Cargando…
The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health
Population health outcomes are directly related to robust public health programs, access to basic health services, and a well-trained health-care workforce. Effective health services need to systematically identify solutions, scientifically test these solutions, and share generated knowledge. The Wo...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2017
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28443274 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00070 |
_version_ | 1782520580288806912 |
---|---|
author | Paniagua-Avila, Maria Alejandra Messenger, Elizabeth Nelson, Caroline A. Calgua, Erwin Barg, Frances K. Bream, Kent W. Compher, Charlene Dean, Anthony J. Martinez-Siekavizza, Sergio Puac-Polanco, Victor Richmond, Therese S. Roth, Rudolf R. Branas, Charles C. |
author_facet | Paniagua-Avila, Maria Alejandra Messenger, Elizabeth Nelson, Caroline A. Calgua, Erwin Barg, Frances K. Bream, Kent W. Compher, Charlene Dean, Anthony J. Martinez-Siekavizza, Sergio Puac-Polanco, Victor Richmond, Therese S. Roth, Rudolf R. Branas, Charles C. |
author_sort | Paniagua-Avila, Maria Alejandra |
collection | PubMed |
description | Population health outcomes are directly related to robust public health programs, access to basic health services, and a well-trained health-care workforce. Effective health services need to systematically identify solutions, scientifically test these solutions, and share generated knowledge. The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Healthcare Workforce Alliance states that the capacity to perform research is an essential factor for well-functioning public health systems. Low- and middle-income countries have greater health-care worker shortages and lower research capacity than higher-income countries. International global health partnerships between higher-income countries and low-middle-income countries aim to directly address such inequalities through capacity building, a process by which human and institutional resources are strengthened and developed, allowing them to perform high-level functions, solve complex problems, and achieve important objectives. The Guatemala–Penn Partners (GPP) is a collaboration among academic centers in Guatemala and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that echoes the vision of the WHO’s Global Healthcare Workforce Alliance. This article describes the historical development and present organization of the GPP according to its three guiding principles: university-to-university connections, dual autonomies with locally led capacity building, and mutually beneficial exchanges. It describes the GPP activities within the domains of science, health-care education, and public health, emphasizing implementation factors, such as sustainability and scalability, in relation to the guiding principles. Successes and limitations of this innovative model are also analyzed in the hope that the lessons learned may be applied to similar partnerships across the globe. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-5385342 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2017 |
publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-53853422017-04-25 The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health Paniagua-Avila, Maria Alejandra Messenger, Elizabeth Nelson, Caroline A. Calgua, Erwin Barg, Frances K. Bream, Kent W. Compher, Charlene Dean, Anthony J. Martinez-Siekavizza, Sergio Puac-Polanco, Victor Richmond, Therese S. Roth, Rudolf R. Branas, Charles C. Front Public Health Public Health Population health outcomes are directly related to robust public health programs, access to basic health services, and a well-trained health-care workforce. Effective health services need to systematically identify solutions, scientifically test these solutions, and share generated knowledge. The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Healthcare Workforce Alliance states that the capacity to perform research is an essential factor for well-functioning public health systems. Low- and middle-income countries have greater health-care worker shortages and lower research capacity than higher-income countries. International global health partnerships between higher-income countries and low-middle-income countries aim to directly address such inequalities through capacity building, a process by which human and institutional resources are strengthened and developed, allowing them to perform high-level functions, solve complex problems, and achieve important objectives. The Guatemala–Penn Partners (GPP) is a collaboration among academic centers in Guatemala and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that echoes the vision of the WHO’s Global Healthcare Workforce Alliance. This article describes the historical development and present organization of the GPP according to its three guiding principles: university-to-university connections, dual autonomies with locally led capacity building, and mutually beneficial exchanges. It describes the GPP activities within the domains of science, health-care education, and public health, emphasizing implementation factors, such as sustainability and scalability, in relation to the guiding principles. Successes and limitations of this innovative model are also analyzed in the hope that the lessons learned may be applied to similar partnerships across the globe. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5385342/ /pubmed/28443274 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00070 Text en Copyright © 2017 Paniagua-Avila, Messenger, Nelson, Calgua, Barg, Bream, Compher, Dean, Martinez-Siekavizza, Puac-Polanco, Richmond, Roth and Branas. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Paniagua-Avila, Maria Alejandra Messenger, Elizabeth Nelson, Caroline A. Calgua, Erwin Barg, Frances K. Bream, Kent W. Compher, Charlene Dean, Anthony J. Martinez-Siekavizza, Sergio Puac-Polanco, Victor Richmond, Therese S. Roth, Rudolf R. Branas, Charles C. The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health |
title | The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health |
title_full | The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health |
title_fullStr | The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health |
title_full_unstemmed | The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health |
title_short | The Guatemala-Penn Partners: An Innovative Inter-Institutional Model for Scientific Capacity-Building, Healthcare Education, and Public Health |
title_sort | guatemala-penn partners: an innovative inter-institutional model for scientific capacity-building, healthcare education, and public health |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28443274 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00070 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT paniaguaavilamariaalejandra theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT messengerelizabeth theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT nelsoncarolinea theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT calguaerwin theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT bargfrancesk theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT breamkentw theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT comphercharlene theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT deananthonyj theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT martinezsiekavizzasergio theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT puacpolancovictor theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT richmondthereses theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT rothrudolfr theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT branascharlesc theguatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT paniaguaavilamariaalejandra guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT messengerelizabeth guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT nelsoncarolinea guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT calguaerwin guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT bargfrancesk guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT breamkentw guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT comphercharlene guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT deananthonyj guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT martinezsiekavizzasergio guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT puacpolancovictor guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT richmondthereses guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT rothrudolfr guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth AT branascharlesc guatemalapennpartnersaninnovativeinterinstitutionalmodelforscientificcapacitybuildinghealthcareeducationandpublichealth |