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Measuring partnership synergy and functioning: Multi-stakeholder collaboration in primary health care
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0252299 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2021.
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Abstract
- In primary health care, multi-stakeholder partnerships between clinicians, policy makers, academic representatives and other stakeholders to improve service delivery are becoming more common. Literature on processes and approaches that enhance partnership effectiveness is growing. However, evidence on the performance of the measures of partnership functioning and the achievement of desired outcomes is still limited, due to the field’s definitional ambiguity and the challenges inherent in measuring complex and evolving collaborative processes. Reliable measures are needed for external or self-assessment of partnership functioning, as intermediate steps in the achievement of desired outcomes. We adapted the Partnership Self-Assessment Tool (PSAT) and distributed it to multiple stakeholders within five partnerships in Canada and Australia. The instrument contained a number of partnership functioning sub-scales. New sub-scales were developed for the domains of communication and external environment. Partnership synergy was assessed using modified Partnership Synergy Processes and Partnership Synergy Outcomes sub-scales, and a combined Partnership Synergy scale. Ranking by partnership scores was compared with independent ranks based on a qualitative evaluation of the partnerships’ development. 55 (90%) questionnaires were returned. Our results indicate that the instrument was capable of discriminating between different levels of dimensions of partnership functioning and partnership synergy even in a limited sample. The sub-scales were sufficiently reliable to have the capacity to discriminate between individuals, and between partnerships. There was negligible difference in the correlations between different partnership functioning dimensions and Partnership Synergy sub-scales. The Communication and External Environment sub-scales did not perform well metrically. The adapted partnership assessment tool is suitable for assessing the achievement of partnership synergy and specific indicators of partnership functioning. Further development of Communication and External Environment sub-scales is warranted. The instrument could be applied to assess internal partnership performance on key indicators across settings, in order to determine if the collaborative process is working well.
- Subjects :
- Knowledge management
Service delivery framework
Economics
Primary health care
Social Sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cognition
Endocrinology
Medical Conditions
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Cooperative Behavior
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Measurement
Multidisciplinary
Ambiguity
Qualitative Studies
Socioeconomic Aspects of Health
3. Good health
Research Design
General partnership
Scale (social sciences)
Medicine
Engineering and Technology
0305 other medical science
Research Article
Canada
Process (engineering)
Endocrine Disorders
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Science
Decision Making
Sample (statistics)
Research and Analysis Methods
03 medical and health sciences
ComputerApplications_MISCELLANEOUS
Diabetes Mellitus
Humans
Primary Care
030505 public health
Health Care Policy
Primary Health Care
business.industry
Cognitive Psychology
Administrative Personnel
Biology and Life Sciences
Health Care
Ranking
Metabolic Disorders
Cognitive Science
business
Delivery of Health Care
Finance
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....090bf6ae2ed0046ef1c283678ffc1191