Competence Hub ‘Living Environments and Health: Participatory Methods

Project duration: 15.03.2019 to 14.06.2021

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär

Members of the project team: Azize Kasberg

Cooperation partners:

• Center for Continuing Education at ASH Berlin
• PartKommPlus -- Research association for healthy communities (coordination office)
• Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
• Hamburg Working Group for Health Promotion e.V.
• Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nursing and Health
• Dr. Stefanie Kiwi Menrath, cultural anthropologist and freelance cultural mediator in transcultural and participatory cultural education projects

Summary:
Participation is considered a key strategy in community health promotion. This applies all the more to the promotion of equal health opportunities. This is where the KLuG project comes in, offering local actors both skills training and guided experience building. The aim of the project is to develop a curriculum for modular workshops. It is being developed together with experienced actors in municipal health promotion. This workshop format with embedded projects will be developed in three stages. Training materials will be developed and a decentralized network of trainers will be established. This will enable the offer to be rolled out nationwide.

You can find detailed information on the research projecthere.

Village exploratory: Capturing community capacity through participatory research

Project duration: 01.04.2021 to 30.09.2021

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär together with Azize Kasberg M.Sc. PH

Project staff: Students of the theory-practice specialization "Community Health" in the BA Social Work

Cooperation partners in Heinersdorf: Praxisforschungsstelle, Denkmal-Kultur e.V., local council and members of the local council

Summary:
Heinersdorf (municipality of Steinhöfel) in Brandenburg has been pursuing the goal of enabling people to grow old well locally since 2014. At the beginning of 2021, a science-practice partnership was established between the Praxisforschungsstelle, Denkmal-Kultur e.V. and the Heinersdorf local council on the one hand and ASH Berlin on the other. In collaboration with students of social work, a survey on the topics of participation, village community, housing and mobility was jointly planned with the community capacity concept. Structured interview matrix and content analysis methods were used. 22 residents took part. The results showed that there are already many opportunities for participation. Development needs and further needs for action were identified for the topics surveyed. Finally, dialogue rounds with local stakeholders and regional decision-makers intensified network contacts and mobilized additional resources.

You can find detailed information on the research projecthere.

Evaluation "Network Healthy Children in Brandenburg"

Project duration: 01.11.2018 to 30.04.2019

Project management:Prof. Dr. Raimund Geene, Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär

Project staff: Ulrike von Haldenwang, Joachim Kuck, Quintus Sleumer, Katharina Lietz

Cooperation partner: Network Healthy Childrenhttps://www.netzwerk-gesunde-kinder.de/

Summary:
The aim of the research project is to evaluate the satisfaction of Brandenburg parents with the services offered by the Netzwerk Gesunde Kinder and the impact of the network on parents.

In close cooperation with the ministerial client and the state coordination of the network, field knowledge is collected as part of a rapid appraisal and access to the field is created. Interviews are conducted with both network families and non-beneficiary families. Results from the evaluated interviews will be reflected upon in focus groups and documented in the form of a final report, including conclusions and recommendations for action.

The results will provide information on the extent to which the right incentives are in place to encourage parents to participate in the network and the extent to which the network achieves the desired effect on the families/parents of the parents. In addition, supplementary needs and requirements for care structures and services are identified. To this extent, the evaluation can contribute to the further qualitative development of the Healthy Children Network.

You can find detailed information on the research projecthere.

Pilot study on the conception, production and evaluation of German-language videos on participatory methods in social and health research

Project duration: 15.03.2017 to 31.08.2018

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär

Project team members: Silke Geers, Dr. Christine Clar

Cooperation partners:

• Paritätischer Gesamtverband Deutschland
• Health Berlin-Brandenburg
• University of Ottawa

Our aim is to scientifically substantiate the formats "learning video" and "how-to videos" for teaching the participatory method "focus group" for the German-speaking area. Two videos with different objectives will be produced and an existing English-language video will be subtitled for German-speaking countries. Finally, the project will be evaluated together with users of the videos.

You can find detailed information on the research projecthere.

