Local government officials׳ views on intersectoral collaboration within their organization – A qualitative exploration

Hendriks, Anna-Marie; Jansen, Maria; Gubbels, Jessica S.; Vries, Nanne K. de; Molleman, Gerard; Kremers, Stef

doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2014.10.013

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“…These networks and the growing body of literature on the topic support their application to overcome challenges facing contemporary public management and goals [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]. However, managing networks does not come without challenges and does require “network leaders” (the person tasked to manage and facilitate PHCs) to develop skills that navigate issues of accountability, autonomy, and organizational culture and mission differences [ 10 ].…”

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“…Listed as one of the Ten Essential Public Health Services, inter-organizational networks, referred to herein as public health collaboratives (PHCs), represent an essential function of public health agencies. Public health now includes traditional health partners, “but also entities that operate outside the traditional sphere of healthcare, such as faith-based and other non-health community-based organizations, schools, businesses, and other non-health governmental agencies…PCHs are frequently established to leverage resources and maximize the synergies that many agencies bring to the table” [ 9 ] (p. E1) as “networks” of organizations working collaboratively [ 10 ]. Given the increasing use of networks as an approach in public health, evidence to inform the management and evaluation of effective networks is essential.…”

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Patterns in PARTNERing across Public Health Collaboratives

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2015

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Inter-organizational networks represent one of the most promising practice-based approaches in public health as a way to attain resources, share knowledge, and, in turn, improve population health outcomes. However, the interdependencies and effectiveness related to the structure, management, and costs of these networks represents a critical item to be addressed. The objective of this research is to identify and determine the extent to which potential partnering patterns influence the structure of collaborative networks. This study examines data collected by PARTNER, specifically public health networks (n = 162), to better understand the structured relationships and interactions among public health organizations and their partners, in relation to collaborative activities. Combined with descriptive analysis, we focus on the composition of public health collaboratives in a series of Exponential Random Graph (ERG) models to examine the partnerships between different organization types to identify the attribute-based effects promoting the formation of network ties within and across collaboratives. We found high variation within and between these collaboratives including composition, diversity, and interactions. The findings of this research suggest common and frequent types of partnerships, as well as opportunities to develop new collaborations. The result of this analysis offer additional evidence to inform and strengthen public health practice partnerships.

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“…Data was categorized under a code after consensus between the two researchers was reached. Even though we also recognized the importance of motivational and capability related factors during policymaking [ 21 , 22 ], they will not be discussed in this article.…”

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Perspectives of Fijian Policymakers on the Obesity Prevention Policy Landscape

Hendriks

Delai

Thow

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BioMed Research International

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In Fiji and other Pacific Island countries, obesity has rapidly increased in the past decade. Therefore, several obesity prevention policies have been developed. Studies show that their development has been hampered by factors within Fiji's policy landscape such as pressure from industry. Since policymakers in the Fijian national government are primarily responsible for the development of obesity policies, it is important to understand their perspectives; we therefore interviewed 15 policymakers from nine Fijian ministries. By applying the “attractor landscape” metaphor from dynamic systems theory, we captured perceived barriers and facilitators in the policy landscape. A poor economic situation, low food self-sufficiency, power inequalities, inappropriate framing of obesity, limited policy evidence, and limited resource sharing hamper obesity policy developments in Fiji. Facilitators include policy entrepreneurs and policy brokers who were active when a window of opportunity opened and who strengthened intersectoral collaboration. Fiji's policy landscape can become more conducive to obesity policies if power inequalities are reduced. In Fiji and other Pacific Island countries, this may be achievable through increased food self-sufficiency, strengthened intersectoral collaboration, and the establishment of an explicit functional focal unit within government to monitor and forecast the health impact of policy changes in non-health sectors.

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“…According to Spiegel et al, (2012), the crosssectoral action is feasible for health activities. Collaboration requires a more collaborative organizational structure in practice (Hendriks et al, 2015). The issues contained in intersectoral collaboration are information share, service change, resource share and crosssectoral training (Burgess et al, 2016).…”

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Intersectoral Collaboration Issues, Actions, and Structure: Study of Generation Planning Program in Makassar City, Indonesia

Nasrulhaq¹,

Hadna²,

Madani³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Indonesian Association for Public Administration (IAPA 2019)

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This research aims to examine intersectoral collaboration in the Generation Planning (GenRe) Program in Makassar city, Indonesia, especially on its issues, actions, and structure. The government of Makassar city as a municipality in east Indonesia is severe to implement the program. The involvement of multilevel governance based government and nongovernment actors in the implementation of central government's programs delegated to local governments creates a collaborative relationship. It is one of a strategic program initiated by National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) and coordinated by the Ministry of Health, Indonesia, to solve and resolve adolescent problems in national and local level. The research method was qualitative focusing on the analysis of collaborative phenomena of the Adolescent Counseling Information Center (PIK-R) and Adolescent Family Development (BKR). Both of them are activities of Generation Planning (GenRe) Program. Data were obtained and analyzed sequentially and in a structured manner. The results and discussions of research show that there are essential issues in the Generation Planning (GenRe) Program that is mutually reinforcing on an ongoing basis. Collaborator's actions are based on their respective roles and duties. The roles and duties of each actor in the program vary based on the agreement and understanding. The structure of this collaborator was designed in vertical and horizontal integration form. Issues, actions, and structure of the intersectoral collaboration merge in every process and activity of the Generation Planning (GenRe) Program in Makassar city.

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Local government officials׳ views on intersectoral collaboration within their organization – A qualitative exploration

Cited by 36 publications

References 24 publications

Patterns in PARTNERing across Public Health Collaboratives

Patterns in PARTNERing across Public Health Collaboratives

Perspectives of Fijian Policymakers on the Obesity Prevention Policy Landscape

Intersectoral Collaboration Issues, Actions, and Structure: Study of Generation Planning Program in Makassar City, Indonesia

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