Exploring experiences among adopters during the diffusion of a novel dance intervention in Sweden

• Published in: International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1438697 - 8
• Main Authors: Carlsson, Noomi, Kullberg, Agneta, Johansson, Ida-Klara, Bergman, Paula, Skagerström, Janna, Andersson, Agneta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent girls; Attitude; Children & youth; Clinical medicine; Clinical trials; Collaboration; Content analysis; Credibility; Dance; dance intervention; Dancing - psychology; Decision makers; Decision making; diffusion; Diffusion of Innovation; Evidence-based nursing; Exercise - psychology; Female; Girls; Health education; Health Promotion; Health Services; Humans; Implementation; Influence; innovation; Internalization; Internalizing disorders; Intervention; Male; Mental health; Pediatrics; psychosomatic; Public health; Qualitative Research; Recruitment; Review; Somatoform Disorders - therapy; Stress, Psychological - therapy; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden; Teams; Teenagers; New York; Sweden; United States > US; Europe; innovation; psychosomatic; diffusion; dance intervention; Implementation
• ISSN: 1748-2631; 1748-2623; 1748-2631
• DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1438697

There is a demand for interventions aimed at adolescent girls with psychosomatic problems. In 2013, positive results were reported from a dance intervention programme addressing girls with internalizing problems. The research team behind the intervention immediately received requests from municipalities and county councils interested in using the intervention. From an implementation point of view it is unclear what made the intervention spread without an active plan. The aim of this study was to explore adopters' experiences about the diffusion and initiation of a public health intervention targeting adolescent girls with internalizing problems. Interviews were conducted with 12 people who were engaged in initiating the intervention in different settings. Data were analysed using conventional content analysis, yielding three categories: perceived appeal and trustworthiness, convenient information, and contextual factors. The results reflected that the participants found that there was a need for an intervention and found the dance intervention to be evidence based and not too complex to perform. Further, there was available information on the project which could easily be distributed to decision makers and others. When initiating the intervention, factors related to economy, possibility for collaboration and recruitment were of importance.