402362 Primary health and long-term care (S) (WiSe 2022/2023)

At the end of this research-based seminar, students will be able to conduct a health services research project with an international or cross-country, comparative focus. The subject of the project is a problem of health and nursing care in the field of primary and long-term care.

The seminar is conducted in the frame of the research project “Advanced Nursing Practice and interprofessional collaboration in primary health care” (APN-PHC). In this research project, researchers from the AG 6 of the School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, the Western Paraná State University (UNIOESTE), Cascavel/PR, Brazil, and the National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, work closely together. They collaboratively analyse and compare the implementation and development of APN roles and interprofessional collaboration in primary health care in Germany and Brazil.

Participants of the research-based seminar are invited to discuss with the researchers the project and conduct own analyses. They will use focus group data of the main research project and elaborate on own literature and data research/analysis in order to understand and compare the health systems of Brazil and Germany, their primary health care organisation, nursing roles, and interprofessional collaboration of primary care doctors and nurses.
The course is divided into three thematic blocks.
In Block I, based on international literature research on the topic, the selection of the country/countries in focus of the research project will be discussed and research questions further refined according to the interests of the participants. Basic concepts/strategies of (a) primary health and long-term care, esp. primary health care nursing, and (b) international health system research will be introduced and/or deepened (drawing on MPH 5, MPH 7a, 7f).
In Block II, students develop a study design and plan their own study. Appropriate methods as well as approaches and challenges of conducting research in international contexts will be discussed.
In Block III, students conduct (elements of) the planned study. In the seminar, data collected will be collaboratively analysed and interpreted.