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Identification of Network Promoters in a Regional and Intersectoral Health Promotion Network: A Qualitative Social Network Analysis in Southern Germany

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  • Tobias Fleuren

    (Department of Social and Health Sciences of Sport, Institute of Sport Science, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany)

  • Ansgar Thiel

    (Department of Social and Health Sciences of Sport, Institute of Sport Science, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany)

  • Annika Frahsa

    (Department of Social and Health Sciences of Sport, Institute of Sport Science, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)

Abstract

Health in all policies is a key approach to promote health and calls for cooperation between diverse levels of government and different sectors. In this paper, we analyze how a network called ‘Healthy Region Plus’ in Southern Germany addresses intersectoral cooperation at city and county levels. We aim to analyze the different roles of actors involved in the network based on the promoter model. We conducted two socio-material network mappings based on the Net-map approach by Schiffer and Hauck. The analysis followed three steps: data visualization, descriptive analysis of network properties, and interpretation of findings. Our findings reveal a complex intersectoral cooperation structure, with county and city level clusters, with network members who act as diverse power, expert, process, or relationship promoters. We also identified certain relevant sectors not to be part of the network. We discuss that the success of the network depends on the members’ active participation in and their outreach beyond the existing network, between city and county levels, and across sectors to promote health and build health-promoting structures in the region.

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  • Tobias Fleuren & Ansgar Thiel & Annika Frahsa, 2021. "Identification of Network Promoters in a Regional and Intersectoral Health Promotion Network: A Qualitative Social Network Analysis in Southern Germany," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-15, August.
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