Project duration: 01.02.2018 to 31.01.2021

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär

Project staff: Ina Schäfer, Azize Kasberg

Cooperation partners:

• Marzahn-Hellersdorf district of Berlin
• Jugendwerk Aufbau Ost JAO gGmbH

Description: ^ElfE2 is carried out by the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. The Marzahn-Hellersdorf district of Berlin and the Jugendwerk Aufbau Ost JAO gGmbH are involved as cooperation partners. The steering group also includes researching parents from the first support center as well as representatives of the municipal administration, local experts, parents' councils and other stakeholders relevant to the topic.

The following objectives are being pursued in three project modules

1. Further development of strategies and structures for the regular participation of parents in district planning processes
2. Development of an action guideline for the municipal anchoring of parental participation in district planning and development processes
3. Establishment of dialog formats in order to bring the results of the ElfE research from the first funding phase "into the area" and to use them for the further development of municipal/institutional structures.

You can find detailed information on the research projecthere.

Project duration: 01.02.2015 - 31.01.2018

Project manager: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär, Prof. Dr. Theda Borde

Project staff: Ina Schäfer

Description: In the ElfE project, we, the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences and Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg, together with the municipalities of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin and Lauchhammer in Brandenburg, want to investigate and further develop the design options for successful transitions to daycare centers. ElfE is a partner in the research association PartKommPlus - Healthy Communities through Integrated, Participatory Strategies for Health Promotion. PartKommPlus is a project of the Participatory Health Research Network (PartNet) and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Here you can find detailed information on the research project.

Project duration: 15.06.2016 - 14.11.2016

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär, Prof. Dr. Anja Voss

Project staff: Dr. Michael Noweski, Maria Ihm (M.A.), Laura Fricke

In health prevention, a standardization process of the quality of measures is currently taking place by setting new quality standards. The aim of the project is to analyze the prerequisites for an inter-agency agreement process on common standards in obesity prevention for children.
The project is based on the QuAK project (01.06.2015 - 31.01.2016), which compiled an inventory of existing standards. On the one hand, the QuAK project was able to identify a basic consensus between scientific publications and practice-relevant actors in quality assurance in the above-mentioned field of action, but on the other hand, there was still a need for development of existing criteria catalogs and a low level of reception among them.
The follow-up project PräKiT follows on from these results. The aim is to determine the necessary prerequisites for the targeted development of quality standards. In-depth knowledge of the problems, attitudes, needs and potential for action of the stakeholders is crucial, as their perspectives have a decisive influence on the field. As part of the project, the team conducts interviews with experts from relevant cost and measure providers. On the basis of these interviews, the PräKiT project analyses the attitudes and resources for action in the organizations and formulates recommendations for shaping the communication process. The focus is on questions regarding the conditions under which a standardization of quality standards is supported and how this consensus process could be shaped from the perspective of the stakeholders.

Project duration: 01.06.2015 - 31.01.2016

Project management: Prof. Dr. Gesine Bär, Prof. Dr. Anja Voss

Project staff: Dr. Michael Noweski, Maria Ihm

A standardization process of the quality of measures is currently taking place in health prevention by setting new quality standards. The aim of the project is to take stock of the current quality standards for primary obesity prevention measures for children. Data will be collected through a systematic literature search in relevant databases and search engines (Medline, Springer Link, Thieme Connect, Google Scholar), as well as an analysis of relevant documents from science and practice. Although various organizations and specialist disciplines are involved in the standardization of the quality of measures, it is expected that, in addition to different concepts, there will also be similarities in terms of content. The results of the inventory are intended to show ways of developing common standards that can be established as part of a nationwide consensus process.

