Potentials and Challenges of Mixed Methods

Illustrated using the example of understanding the impact of health/wellbeing promotion programmes in complex educational systems.

This lecture sets out to illustrate and discuss the potentials and challenges of mixed-method research designs with a view to capturing the complexity of health and wellbeing promotion programmes in schools. Particular focus will be placed on challenges related to the evaluation, sustainability and transferability of school-based interventions. Didier Jourdan is a professor at Blaise Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is one of the leading European scholars in the field of public health and health promotion in schools.

For all students and staff interested in the topic.