Being Well-Connected: Starting and Maintaining Successful Partnerships

Goldman, Karen Denard; Schmalz, Kathleen Jahn

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“…The main common goal is to create more opportunities for young people to be physically active and to facilitate transfer of an active lifestyle between the school and community. It is advisable that shared goals are stipulated in the partners' action plan with links to specific time frames and to the organizational input of the partners (Epstein, 2001;Goldman & Schmalz, 2008;Roussos & Fawcett, 2000). The potential input of schools and their partners as well as the objective of transfer are illustrated by the framework in Figures 1 and 2.…”

Section: Composition Of the Framework: Sustainable School-community Pmentioning

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“…Training on action planning for school-community partnerships could also be provided. Developing an action plan with shared goals is an important step toward partnerships for health promotion and is crucial for the functioning of a work group as proposed by the framework (Epstein, 2001;Goldman & Schmalz, 2008;Roussos & Fawcett, 2000).…”

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A Framework for Physical Activity Programs Within School–Community Partnerships

Acker

Bourdeaudhuij

Martelaer

et al. 2011

Quest

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School-community partnerships have shown their potential as incubators for innovations and for contributing to comprehensive physical activity (PA) programs. However, implementation frameworks for school-community partnerships that allow local tailoring of PA programs remain scarce. The present paper aims at documenting the composition of a framework for PA programs within schoolcommunity partnerships. The framework addresses socioecological strategies to promote extracurricular PA opportunities for pupils, which are integrated into five complementary components. To implement and reinforce the five components of the framework, involvement of schools, pupils, family, and community is facilitated by sustainable partnerships between these stakeholders. Partnerships are not only recommended on the school and community level, but also on a broader regional level that covers multiple communities. The development of the framework was an effort to integrate school-community partnerships into a flexible implementation framework for PA promotion. Implications of the framework for research agendas, professional education, and policy are formulated.

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Section: Composition Of the Framework: Sustainable School-community Pmentioning

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Section: Professional Educationmentioning

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A Framework for Physical Activity Programs Within School–Community Partnerships

Acker

Bourdeaudhuij

Martelaer

et al. 2011

Quest

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“…Trust and respect between all parties, built over time, are essential [11,14-19] for an equitable, collaborative partnership [9]; these require sustained contact, preferably including face-to-face meetings. All partners should also share a common language [20] and have common goals [17,18,21] in order to unify the partnership’s purpose and increase a sense of commitment among members.…”

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“…All partners should also share a common language [20] and have common goals [17,18,21] in order to unify the partnership’s purpose and increase a sense of commitment among members. It is important that there are clear roles and expectations [14] for all parties that accommodate different needs and capacities, and that leadership is inclusive [22]. More specific to KT activities, knowledge exchange should be a two-way process – it should be understood and accepted in the group that both knowledge-users and researchers bring different types of knowledge to the table and can learn from each other [23].…”

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Evaluation of partnerships in a transnational family violence prevention network using an integrated knowledge translation and exchange model: a mixed methods study

Kothari

Sibbald

Wathen

2014

Health Res Policy Sys

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BackgroundFamily violence is a significant and complex public health problem that demands collaboration between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for systemic, sustainable solutions. An integrated knowledge translation network was developed to support joint research production and application in the area. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the international Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan (PreVAiL) Research Network built effective partnerships among its members, with a focus on the knowledge user partner perspective.MethodsThis mixed-methods study employed a combination of questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to understand partnerships two years after PreVAiL’s inception. The questionnaire examined communication, collaborative research, dissemination of research, research findings, negotiation, partnership enhancement, information needs, rapport, and commitment. The interviews elicited feedback about partners’ experiences with being part of the network.ResultsFive main findings were highlighted: i) knowledge user partner involvement varied across activities, ranging from 11% to 79% participation rates; ii) partners and researchers generally converged on their assessment of communication indicators; iii) partners valued the network at both an individual level and to fulfill their organizations’ mandates; iv) being part of PreVAiL allowed partners to readily contact researchers, and partners felt comfortable acting as an intermediary between PreVAiL and the rest of their own organization; v) application of research was just emerging; partners needed more actionable insights to determine ways to move forward given the research at that point in time.ConclusionsOur results demonstrate the importance of developing and nurturing strong partnerships for integrated knowledge translation. Our findings are applicable to other network-oriented partnerships where a diversity of stakeholders work to address complex, multi-faceted public health problems.

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“…The groundwork preparation for a partnership [32], as well as stakeholder engagement and commitment could be arduous but critical for success. Partnerships and collaboration (shared risks in order to enhance capacity) are different from simple networking (exchange of information) and from coordination (shared activities and schedules).…”

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Municipalities Collaborating in Public Health: The Danish Smoking Prevention and Cessation Partnership

Andersen

Ansari

Rasmussen

et al. 2010

IJERPH

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This study explored the Smoking Prevention and Cessation Partnership (SPCP) which builds upon a collaboration between two Danish municipalities targeted at the prevention of tobacco smoking. The aim of the study was to describe the processes of SPCP, to examine the difficulties this collaboration faced, and to assess how these experiences could be used to improve future partnership collaboration. We employed qualitative methodology comprising 12 semi-structured one-to-one interviews with SPCP’s stakeholders and an analysis of the partnership documents and reports. The findings suggested that the main potentials of the partnership were the personal relations between the members and stakeholders with the possibilities of the creation of new connections with other actors. Barriers to successful partnership building were the implementation of the new Local Government Reform as a competing task, and that the two municipalities were heterogenic in respect to organizational issues and working methods. Other impediments included the lack of continuity in leadership, the lack of clarity regarding the form of collaboration and roles, as well as different expectations of the stakeholders. We conclude that four factors remain critical for partnerships. The first is the clarity of the collaborative effort. Second, partnerships need to take into account the structural circumstances and culture/value systems of all stakeholders. Third is the impact of contextual factors on the development of the partnership; and the fourth factor is the bearing of personal/individual factors on the partnership e.g., personal engagement in the project. Early attention to these four factors could contribute to more effective partnership working.

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Being Well-Connected: Starting and Maintaining Successful Partnerships

Cited by 19 publications

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A Framework for Physical Activity Programs Within School–Community Partnerships

A Framework for Physical Activity Programs Within School–Community Partnerships

Evaluation of partnerships in a transnational family violence prevention network using an integrated knowledge translation and exchange model: a mixed methods study

Municipalities Collaborating in Public Health: The Danish Smoking Prevention and Cessation Partnership

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