Hartung, S., & Bär, G. (2025). Participatory health research. In Federal Institute of Public Health (BIÖG) (ed.), Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention: Glossar zu Konzepten, Strategien und Methoden.doi. org/10.17623/bioeg:q4-i085-3.0

Hartung, S., & Bär, G. (2025). Participation in health promotion and prevention. In Federal Institute of Public Health (BIÖG) (ed.), Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention: Glossar zu Konzepten, Strategien und Methoden.doi. org/10.17623/bioeg:q4-i084-4.0

Völter, B., Bär, G., Kappauf, Z., Kuck, J., & Şenel, M. (Eds.). (2025).academize, professionalize, transform: SAGE-Hochschulen im Strukturwandel am Beispiel der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin. Barbara Budrich Publishers. doi. org/10.3224/84743110

Völter, B., & Bär, G. (2025). Foreword. In B. Völter, G. Bär, Z. Kappauf, J. Kuck, & M. Şenel (Eds.), Academize, professionalize, transform: SAGE-Hochschulen im Strukturwandel am Beispiel der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin(9-12), Verlag Barbara Budrich.

Alemi, A. L., Bär, G., Kasberg, A., & Huth, A. (2023). Growing old well in the countryside. Prevention and Health Promotion, 19, 442-448. doi. org/10.1007/s11553-023-01069-w

Bär, G., Fiebig, P., Katsch, K., Lepczyk, J., Neubert, C., Orschmann, S., Schaefer, I., & Wahl, A. (2021). Participatory work for municipal health promotion strategies. Sozialmagazin, 11-12, 35-42.

Bär, G., & Schaefer, I. (2021). Community health and participatory research. In H. Schmidt-Semisch & F. Schorb (Eds.), Public health: Discipline - Practice - Policy (pp. 259-283). Springer VS. doi. org/10.1007/978-3-658-30377-8_15

Bär, G., & Reutlinger, C. (2021). Maneuvering between social change, learning and the generation of new knowledge - The Bermuda Triangle of participatory research. In S. Flick & A. Herold (Eds.), On the Critique of Participatory Research - Research Practice in the Mirror of Critical Theory (pp. 156-184). Beltz Juventa.

Bär, G., Hövener, C., Wright, M. T., & Saß, A.-C. (2021). Democratic and emancipatory - Participatory health research has great potential. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 64(1), 137 - 139. doi. org/10.1007/s00103-020-03276-8

Hilgenböcker, E., Bär, G., & Kühnemund, C. (2021). Continuation of participatory research beyond the end of the project: Participatory quality development in community health promotion. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 64(1), 207 - 214. doi. org/10.1007/s00103-020-03271-z

Kasberg, A., Müller, P., Markert, C., & Bär, G. (2020). Systematization of participatory research methods. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 64, 146-155. doi. org/10.1007/s00103-020-03267-9

Bär, G., & Borde, T. (2020). Social work as health work - largely untapped potential. In B. Völter, H. Cornel, S. B. Gahleitner, & S. Voß (Eds.), Professional understandings in social work - contributions to an assessment from various perspectives (pp. 159-169). Beltz Juventa.

Voss, A., Kasberg, A., Schäuble, B., Völter, B., Bär, G., Piechotta-Henze, G., Höppner, H., Geene, R., Rätz, R., Hansjürgens, R., Dennhardt, S., Gerull, S., Köbsell, S., & Eichinger, U. (2020). SAGE science in social responsibility in and after the pandemic. In #systemrelevant: 50 years of applied SAGE sciences at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin (series on theory and practice). www. dzi.de/publikation/systemrelevant/

Geene, R., von Haldenwag, U., Bär, G., Kuck, J., & Lietz, K. (2020). User-oriented family health promotion - Results of the accompanying scientific research on the Healthy Children Network. Prevention and Health Promotion, 16, 95-103. doi. org/10.1007/s11553-020-00807-8

Wihofszky, P., Wright, M. T., Kümpers, S., Layh, S., Bär, G., & Schäfer, I. (2020). Reflecting in research communities: Starting points, formats and experiences. In S. Hartung, P. Wihofszky, & M. T. Wright (Eds.), Participatory research (pp. 63-84). Springer VS. doi. org/10.1007/978-3-658-30361-7_3

Bär, G., Kasberg, A., Geers, S., & Clar, C. (2020). Focus groups in participatory research. In S. Hartung, P. Wihofszky, & M. T. Wright (Eds.), Participatory research (pp. 207-232). Springer VS. doi. org/10.1007/978-3-658-30361-7_7

