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Saatchi AG, Pallotti F, Sullivan P. Network approaches and interventions in healthcare settings: A systematic scoping review. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0282050. [PMID: 36821554 PMCID: PMC9949682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The growing interest in networks of interactions is sustained by the conviction that they can be leveraged to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery systems. Evidence in support of this conviction, however, is mostly based on descriptive studies. Systematic evaluation of the outcomes of network interventions in healthcare settings is still wanting. Despite the proliferation of studies based on Social Network Analysis (SNA) tools and techniques, we still know little about how intervention programs aimed at altering existing patterns of social interaction among healthcare providers affect the quality of service delivery. We update and extend prior reviews by providing a comprehensive assessment of available evidence. METHODS AND FINDINGS We searched eight databases to identify papers using SNA in healthcare settings published between 1st January 2010 and 1st May 2022. We followed Chambers et al.'s (2012) approach, using a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. We distinguished between studies relying on SNA as part of an intervention program, and studies using SNA for descriptive purposes only. We further distinguished studies recommending a possible SNA-based intervention. We restricted our focus on SNA performed on networks among healthcare professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, etc.) in any healthcare setting (e.g., hospitals, primary care, etc.). Our final review included 102 papers. The majority of the papers used SNA for descriptive purposes only. Only four studies adopted SNA as an intervention tool, and measured outcome variables. CONCLUSIONS We found little evidence for SNA-based intervention programs in healthcare settings. We discuss the reasons and challenges, and identify the main component elements of a network intervention plan. Future research should seek to evaluate the long-term role of SNA in changing practices, policies and behaviors, and provide evidence of how these changes affect patients and the quality of service delivery.
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- Department of Business, Operations and Strategy, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
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- NIHR ARC Northwest London, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- University Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex, United Kingdom
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Biles B, Biles J, Friere K, Deravin L, Lawrence J, Yashadhana A. Appraising community driven health research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool. Health Promot Int 2022; 37:6717837. [PMID: 36161481 PMCID: PMC9511996 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Most research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been conducted by non-Indigenous people and has not been a positive experience for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This scoping review maps approaches to health research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities in Australia from the last two decades. A literature search found 198 papers, of which 34 studies met the inclusion criteria. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool was then used to map the quality of the reported community driven research. The Quality Appraisal Tool privileges, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's epistemologies and ethical research governance. The findings reported on strengths and identified areas for improvement in reporting community driven research.
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- Brett Biles
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Sturt University, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Albury, NSW, Australia
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- Three Rivers UDRH, Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Science and Health, Albury, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Sturt University, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Albury, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Sturt University, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Albury, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Health Equity Training Research & Evaluation, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity, UNSW Medicine & Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Social Sciences UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
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Katapally TR. A Global Digital Citizen Science Policy to Tackle Pandemics Like COVID-19. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e19357. [PMID: 32408267 PMCID: PMC7284491 DOI: 10.2196/19357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an extremely complex existential threat that requires cohesive societal effort to address health system inefficiencies. When our society has faced existential crises in the past, we have banded together by using the technology at hand to overcome them. The COVID-19 pandemic is one such threat that requires not only a cohesive effort, but also enormous trust to follow public health guidelines, maintain social distance, and share necessities. However, are democratic societies with civil liberties capable of doing this? Mobile technology has immense potential for addressing pandemics like COVID-19, as it gives us access to big data in terms of volume, velocity, veracity, and variety. These data are particularly relevant to understand and mitigate the spread of pandemics such as COVID-19. In order for such intensive and potentially intrusive data collection measures to succeed, we need a cohesive societal effort with full buy-in from citizens and their representatives. This article outlines an evidence-based global digital citizen science policy that provides the theoretical and methodological foundation for ethically sourcing big data from citizens to tackle pandemics such as COVID-19.
