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Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship
BACKGROUND: Novel approaches are increasingly employed to address the social determinants of health of children world-wide. Such approaches have included complex social programs involving multiple stakeholders from different sectors jointly working together (hereafter Child Health Partnerships). Pre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-172 |
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author | Jayaratne, Kapila Kelaher, Margaret Dunt, David |
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description | BACKGROUND: Novel approaches are increasingly employed to address the social determinants of health of children world-wide. Such approaches have included complex social programs involving multiple stakeholders from different sectors jointly working together (hereafter Child Health Partnerships). Previous reviews have questioned whether these programs have led to significant improvements in child health and related outcomes. We aim to provide definitive answers to this question as well as identifying the characteristics of successful partnerships. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search identified 11 major Child Health Partnerships in four comparable developed countries. A critical review is focused on various aspects of these including their target groups, program mechanics and outcomes. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: There was evidence of success in several major areas from the formation of effective joint operations of partners in different partnership models to improvement in both child wellbeing and parenting. There is emerging evidence that Child Health Partnerships are cost-effective. Population characteristics and local contexts need to be taken into account in the introduction and implementation of these programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-29086132010-07-23 Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship Jayaratne, Kapila Kelaher, Margaret Dunt, David BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Novel approaches are increasingly employed to address the social determinants of health of children world-wide. Such approaches have included complex social programs involving multiple stakeholders from different sectors jointly working together (hereafter Child Health Partnerships). Previous reviews have questioned whether these programs have led to significant improvements in child health and related outcomes. We aim to provide definitive answers to this question as well as identifying the characteristics of successful partnerships. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search identified 11 major Child Health Partnerships in four comparable developed countries. A critical review is focused on various aspects of these including their target groups, program mechanics and outcomes. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: There was evidence of success in several major areas from the formation of effective joint operations of partners in different partnership models to improvement in both child wellbeing and parenting. There is emerging evidence that Child Health Partnerships are cost-effective. Population characteristics and local contexts need to be taken into account in the introduction and implementation of these programs. BioMed Central 2010-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2908613/ /pubmed/20565798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-172 Text en Copyright ©2010 Jayaratne et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Jayaratne, Kapila Kelaher, Margaret Dunt, David Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
title | Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
title_full | Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
title_fullStr | Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
title_full_unstemmed | Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
title_short | Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
title_sort | child health partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-172 |
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