PartNet, Peter, S. v., Bär, G., Behrisch, B., Bethmann, A., Hartung, S., Kasberg, A., Wulff, I., & Wright, M. (2020). Participatory health research in Germany - quo vadis? Health Services, 82(04), 328-332. doi. org/10.1055/a-1076-8078

Schäfer, I., Bär, G., & the members of the research project ElfE (Germany) (2019). The analysis of qualitative data with peer researchers: An application example from participatory health research. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 20(3). doi. org/10.17169/fqs-20.3.3350

Haldenwag, U. v., Bär, G., Schwarz, E., Schäfer, I., & the members of the PartKommPlus research network (2018). Framework conditions and opportunities for parental involvement in early intervention through participatory health research. Results from the research project "Parents ask parents" (ElfE). Journal of Midwifery Science, 6(1), 44-46. https://www.dghwi.de/images/zeitschrift/ZHWi/Zeitschrift-DGHWi_11_Ausgabe_180527.pdf

Voss, A., Ihm, M., Noweski, M., & Bär, G. (2018). Quality discourse in childhood obesity prevention. In E. Quilling, U. Walter, & K. Dadaczynski (Eds.), Obesity in childhood and adolescence: Strategies and practice of lifestyle-related prevention and health promotion (pp. 137-152). Hogrefe Verlag.

Teichert, U., Bräunling, S., Müller, K., & Bär, G. (2017). The practice of public health. Results of WG 12 of the Future Forum Public Health, Berlin 2016. Public Health, 79(11), 940-943.

Bär, G. (2017). Health promotion as a social space-related field of action. In F. Kessl & C. Reutlinger (Eds.), Handbuch Sozialraum (pp. 1-18). Springer Fachmedien. doi. org/10.1007/978-3-531-19988-7_36-1

Noweski, M., Bär, G., Voss, A., Ihm, M., & Fricke, L. (2017). Quality standards in primary qualification - The expert survey PräKit. Prevention and Health Promotion, 13, 97 - 102. doi. org/10.1007/s11553-017-0630-1

Bär, G., Noweski, M., Ihm, M., & Voss, A. (2016). Obesity prevention in children: standard-setting documents. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 59, 1405-1414. doi. org/10.1007/s00103-016-2450-4

Bär, G., & Schäfer, I. (2016). Participation strengthens integrated community strategies for health promotion. Public Health Forum, 24(4), 255-257. doi. org/10.1515/pubhef-2016-2097

Bär, G., & Schäfer, I. (2016). Anchoring participation structurally and developing it systematically. The adaptation of a stage model of participation as a reflection tool in participatory research. Das Gesundheitswesen, 78(8-9), 576. https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1586608

Schäfer, I., & Bär, G. (2016). Quality criteria for peer research. Development of planning, structural and process quality in participatory research processes using the example of the project ElfE: Eltern fragen Eltern. Healthcare, 78(8-9), 576. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1586609

Bär, G. (2015). Locating health promotion locally. Spatial dimensions and temporal trajectories of the WHO setting approach in the neighborhood. Springer VS. doi. org/10.1007/978-3-658-09550-5

Fehren, O., & Bär, G. (2015). Participation in the neighborhood: exclusion or participation? Impulse für Gesundheitsförderung, 88, 14-15. https://www.gesundheit-nds-hb.de/fileadmin/Publikationen/Impulse/impulse-nr88-web.pdf

Bär, G. (2014). Health promotion in space: dimensions and trajectories in neighborhood-based setting analyses (dissertation). University of Bielefeld.

Voss, A., Bär, G., & Baeumer, F. (2014). Salutogenesis as an integrating concept for the health, social and educational professions? A look at teaching and professional practice at the Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin. Der Mensch: Zeitschrift für Salutogenese und anthropologische Medizin, 49(2), 49-53.

Bär, G. (2013). Scientific monitoring, formative evaluation and participatory research - methodological pitfalls for science-practice partnerships. Prevention and Health Promotion, 8(3), 155-162. doi. org/10.1007/s11553-013-0397-y

Bär, G. (2012). Participation in the neighborhood - health promotion with many addressees and dynamics. In R. Rosenbrock & S. Hartung (Eds.), Handbuch Partizipation und Gesundheit (pp. 172-181). Huber.