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Katapally TR. The SMART Framework: Integration of Citizen Science, Community-Based Participatory Research, and Systems Science for Population Health Science in the Digital Age. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2019; 7:e14056. [PMID: 31471963 PMCID: PMC6743262 DOI: 10.2196/14056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Citizen science enables citizens to actively contribute to all aspects of the research process, from conceptualization and data collection, to knowledge translation and evaluation. Citizen science is gradually emerging as a pertinent approach in population health research. Given that citizen science has intrinsic links with community-based research, where participatory action drives the research agenda, these two approaches could be integrated to address complex population health issues. Community-based participatory research has a strong record of application across multiple disciplines and sectors to address health inequities. Citizen science can use the structure of community-based participatory research to take local approaches of problem solving to a global scale, because citizen science emerged through individual environmental activism that is not limited by geography. This synergy has significant implications for population health research if combined with systems science, which can offer theoretical and methodological strength to citizen science and community-based participatory research. Systems science applies a holistic perspective to understand the complex mechanisms underlying causal relationships within and between systems, as it goes beyond linear relationships by utilizing big data–driven advanced computational models. However, to truly integrate citizen science, community-based participatory research, and systems science, it is time to realize the power of ubiquitous digital tools, such as smartphones, for connecting us all and providing big data. Smartphones have the potential to not only create equity by providing a voice to disenfranchised citizens but smartphone-based apps also have the reach and power to source big data to inform policies. An imminent challenge in legitimizing citizen science is minimizing bias, which can be achieved by standardizing methods and enhancing data quality—a rigorous process that requires researchers to collaborate with citizen scientists utilizing the principles of community-based participatory research action. This study advances SMART, an evidence-based framework that integrates citizen science, community-based participatory research, and systems science through ubiquitous tools by addressing core challenges such as citizen engagement, data management, and internet inequity to legitimize this integration.
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- Tarun Reddy Katapally
- Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
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Henderson J, Dawson S, Fuller J, O'Kane D, Gerace A, Oster C, Cochrane EM. Regional responses to the challenge of delivering integrated care to older people with mental health problems in rural Australia. Aging Ment Health 2018; 22:1025-1031. [PMID: 28463520 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1320702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Integrated care has been identified as means of managing the demands on the healthcare budget while improving access to and quality of services. It is particularly pertinent to rural health services, which face limited access to specialist and support services. This paper explores the capacity of three rural communities in South Australia to deliver integrated mental health support for older people. METHODS Thirty-one interviews were conducted with local health and social service providers from mental health, community health, general practice, residential aged care, private practice, NGOs and local government as part of a larger action research project on service integration. RESULTS Participants highlighted differences in service delivery between the communities related to size of the community and access to services. Three structural barriers to delivery of integrated care were identified. These are as follows: fragmentation of governmental responsibility, the current funding climate, and centralisation and standardisation of service delivery. CONCLUSION We conclude that despite a focus upon integrated care in mental health policy, many features of current service delivery undermine the flexibility and informal relationships that typically underpin integration in rural communities.
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- Julie Henderson
- a Southgate Institute , Flinders University , Adelaide , Australia
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- b School of Nursing & Midwifery , Flinders University , Adelaide , Australia
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- b School of Nursing & Midwifery , Flinders University , Adelaide , Australia
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- b School of Nursing & Midwifery , Flinders University , Adelaide , Australia
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- b School of Nursing & Midwifery , Flinders University , Adelaide , Australia
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- b School of Nursing & Midwifery , Flinders University , Adelaide , Australia
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Ekirapa-Kiracho E, Ghosh U, Brahmachari R, Paina L. Engaging stakeholders: lessons from the use of participatory tools for improving maternal and child care health services. Health Res Policy Syst 2017; 15:106. [PMID: 29297336 PMCID: PMC5751791 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-017-0271-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Effective stakeholder engagement in research and implementation is important for improving the development and implementation of policies and programmes. A varied number of tools have been employed for stakeholder engagement. In this paper, we discuss two participatory methods for engaging with stakeholders – participatory social network analysis (PSNA) and participatory impact pathways analysis (PIPA). Based on our experience, we derive lessons about when and how to apply these tools. Methods This paper was informed by a review of project reports and documents in addition to reflection meetings with the researchers who applied the tools. These reports were synthesised and used to make thick descriptions of the applications of the methods while highlighting key lessons. Results PSNA and PIPA both allowed a deep understanding of how the system actors are interconnected and how they influence maternal health and maternal healthcare services. The findings from the PSNA provided guidance on how stakeholders of a health system are interconnected and how they can stimulate more positive interaction between the stakeholders by exposing existing gaps. The PIPA meeting enabled the participants to envision how they could expand their networks and resources by mentally thinking about the contributions that they could make to the project. The processes that were considered critical for successful application of the tools and achievement of outcomes included training of facilitators, language used during the facilitation, the number of times the tool is applied, length of the tools, pretesting of the tools, and use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Conclusions Whereas both tools allowed the identification of stakeholders and provided a deeper understanding of the type of networks and dynamics within the network, PIPA had a higher potential for promoting collaboration between stakeholders, likely due to allowing interaction between them. Additionally, it was implemented within a participatory action research project. PIPA also allowed participatory evaluation of the project from the perspective of the community. This paper provides lessons about the use of these participatory tools. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12961-017-0271-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho
- Department of Health Policy, Planning, and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, New Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda.
