Time, tact, talent, and trust: essential ingredients of effective academic-community partnerships.
Building strong partnerships between academic institutions and community health agencies requires a commitment to time, tactful communications, talented leaders, and trust. The essential elements of partnership building are discussed based on experiences of a mid-Atlantic nursing center, an academic health center established to provide care to underserved and vulnerable populations.
Plowfield
Lisa Ann
LA
School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, USA. plow@udel.edu
Wheeler
Erlinda C
EC
Raymond
Jean E
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D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003691:Delaware; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017748:Time Management; D035502:Trust; D035862:Vulnerable Populations