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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Danielle Greene, MPH, Mari P. Millery, PhD, Emily A. Nishi, MPA, Alicia Peters, BA, Nancy L VanDevanter, DrPH, and the Co-Investigators of the Northern Manhattan Women and Children HIV Project. Center for Applied Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W. 168th St, New York, NY 10032, 212-305-0409, dg134@columbia.edu
Community collaboration and institutional partnerships are buzz-words in intervention and community work in the new millennium. More and more grant guidances are requiring "proof " of linkages and collaborative relationships as a funding requirement. Inter-institutional relationships can be complicated as they often require bureaucratic organizations to compromise and work together. What can make these public endeavors successful? The Northern Manhattan Women and Children HIV Project is a fifteen-year-old consortium composed of 5 hospitals (3 private, 2 public) and one university, that shares federal and state funding while maintaining additional grants, insurance revenues, and private donations individually. The consortium partners currently provide a full range of comprehensive social and medical services to 1,600 HIV infected and affected women, children, and youth. The special characteristics of this consortium that enabled its formation and sustainability, among competing hospitals, the intensive efforts necessary to maintain its existence, and the barriers faced will be identified. Among the characteristics that may have contributed to the success of the consortium are partnership, respect, cooperation, commitment, and leadership.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the learner will be able to
Keywords: Collaboration, Partnerships
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.