Using the Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory to Strengthen Collaborations for Improving Maternal and Child Health
| Autor: | Isabel A. Morgan, Rebecca S Wells, Dorothy Cilenti, Lindsey Yates, Leslie deRosset |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
From the Field Community capacity Epidemiology General assembly media_common.quotation_subject Collaborative leadership Context (language use) 050906 social work 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine North Carolina Medicine Humans Quality (business) Social media Family 030212 general & internal medicine Collective impact Child media_common Medical education business.industry Public health 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Child Health Community Participation Obstetrics and Gynecology Measuring collaboration Leadership Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health 0509 other social sciences business Health department |
| Zdroj: | Maternal and Child Health Journal |
| ISSN: | 1573-6628 1092-7875 |
| Popis: | Introduction The Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory is a free, publicly available questionnaire about the quality and context of community collaboration. The purpose of this article is to share lessons from using this questionnaire in a North Carolina maternal and child health initiative. Methods In 2015, the State’s General Assembly funded five local health departments to implement evidence-based strategies for improving maternal and child health. Each health department formed a community action team for this purpose. Members of each community action team completed the Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory (Inventory) in the first year of funding and again 1 and 2 years later. Technical assistance coaches also asked community action team conveners to complete a brief questionnaire annually, and used these as well as Inventory results to plan for improvements. Results During the first year, community action teams emerged as strong in seeing collaboration in their self-interest. A primary challenge noted by conveners was engaging consumers on the community action teams. Strategies to address this included using social media and compensating consumers for attending meetings. By the second year, teams’ average scores in engaging multiple layers of participation increased, and eight additional factors became strengths, which generally continued in year three. The most consistent challenge was supporting community action teams administratively. Discussion The Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory provided a feasible tool for identifying opportunities for improvement in several local, cross-sector partnerships, suggesting promise for other communities seeking to enhance their collective impact on maternal and child health. |
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