Bär, G., Schäfer, I., & Wright, M. T. (2012). Environmental justice in participatory health research. Participatory implementation of strategies to reduce health inequalities. In G. Bolte, C. Bunge, C. Hornberg, H. Köckler, & A. Mielck (Eds.), Environmental justice: Equal opportunities in environment and health - concepts, data situation and perspectives for action (pp. 295-306). Huber.

Blankenburg, A., Schäfer, I., & Bär, G. (2023). Everyone already at eye level? Quality development in the daycare setting - experiences of the participatory ElfE project. www. kindergartenpaedagogik.de/fachartikel/qualitaet-und-qualitaetssicherung/qualitaet-standards-forderungen-studien/alle-schon-auf-augenhoehe-qualitaetsentwicklung-im-setting-kita-erfahrungen-des-partizipativen-elfe-projekts/

Schaefer, I., Bär, G., & Lettner, D. (2020).Working participatively, compactly, innovatively. A guide to action AliceOpen, Publication server of the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin urn :nbn:de:kobv:b1533-opus-3293

Bär, G., Griebel, F., Kasberg, A., Markert, C., Müller, P., Schäfer, I., & Speltz, Z. (2021).Basic course on participatory work - Trainer:innenhandbuch. URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1533-opus-4498

Bär, G., Griebel, F., Kasberg, A., Markert, C., Müller, P., Schaefer, I., & Speltz, Z. (2021). Basic course on participatory work - handout for participants. Designing municipal practice projects with participatory methods.

Bär, G. (2021). Participatory research - Bermuda triangle or triple mandate? Basics, potentials and needs for further development. Lecture at the event Participatory Approaches inSocial Work Research, HAW Hamburg, 19.11.2021.

Bär, G., Kasberg, A., Markert, C., Speltz, Z., Griebel, F., & Schaefer, I. (2021). Basic training in "participatory practice" to foster municipal health equity in Germany. European Journal of Public Health, 31(3), ckab165.454. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.454

Bär, G., Frahsa, A., & Schaefer, I. (2021). Community health, participatory approaches and Covid-19. Presentation at the 1st Digital Congress on Poverty and Health 2021, March 16-18, 2021, Berlin.

Adler, R., Bär, G., Schäfer, I., & the co-researchers of the ElfE project. (2020) Strengthening cooperation between parents and daycare professionals: The dialog cards (recorded presentation by ElfE). Canceled Congress on Poverty and Health 2020, March 2020, Berlin. opus4. kobv.de/opus4-ash/frontdoor/index/index/docId/330

Voss, A., Kasberg, A., Schäuble, B., Völter, B., Bär, G., Piechotta-Henze, G., Höppner, H., Geene, R., Rätz, R., Hansjürgens, R., Dennhardt, S., Gerull, S., Köbsell, S., & Eichinger, U. (2020). SAGE scientists in socio-political responsibility. Statements on the corona pandemic and its consequences.https://www.ash-berlin.eu/hochschule/presse-und-newsroom/sage-wissenschaftler-innen-in-gesellschaftspolitischer-verantwortung/

Voss, A., Kasberg, A., Schäuble, B., Völter, B., Bär, G., Piechotta-Henze, G., Höppner, H., Geene, R., Rätz, R., Hansjürgens, R., Dennhardt, S., Gerull, S., Köbsell, S., & Eichinger, U. (2020).COVID-19 as a burning glass on precarious conditions. An interjection from SAGE scientists.www. ash-berlin.eu/fileadmin/Daten/News/2020/alice_40_Web.pdf

Bär, G. (2020)."ElfE-Eltern fragen Eltern" and "ElsE-Eltern stärken Eltern": Participation of parents in the daycare setting. Contribution to the 51st Network Meeting Network "Around Birth", Marzahn-Hellersdorf, February 19, 2020, Berlin.

