title: [Participatory Quality Development: Engaging Community Members in All Phases of Project Planning and Implementation].
abstract: Community participation, recognised as a central feature of successful health promotion and prevention, is often difficult to implement. In this research project internationally recognised methods of participatory health research were applied to demonstrate ways in which community members can be engaged. Participatory health research is characterised by a close collaboration between academic researchers, practitioners and community members in order to generate common knowledge. It is not a question of translating knowledge from research into practice, but rather a question of promoting a collective learning process on the part of all participants for the purpose of developing solutions which address the interests and needs of local people. The result of the project is a new approach for strengthening the quality of prevention and health promotion interventions: participatory quality development (PQD).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Soziale Gesundheit, Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berlin.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kilian
authors.affiliation: Institut für Soziale Gesundheit, Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berlin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Block
authors.affiliation: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Unger
authors.affiliation: Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit und Akademie für Sozialmedizin Niedersachsen e.V.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brandes
authors.affiliation: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziesemer
authors.affiliation: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.affiliation: Der Paritätische Gesamtverband.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenbrock
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009042:Motivation; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*