Toward the economic evaluation of participatory approaches in health promotion: lessons from four German physical activity promotion projects.

ABSTRACT: Health promotion increasingly employs participatory approaches, but the question arises whether the likely higher costs of participation also translate into greater benefits. This article takes a first step toward a full health economic evaluation by comprehensively reporting the costs of a specific participatory approach, Cooperative Planning, in a German research consortium to promote physical activity. We conducted a costing analysis of Cooperative Planning at 22 sites across six settings. Project teams used a custom template to record resource use. We calculated average costs per meeting, site and setting using the opportunity costs approach, and obtained feedback from participating researchers. A total of 144 planning meetings with an average of nine participants were conducted. Costs

SUBMITTER: Gelius PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8670626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature