de Leeuw Evelyne, Green Geoff, Dyakova Mariana, Spanswick Lucy, Palmer Nicola
La Trobe University Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
Health Promot Int. 2015 Jun;30 Suppl 1:i8-i17. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dav036.
This paper presents the methodology, programme logic and conceptual framework that drove the evaluation of the Fifth Phase of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network. Towards the end of the phase, 99 cities were designated progressively through the life of the phase (2009-14). The paper establishes the values, systems and aspirations that these cities sign up for, as foundations for the selection of methodology. We assert that a realist synthesis methodology, driven by a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods, is the most appropriate perspective to address the wide geopolitical, demographic, population and health diversities of these cities. The paper outlines the rationale for a structured multiple case study approach, the deployment of a comprehensive questionnaire, data mining through existing databases including Eurostat and analysis of management information generation tools used throughout the period. Response rates were considered extremely high for this type of research. Non-response analyses are described, which show that data are representative for cities across the spectrum of diversity. This paper provides a foundation for further analysis on specific areas of interest presented in this supplement.
本文介绍了推动对世界卫生组织欧洲健康城市网络第五阶段进行评估的方法、项目逻辑和概念框架。在该阶段接近尾声时，在整个阶段（2009 - 2014年）逐步指定了99个城市。本文确立了这些城市所认同的价值观、体系和抱负，作为选择方法的基础。我们断言，由广泛的定性和定量方法驱动的现实主义综合方法，是应对这些城市广泛的地缘政治、人口、人口结构和健康多样性的最合适视角。本文概述了采用结构化多案例研究方法的基本原理、综合问卷的部署、通过包括欧盟统计局在内的现有数据库进行数据挖掘以及对整个期间使用的管理信息生成工具的分析。对于此类研究而言，回复率被认为极高。文中描述了无回复分析，结果表明数据对于不同类型的城市具有代表性。本文为进一步分析本增刊中提出的特定感兴趣领域奠定了基础。
