The role of leadership and management in six southern public health partnerships: A study of member involvement and satisfaction Journal Article
| Authors: | Weiss, E. S.; Taber, S. K.; Breslau, E. S.; Lillie, S. E.; Li, Y. |
| Article Title: | The role of leadership and management in six southern public health partnerships: A study of member involvement and satisfaction |
| Abstract: | Research has led to greater understanding of what is needed to create and sustain well-functioning public health partnerships. However, a partnership's ability to foster an environment that encourages broad member involvement in discussions, decision making, and activities has received scant empirical attention. This study examined the relationship between partnership members' perceptions of how well leadership and management facilitated their involvement, and their satisfaction with their role and influence within the partnership. Data came from 60 individuals who participated in two waves of a quantitative process evaluation of six southern interorganizational partnerships, formed as part of a national pilot project to increase cervical and breast cancer screening rates. Results suggested that environments fostering broad partner involvement were associated with measures of member satisfaction, controlling for other partnership characteristics. Findings indicated that facilitation of member involvement deserves increased consideration from researchers and practitioners as an indicator of the quality of partnership functioning. © 2010 by SOPHE. |
| Keywords: | united states; methodology; statistics; breast neoplasms; government; early diagnosis; public health service; breast tumor; cooperative behavior; national cancer institute (u.s.); leadership; uterine cervical neoplasms; early detection of cancer; uterine cervix tumor; national health organization; cooperation; public relations; non profit organization; centers for disease control and prevention (u.s.); public health administration; partnership evaluation; partnership leadership; partnership research; public health partnerships; american cancer society; interinstitutional relations; united states department of agriculture |
| Journal Title: | Health Education & Behavior |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 1090-1981 |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2010-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 737 |
| End Page: | 752 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1090198110364613 |
| PUBMED: | 20930135 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 20 April 2011" - "CODEN: HEDBF" - "Source: Scopus" |
