title: Collaborating for breast health education and research. A university, industry, and community agency partnership.
abstract: Initiating a collaborative health education program about breast health required talent, expertise, and workload contributions from all involved including university researchers, a regional breast screening agency, and local industries. The credibility and opinions of liaisons or key informants were valued highly, and their support was critical to the success of the project. Participation in any collaborative project is predicated on benefits perceived by each of the partners. The community agency reaped the benefits of greater dissemination of their educational materials through the interventions. The project increased corporate and union awareness of the resources of this agency and in this community. Throughout the project, meetings and telephone conferences were held on a weekly or biweekly basis with the liaisons. Liaisons disseminated updates to management and union representatives.
authors.affiliation: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Stamler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malinowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001336:Automobiles; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000458:organization & administration; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*