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- IIHMR University, 1 Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer, Jaipur, 302029, India
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States of America
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Salsberg J, Macridis S, Garcia Bengoechea E, Macaulay AC, Moore S. The shifting dynamics of social roles and project ownership over the lifecycle of a community-based participatory research project. Fam Pract 2017; 34:305-312. [PMID: 28334748 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmx006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND . Community based participatory research (CBPR) is often initiated by academic researchers, yet relies on meaningful community engagement and ownership to have lasting impact. Little is understood about how ownership shifts from academic to community partners. OBJECTIVES . We examined a CBPR project over its life course and asked: what does the evolution of ownership look like from project initiation by an academic (non-community) champion (T1); to maturation-when the intervention is ready to be deployed (T2); to independence-the time when the original champion steps aside (T3); and finally, to its maintenance-when the community has had an opportunity to function independently of the original academic champion (T4)? METHODS . Using sociometric (whole network) social network analysis, knowledge leadership was measured using 'in-degree centrality'. Stakeholder network structure was measured using 'centralisation' and 'core-periphery analysis'. Friedman rank sum test was used to measure change in actor roles over time from T1 to T4. RESULTS . Project stakeholder roles were observed to shift significantly (P < 0.005) from initiation (T1) to project maintenance (T4). Community stakeholders emerged into positions of knowledge leadership, while the roles of academic partners diminished in importance. The overall stakeholder network demonstrated a structural shift towards a core of densely interacting community stakeholders. CONCLUSION . This was the first study to use Social network analysis to document a shift in ownership from academic to community partners, indicating community self-determination over the research process. Further analysis of qualitative data will determine which participatory actions or strategies were responsible for this observed change.
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- Jon Salsberg
- Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP), Kahnawake, Canada
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- Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP), Kahnawake, Canada.,Alberta Centre for Active Living, Faculty of Physical Education & Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and
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- Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP), Kahnawake, Canada
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- Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
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Rainwater Harvesting and Social Networks: Visualising Interactions for Niche Governance, Resilience and Sustainability. WATER 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/w8110526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Haynes E, Hohnen H, Katzenellenbogen JM, Scalley BD, Thompson SC. Knowledge translation lessons from an audit of Aboriginal Australians with acute coronary syndrome presenting to a regional hospital. SAGE Open Med 2016; 4:2050312116661114. [PMID: 27516880 PMCID: PMC4968102 DOI: 10.1177/2050312116661114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Translation of evidence into practice by health systems can be slow and incomplete and may disproportionately impact disadvantaged populations. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among Aboriginal Australians. Timely access to effective medical care for acute coronary syndrome substantially improves survival. A quality-of-care audit conducted at a regional Western Australian hospital in 2011-2012 compared the Emergency Department management of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal acute coronary syndrome patients. This audit is used as a case study of translating knowledge processes in order to identify the factors that support equity-oriented knowledge translation. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of the audit team and further key stakeholders with interest/experience in knowledge translation in the context of Aboriginal health. Interviews were analysed for alignment of the knowledge translation process with the thematic steps outlined in Tugwell's cascade for equity-oriented knowledge translation framework. RESULTS In preparing the audit, groundwork helped shape management support to ensure receptivity to targeting Aboriginal cardiovascular outcomes. Reporting of audit findings and resulting advocacy were undertaken by the audit team with awareness of the institutional hierarchy, appropriate timing, personal relationships and recognising the importance of tailoring messages to specific audiences. These strategies were also acknowledged as important in the key stakeholder interviews. A follow-up audit documented a general improvement in treatment guideline adherence and a reduction in treatment inequalities for Aboriginal presentations. CONCLUSION As well as identifying outcomes such as practice changes, a useful evaluation increases understanding of why and how an intervention worked. Case studies such as this enrich our understanding of the complex human factors, including individual attributes, experiences and relationships and systemic factors that shape equity-oriented knowledge translation. Given the potential that improving knowledge translation has to close the gap in Aboriginal health disparities, we must choose strategies that adequately take into account the unique contingencies of context across institutions and cultures.
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- Emma Haynes
- The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Frerichs L, Lich KH, Dave G, Corbie-Smith G. Integrating Systems Science and Community-Based Participatory Research to Achieve Health Equity. Am J Public Health 2016; 106:215-22. [PMID: 26691110 PMCID: PMC4815818 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Unanswered questions about racial and socioeconomic health disparities may be addressed using community-based participatory research and systems science. Community-based participatory research is an orientation to research that prioritizes developing capacity, improving trust, and translating knowledge to action. Systems science provides research methods to study dynamic and interrelated forces that shape health disparities. Community-based participatory research and systems science are complementary, but their integration requires more research. We discuss paradigmatic, socioecological, capacity-building, colearning, and translational synergies that help advance progress toward health equity.
