Impact and Lessons Learned from a National Consortium for Participatory Health Research: PartKommPlus—German Research Consortium for Healthy Communities (2015–2018)
Table 1
The projects in PartKommPlus.
Project Title (with abbreviation)
Focus
Parents Asking Parents: From Model Project to Municipal Roll-Out (ElfE2)
Parent peer research to promote the participation of vulnerable families in pre-schools
Participatory Evaluation of the Prevention Chain in Braunschweig (PEBS)
A participatory evaluation of the Braunschweig network to prevent poverty among families with children
Development of Municipal Health Promotion Strategies (KEG)
Developing municipal strategies for health promotion through a dialogue between research and practice
Health Promoting Neighborhoods (Age4Health)
Engaging vulnerable older people in developing local health promotion strategies
People with Intellectual Disabilities and Health Promotion Programs (HEALTH!)
Inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in health promotion strategies
Municipalities and Health Insurance Funds—Cooperating for Healthy Local Environments (K3)
Governance in municipal health promotion strategies with the focus on the cooperation between health insurers and public authorities
Participatory Epidemiology: From Data to Recommendations (P&E)
Participatory approaches to epidemiology and health monitoring