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Articles
Related Themes: 
Collaboration
Public Health
Primary Care
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Completed
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Building on a scoping literature review, our study aimed to identify the influencing factors within these organizations that affect the ability of these health care sectors to collaborate with one another in the Canadian context. Relationships between these factors were also explored.
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Seven major organizational influencing factors on collaboration were identified: 1) Clear Mandates, Vision, and Goals; 2) Strategic Coordination and Communication Mechanisms between Partners; 3) Formal Organizational Leaders as Collaborative Champions; 4) Collaborative Organizational Culture; 5) Optimal Use of Resources; 6) Optimal Use of Human Resources; and 7) Collaborative Approaches to Programs and Services Delivery.

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First Author
Authors Names: 
Ruta Valaitis, Donna Meagher-Stewart, Ruth Martin-Misener, Sabrina T. Wong, Marjorie MacDonald, Linda O’Mara and The Strengthening Primary Health Care through Primary Care and Public Health Collaboration Team
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Link to paper
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https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-018-3194-7