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- Leah Frerichs
- Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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- Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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- Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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- Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Tsou C, Haynes E, Warner WD, Gray G, Thompson SC. An exploration of inter-organisational partnership assessment tools in the context of Australian Aboriginal-mainstream partnerships: a scoping review of the literature. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:416. [PMID: 25902772 PMCID: PMC4419564 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1537-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background The need for better partnerships between Aboriginal organisations and mainstream agencies demands attention on process and relational elements of these partnerships, and improving partnership functioning through transformative or iterative evaluation procedures. This paper presents the findings of a literature review which examines the usefulness of existing partnership tools to the Australian Aboriginal-mainstream partnership (AMP) context. Methods Three sets of best practice principles for successful AMP were selected based on authors’ knowledge and experience. Items in each set of principles were separated into process and relational elements and used to guide the analysis of partnership assessment tools. The review and analysis of partnership assessment tools were conducted in three distinct but related parts. Part 1- identify and select reviews of partnership tools; part 2 – identify and select partnership self-assessment tool; part 3 – analysis of selected tools using AMP principles. Results The focus on relational and process elements in the partnership tools reviewed is consistent with the focus of Australian AMP principles by reconciliation advocates; however, historical context, lived experience, cultural context and approaches of Australian Aboriginal people represent key deficiencies in the tools reviewed. The overall assessment indicated that the New York Partnership Self-Assessment Tool and the VicHealth Partnership Analysis Tools reflect the greatest number of AMP principles followed by the Nuffield Partnership Assessment Tool. The New York PSAT has the strongest alignment with the relational elements while VicHealth and Nuffield tools showed greatest alignment with the process elements in the chosen AMP principles. Conclusions Partnership tools offer opportunities for providing evidence based support to partnership development. The multiplicity of tools in existence and the reported uniqueness of each partnership, mean the development of a generic partnership analysis for AMP may not be a viable option for future effort.
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- Christina Tsou
- Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (WACRH), University of Western Australia; Inner East Primary Care Partnership, 6 Lakeside Drive, Burwood East, VIC, 3151, Australia.
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- Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (WACRH), University of Western Australia, M706, 35 Stirling Highway, Stirling, 6009, WA, Australia.
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- Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (WACRH), University of Western Australia, 167 Fitzgerald St, Geraldton, 6530, WA, Australia.
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- Midwest Aboriginal Organisations Alliance (MAOA), Eastward Rd, Utakarra, WA, 6530, Australia.
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- Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (WACRH), University of Western Australia, 167 Fitzgerald St, Geraldton, 6530, WA, Australia.
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Fuller J, Oster C, Dawson S, O'Kane D, Lawn S, Henderson J, Gerace A, Reed R, Nosworthy A, Galley P, McPhail R, Cochrane EM. Improving the network management of integrated primary mental healthcare for older people in a rural Australian region: protocol for a mixed methods case study. BMJ Open 2014; 4:e006304. [PMID: 25227632 PMCID: PMC4166139 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION An integrated approach to the mental healthcare of older people is advocated across health, aged care and social care sectors. It is not clear, however, how the management of integrated servicing should occur, although interorganisational relations theory suggests a reflective network approach using evaluation feedback. This research will test a network management approach to help regional primary healthcare organisations improve mental health service integration. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This mixed methods case study in rural South Australia will test facilitated reflection within a network of health and social care services to determine if this leads to improved integration. Engagement of services will occur through a governance group and a series of three 1-day service stakeholder workshops. Facilitated reflection and evaluation feedback will use information from a review of health sector and local operational policies, a network survey about current service links, gaps and enablers and interviews with older people and their carers about their help seeking journeys. Quantitative and qualitative analysis will describe the policy enablers and explore the current and ideal links between services. The facilitated reflection will be developed to maximise engagement of senior management in the governance group and the service staff at the operational level in the workshops. Benefit will be assessed through indicators of improved service coordination, collective ownership of service problems, strengthened partnerships, agreed local protocols and the use of feedback for accountability. ETHICS, BENEFITS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval will deal with the sensitivities of organisational network research where data anonymity is not preserved. The benefit will be the tested utility of a facilitated reflective process for a network of health and social care services to manage linked primary mental healthcare for older people in a rural region. Dissemination will make use of the sectoral networks of the governance group.
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- Jeffrey Fuller
- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Southern Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Positive Ageing Taskforce, Victor Harbor, Australia
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- Southern Adelaide-Fleurieu-Kangaroo Island Medicare Local, Bedford Park, Australia
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- Country Health South Australia Local Health Network Mental Health Services, Adelaide, Australia
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