Bär, G., & Kasberg, A. (2019). Participatory development of healthy cities: Which competencies are needed? Lecture and dialogical planning in the symposium of the Healthy Cities Network, June 6, 2019, Nuremberg. gesunde-staedte-netzwerk. de/wp-content/uploads/GSN_KLuG_Fachforum2.pdf

Bär, G. (2019). "Participation - who, how, what?": Lecture at the 2nd symposium "Gesunde Kommune" of the AOK Bayern "Gesund MITgestalten". March 19, 2019, Nuremberg.

Adler, R., Bär, G., Gieroska, N., Hoffmann, M., Katsch, K., Menz, K., Schäfer, I., & the co-researchers of the ElfE project. (2019).film as a participatory presentation of results in the project ElfE - Eltern fragen Eltern (presentation). Congress on Poverty and Health 2019, March 14, 2019, Berlin. partkommplus. de/fileadmin/files/Dokumente/ElfE/ElfE_Praesentation_2019_Armut_Gesundheit.pdf

Bär, G., Geers, S., & Clar, C. (2019).PartNet learning videos, pilot study. Focus groups: The art of making experiences of exclusion and equal opportunities an issue (Poster). Congress on Poverty and Health, March 15, 2019, Berlin. www. ash-berlin.eu/fileadmin/Daten/Forschung/5_Projekte/PartNet_Lernvideos___Pilotstudie/Poster_PartNet_Armut_und_Gesellschaft_Kongress.pdf

Bär, G., Geers, S., & Clar, C. (2019).PartNet learning videos, pilot study (poster). 3rd Berlin Workshop on Participatory Research, March 1, 2019, Berlin. www. ash-berlin.eu/fileadmin/Daten/Forschung/5_Projekte/PartNet_Lernvideos___Pilotstudie/PartNetLernvideos_Poster.pdf

Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin & Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (2018).ElfE recommendations for cooperation, steering and the systematic integration of participation as a component of municipal health promotion.partkommplus. de/files/Dokumente/ElfE/ElfeE_Empfehlungen_Maerz_2018.pdf

Bär, G., Kühnemund, C., & Wihofszky, P. (2018).Quality development of municipal health promotion (contribution to the workshop Evaluation of municipal activities). Joint Prevention Congress of the BMG and the BVPG, November 20, 2018, Berlin. www. bvpraevention.de/newbv/images/Publikationen/BVPG_Praeventionskongress_Dokumentation_2018.pdf

Bär, G. (2018).Gender-sensitive and participatory approaches in research on prevention and health promotion (presentation). DGSMP Annual Conference 2018, September 12, 2018, Dresden.

Bär, G. (2018)."Participation - from principles to practices": Lecture at the Healthy Cities Symposium "Participation and Health Promotion in Local Policy" of the Healthy Cities Network. September 5, 2018, Marburg.

Bär, G. (2018). Contribution to the workshop "Métodos participativos de investigación-acción" at the international symposium "Realidades Complejas y Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas". August 30, 2018, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Bär, G. (2018). theses on ElfE. Contribution to the international symposium "Realidades Complejas y Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas", August 30, 2018, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Bär, G. (2018).Movement in all areas. How can cross-cutting issues advance the health strategy? (Lecture). First Prevention Conference Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin, June 28, 2018. www. berlin.de/projekte-mh/netzwerke/gesund-leben/praeventionskonferenz/

Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. (2018).Parents asking parents - An inclusive architecture for local research co-operation in Germany (Poster). Workshop at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Norway (HVL), March 23, 2018, Bergen, Norway. partkommplus. de/fileadmin/files/Dokumente/ElfE/Poster_ElfE_Bergen_en.pdf

Geers, S., & Bär, G. (2018). PartNet learning videos, pilot study (poster). 2nd Berlin Workshop on Participatory Research, March 2018, Berlin. www. ash-berlin.eu/fileadmin/Daten/Forschung/5_Projekte/PartNet_Lernvideos___Pilotstudie/Poster_Projektvorstellung.pdf

