title: An interinstitutional academic collaborative partnership to end health disparities.
abstract: Much has been published in the health care literature describing partnerships between academic institutions and community or health care agencies that are designed to improve health outcomes in medically underserved populations. However, little has been published regarding partnerships between minority- and majority-serving academic institutions with this same aim. Key principles of collaborative partnerships are used in a descriptive analysis of the development, functions, and benefits of such an interinstitutional academic partnership that was formed to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in rural South Carolina. Lessons learned from the partnership parallel other human relationships where mutual respect and trust, open and clear communication, and shared decision and problem solving are important for building and sustaining partnerships.
authors.affiliation: Clemson University, South Carolina 29634-0712, USA. logan@clemson.edu
authors.forename: Barbara N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: Leroy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Veronica G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009026:Mortality / Q000208:ethnology; D011340:Problem Solving; D012423:Rural Health; D013022:South Carolina; D035502:Trust; D014495:Universities