Gesundheitswesen
DOI: 10.1055/a-2786-4697

Pediatric cancer leads to various health issues that call for long-term, cross-sectoral aftercare. Physical activity and exercise are effective regarding many outcomes, but remain underused in pediatric oncology. Initiatives like the German ActiveOncoKids network (NAOK) aim to integrate physical activity into usual care. Effective cross-sectoral networks require coordination and leadership. NAOK has made recent advancements in network coordination. This study aimed to better understand the role of network coordination to strengthen future network development and explored the tasks of network coordination and the required competencies from the viewpoint of NAOK stakeholders.In an exploratory approach, qualitative, partly structured interviews were led with 23 stakeholders of NAOK: members of the project team and the advisory board, physicians and exercise therapists from acute clinics and aftercare as well as affected families. The interviews were analyzed using structuring content analysis with concurrent deductive and inductive creation of main categories, dimensions and expressions.Based on the interviews, 3 main categories were created: current tasks on an organizational level, current tasks on an individual level and required competencies with 11 dimensions and 33 expressions overall. Regarding organizational-level tasks, network management as well as public relations were mentioned. Additionally, contact with locations such as clinics and both research and implementation efforts were stressed. Tasks at the individual level were identified by interviewees in counseling for both affected families as well as professionals. Mentioned competencies stretched across professional, socio-communicative and personal ones.The findings provide first insights into tasks and competencies in network coordination at NAOK. Both tasks and competencies that are being mentioned are very broad, which reflects the nature of pediatric oncology and cross-sectoral physical activity promotion. The study offers hints for future task allocation of network coordination and indicates the need for a competency framework.
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Oswald-Hesse-Straße 50, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany

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Gesundheitswesen
DOI: 10.1055/a-2592-5998

The scope and definition of health care research is a matter of discussion in our scientific community. The Board of the German Network for Health Care Research has drafted a position paper that was extensively reviewed and commented upon by all working groups and specialist groups of the network. The present version represents consented common grounds to a large degree but is neither complete nor final. We consider this position paper a living document that will evolve and further converge in an ongoing discussion in the network.Definition und Aufgaben der Versorgungsforschung werden in unserer wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaft diskutiert. Der Vorstand des Deutschen Netzwerks Versorgungsforschung hat ein Positionspapier erarbeitet, das von allen Arbeits- und Fachgruppen des Netzwerks intensiv diskutiert und kommentiert wurde. Die vorliegende Fassung ist zu großen Teilen konsentiert. Sie ist aber weder vollständig noch abschließend. Vielmehr betrachten wir dieses Positionspapier als ein living document, das sich in der laufenden Diskussion im Netzwerk weiterentwickeln und weiter konvergieren soll.
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Oswald-Hesse-Straße 50, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany

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