Social processes in academic-community partnership in health care. A grounded theory study

BMC Nursing

Susanna Pusa¹  Susanne Lind¹  Marie Häggström² 

[1] Institution of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Box 11189, 100 61, Stockholm, Sweden;Institution of Nursing Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Mittuniversitetet. OMV, 851 70, Sundsvall, Sweden;

关键词: Community-based participatory research;    Cooperative behavior;    Grounded theory;    Implementation science;    Intersectoral collaboration;    Nursing care;    Palliative care;    Public-private sector partnership;    Qualitative research;    Social interaction;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-021-00784-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundInternational and national guidelines state that palliative care should be offered to everyone who needs it. To promote the implementation of palliative care in nursing homes, a partnership collaboration was initiated with the goal of implementing high quality palliative care. The partnership consisted of three partner groups: a project group from a non-profit organisation providing health care, managers at the nursing homes and an academic partner. The aim was to explore the social processes within academic-community partnership in a collaboration project.MethodsDigital focus group discussions were conducted with 16 participants, representing all three partner groups. One individual digital interview was also carried out. A constructivist perspective of a grounded theory approach was used for data analysis.ResultsThe core category, partnership positioning, covers the social processes of the academic-community partnership in a collaboration project to implement and evaluate health-promoting interventions in clinical health care. The core category was found to have four categories: Pre-positioning, Co-positioning, Re-positioning and GoOn-positioning. The process of partnership positioning is conceptualised in a model.ConclusionsOur findings indicate that a new partnership in an implementation project needs holistic, systemic thinking. To enhance implementation in a collaborative project involving different professionals and actors a plan is required to facilitate positioning activities. The process, the roles and the components need to be clearly defined and documented, and the management of a system requires knowledge of the interrelationships between all the components within the system. The development of a conceptual model of Partnership Positioning contributes to knowledge concerning the social dynamic processes which can be applied to support future academic-community collaboration and/or implementation projects.Trial registrationNot applicable. The present study has not been considered as a clinical trial.

【 授权许可】

CC BY