Bär, G., Clar, C., & Schäfer, I. (2017).Literature and database research on the evidence of health promotion measures for socially disadvantaged people in relation to the work of the Health Equity Coordination Centers (KGC) (results report). GKV-Spitzenverband. file:///Users/robinabuff/Documents/ASH/Literature/KGC_Baer_2016.pdf

Bär, G. (2017)."Municipal health promotion and prevention. Is anything already working?": Lecture at the second Prevention Forum of the German Federal Association for Prevention and Health Promotion (BVPG). October 23, 2017, Berlin. www. praeventionsforum.org/2017/Praeventionsforum_2017_Dokumentation.pdf, pp. 10-11

Schäfer, I., Bär, G., Haldenwang, U. v., & the members of the ElfE network. (2017). Shared decision-making power? Testing participation as a research style. Info_Dienst für Gesundheitsförderung, 1/2017, 20-21 .

Bär, G., Schäfer, I., Bezela, L., & Geers, S. (2017).Participatory research in the field of tension between social science research and peer or community research (presentation). Annual Conference of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), Lübeck, September 5, 2017.https://www.partkommplus.de/fileadmin/files/Dokumente/ElfE/ElfE_Praesentation_DGSMP_2017_Handout.pdf

Bär, G., Voss, A., Noweski, M., & Ihm, M. (2016). Quality standards for obesity prevention in children - An inventory (QuAK). In Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (Ed.), Documentation Poverty & Health (pp. 1-10).

Bär, G. (2016). Quality in health promotion. The goal is clear, but who is on which path? (Lecture). 13th State Health Conference "Health promotion yes! But how? What we want to do together for more quality, sustainability and diversity of services", Berlin, October 12, 2016.

Wright, M. T., Block, M., Hartung, S., Bär, G., & Manke, D. (2015).Building a community of inquiry at a national level? Challenges faced by PartKommPlus - German research consortium for healthy communities. Presentation at the CARN Conference 2015, Braga, Portugal, November 6-8, 2015.

Kaplan, P., Clar, C., & Bär, G. (2015). Instruments to support science-practice partnerships in the community setting (IWiPP). International literature analysis and local survey. In Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg (Eds.), Documentation of the 20th Congress on Poverty and Health (pp. 1-6).

Bär, G. (2015). Municipal assessment tools to set up peer research partnerships and promote critical reflexivity. Getting prepared for peer-research within the German ElfE-Project (presentation). C2U Expo 2015, Ottawa, Canada, May 27, 2015.

Thiel, S., & Bär, G. (2015). Using peer research for integrated municipal strategies. Selection of peer researchers under consideration of social exclusion and vulnerability. In Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg (Eds.), Documentation of the 20th Congress on Poverty and Health (pp. 1-6).

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Bär, G., Janella, M., Kilian, H., Möllmann-Bardak, A., & Wagner, C. (2014). Who says what is good? The concept of participatory quality development for more health equity. eNewsletter "Wegweiser Bürgergesellschaft", 8/2014 (April 25, 2014). www. buergergesellschaft.de/fileadmin/pdf/gastbeitrag_baer_ua_140425.pdf

Bär, G. (2014). Of spatial structuring and mediation work. Studies on health-promoting urban district development. ipp info, 10(12), 13-14.

Bär, G. (2014).We need better explanatory models. ARL Nachrichten, 44(4), 18-21. https://www.arl-net.de/system/files/media-shop/pdf/nachrichten/2014-4/NR-4-2014_Baer_S18-21.pdf

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Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V., & the ElfE co-researchers. (2018). Card set: Change of perspective: For better understanding between parents and professionals (Ed.: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.). www. ash-berlin.eu/fileadmin/Daten/Forschung/5_Projekte/ElfE/ASH_ElfE_Reflexionskarten_A5_JUN20_DIGITAL2.pdf

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University of Ottawa. (2013). SIM - The Structured Interview Matrix (German translation: Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, 2018). [Video]. vimeo. com/272509916

Wilfling, D., Seifert, J., Meißner, M., Stenzel, P., Likus, J., Friedl, A., & Bär, G. (2017). Photovoice - a method told in pictures: A step-by-step guide (Ed.: Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin). https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-ash/frontdoor/index/index/docId/265