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Health in All Networks Simulator: mixed-methods protocol to test social network interventions for resilience, health
Jiri Kaan1, Ciska Ulug2, Kristina Thompson2
1Health & Society, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands jiri.kaan@wur.nl.
Background:
Social networks are an important, although overlooked, component of community-based health promotion. Advances in social network research have highlighted different social network intervention (SNI) strategies to improve community-based health promotion. The aim of this project is to collaborate with community and policy stakeholders to explore how to best apply these SNI strategies to improve the resilience, health and well-being of adults in Amsterdam, and more broadly in the Netherlands.
Methods And Analysis:
To this end, we will collaboratively develop an intervention planning tool called the 'Health in All Networks Simulator (HANS)'. This tool will be capable of virtually testing different SNI strategies and forecasting their possible impact on resilience, health and well-being. Taking a mixed-methods approach consisting of a combination of interviews, group model building workshops and agent-based modelling with members of two communities in Amsterdam and policy stakeholders, we will foster a shared learning process while ensuring ownership and relevance of HANS to ongoing community-based health promotion practice.
Ethics And Dissemination:
The research project has been approved by the research ethics committee of Wageningen University (approval numbers: 2024-039; 2024-226). HANS will be shared directly with stakeholders. The results will be made available to the public via open-access publications and conferences.
