title: The role of effective partnerships in an Australian place-based intervention to reduce race-based discrimination.
abstract: Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity (LEAD) is an ongoing place-based pilot program aimed at improving health outcomes among Aboriginal and migrant communities through increased social and economic participation. Specifically, LEAD works with mainstream organizations to prevent race-based discrimination from occurring. The partnership model of LEAD was designed to create a community intervention that was evidence-based, effective, and flexible enough to respond to local contexts and needs. LEAD's complex organizational and partnership model, in combination with an innovative approach to reducing race-based discrimination, has necessitated the use of new language and communication strategies to build genuinely collaborative partnerships. Allocating sufficient time to develop strategies aligned with this new way of doing business has been critical. However, preliminary data indicate that a varied set of partners has been integral to supporting the widespread influence of the emerging LEAD findings across partner networks in a number of different sectors.
authors.affiliation: University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population Health, Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Angeline Samantha
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ferdinand
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Paradies
authors.forename: Margaret Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kelaher
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D063505:Racism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012111:Residence Characteristics