies)
Organisation of the Partnership:
Steering Group (politicians, practitioners, researchers), Coordinating committee, Working groups (strategic and operative levels),
Participatory approaches in research,
Annual conferences,
Webpage
Research assignments – part of the concept, right from the start
PERSPECTIVES OF STAKEHOLDERS
Politician: Johnny Andersson, Örebro
Public Health Coordinator: Eva Järliden, Örebro
Researcher: Charli Eriksson
PhD Student/PhD: Karin Fröding
1. What about sustainable structures for neighbourhood development in the Partnership for Sustainable Welfare Development?
2. What about components for fostering a trustful partnership in a local neighbourhood?
The Partnership from a research perspective
Analysis of the Partnership
This study analyses the development processes in these four partnership municipalities for achieving sustainable structures in area-based development programmes during and after the formal partnership period
Method
Using a case study database the study
includes nine in-depth studies with
interviews (n=68), participant
observations (n=125), a survey
(n=1,160) and documents
Result
Political support, Alliances and Citizen participation
are important building blocks in neighbourhood development work
However, when the partnership ended there was little left that could function as
a sustainable structure
Results
Political support Constant but shifted focus
Citizen participation Provided a foundation, despite reduced municipal support
AlliancesThe involvement of both the strategic and local level make
the best chances
Conclusions
Sustainable structure for neighbourhood development striving towards a more
equitable health can be created as a result of a partnership for sustainable welfare
development,
HOWEVER
A firm, long-term institutional commitment by the municipality is in this respect crucial
Participatory Research in Baronbackarna, Örebro
How was the participatory research process ?
Who participated?
6 persons; 3 women and 3 men
3 local citizens, 2 neighbourhood developer, 1 PhD student
Participatory Research
Planning: Research Ethical Review, Organisation of Working Group, Training, Development of Interview Guide, Sampling of participants, Scheduling of Interviews (one year)
Analysis,
Reporting,
and Feedback
Methods
Participatory observations, informal talks, telephone calls and visits
Field notes; official and private
Process lasted 2 years (2007 – 2009)
26 meetings in all 84 hours
Results
Results
In order to create an equal and trustful dialogue it was important to openly discuss the participants':
• individual situation• commitments• expectations
Results
In order to create an equal and trustful dialogue it was important to:
• Unmasking power and authority• Let the process take whatever time it
takes
Learnt lesson
Participatory research - One way to examine the conditions for a healthy and sustainable neighborhood
Participation from residents and local stakeholders is a prerequisite for the development of a practice-based research
Converging and Diverging Perspectives?
A TRUSTFULL PARTNERSHIP FOR KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
Promoting factors and barrier
Guidelines for APP Research
Develop a trustful academic-practice-policy partnership for research – it takes time
Fundamental are elements of communication, collaboration, and compromise
Genuine partnership require a willingness of all stakeholders to learn from one another
The knowledge and other products gained form research activities should benefit all partners
APP partnership requires a long-term commitment of partners
In conclusion - Lessons learned from the Partnership
• Partnership (legitimacy, cooperation, collaborative learning)
• Politics and Policy documents (legitimacy, pressure)• Local alliances (municipality and public housing
company)• Neighbourhood development (cooperation, participation,
long-term planning, economic resources)• Participation (important but… same people participate) • Participatory research and peer reviews (quality,
participation, knowledge development• Research (methodological support, knowledge
development but no ”quick-fix”)