Developing National Performance Standards for Local Public Health Systems

A Systematic Review of Collaboration and Network Research in the Public Affairs Literature: Implications for Public Health Practice and Research

“…5---8 New public health approaches are being developed to appropriately assess how an array of diverse partners are collectively and systematically addressing complex public health problems and population health goals. 9 Despite this rise of collaborative practice in public health, empirical evidence in the public health literature to support, guide, and inform practice is lacking. This is not surprising because evidence-based studies in public health are typically epidemiological, yielding risk factors for disease and determining optimal treatment approaches.…”

Collaborative Performance as a Function of Network Members’ Perceptions of Success

“…Such networks are becoming a critical function of successful health departments, with a focus on a continuum of outcomes from categorical issues to broad fundamental social determinants (Brownson, Baker, & Novick, 1999;Butterfoss, Goodman, Wandersman, 1993;Christoffel, 2000;Roussos & Fawcett, 2000). A new set of public health approaches is being developed to appropriately assess how an array of diverse partners are collectively and systematically addressing complex public health problems and population health goals (Bakes-Martin, Corso, Landrum, Fisher, & Halverson, 2007). Often embedded in communities, these partnerships, also referred to as coalitions, alliances, and consortia (Lasker & Weiss, 2003), are intended to promote organizations that work together as a "collective" to tackle public health issues (Mays & Scutchfield, 2010;Varda et al, 2008).…”

New Perspectives on the “Silo Effect”: Initial Comparisons of Network Structures Across Public Health Collaboratives

“…As a result, a new set of public health approaches are being developed to appropriately assess how an array of diverse partners are collectively and systematically addressing complex public health problems and population health goals. 8 With the practice of collaboration growing within the public health system 3,4 these partnerships, also referred to as coalitions, alliances, and consortia, 9 are often embedded in communities with the intent to encourage organizations to work together as a collective to tackle public health issues. 1,10,11 In a collective, participation is built, in part, through partnerships that are "created by an understanding that the antecedents of poor health are multi-factorial and thus require a multisystemic approach."…”