The healthy alliances (HALL) framework: prerequisites for success

Abstract

Partners in alliances bring in personal attributes and institutional characteristics that can form obstacles to successful alliances, but, when they are addressed in a flexible and positive way, obstacles can be turned in contributory factors, leading to many potential benefits, such as collaborative learning and innovation.

Present and future of nutrition guidance : lifestyle advice in primary care

“…The title of the sixth Heelsum workshop: "Practice-based evidence for weight management: alliance between primary care and public health" (66,(110)(111)(112)(113)(114)(115)(116)(117)(118)(119)(120)(121)(122)(123)(124)(125)(126) recognizes both professor Green`s vision that we need more practice-based evidence (20) and the most important theme of the Heelsum workshops (weight management), as well as the need for an alliance between primary care and public health to fight overweight and obesity, and all its comorbidities (type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, coronary heart disease, cancer) (59). Green et al gave four reasons for these alliances: most of the influences on weight management behaviour are beyond the control of primary care; they are not subject to the randomized controlled trial methods of evidence-based medicine; the ratio of intervention effort to impact does not favour clinical interventions; and physician support is needed for community intervention success (115).…”

Intersectoral Action to Enhance the Social Inclusion of Socially Vulnerable Youth through Sport: An Exploration of the Elements of Successful Partnerships between Youth Work Organisations and Local Sports Clubs

“…One result of this research project was a list of dilemmas and challenges for collaboration in health promotion (Koelen, Vaandrager, & Colomér, 2001). Combined with experiences and studies in several applied settings in the Netherlands, and with review studies on collaborative processes, these dilemmas and challenges led to the HALL framework (Koelen, Vaandrager, & Wagemakers, 2012). As the youth workers and the stakeholders in the local sports clubs lack experience in collaborating with each other, the HALL framework seems to be a useful framework to investigate the presence or absence of factors that contribute to the intersectoral action of youth workers and stakeholders in local sports clubs.…”

“…The three clusters are institutional factors, personal factors, and factors relating to the organisation of a partnership (Koelen et al, 2012). Institutional factors include targets of the involved organisations, organisational values, cultures, and rituals, and funding possibilities.…”

“…Factors relating to the organisation of intersectoral action help to deal with the institutional and personal factors that stakeholders bring into the partnership. Hence, factors relating to the organisation of intersectoral action may increase the quality and performance of the partnership (Koelen et al, 2012;Provan, Fish, & Sydow, 2007). Koelen et al (2012) described seven of these factors relating to the organisation of intersectoral action: a flexible time frame, clear roles and responsibilities, a clear communication structure, the use of the specific expertise and capacities of the organisa-tions involved, a shared mission, visibility of (the results of) the partnership, and a neutral and empowering management of intersectoral action.…”

De ActiviteitenDialoog: plannen maken doe je samen!

“…Voorwaarde is dat organisaties overeenstemming hebben over de missie en doelstelling van de samenwerking. 12,13 In de ene werkgroep was hierover vrij snel overeenstemming. Bij de andere werkgroep was dit lastiger doordat er veel verschillende organisaties met uiteenlopende belangen aan tafel zaten.…”