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Taranaki community partnership model
Author(s) -
Sylvester,
Mctavish
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2834.1998.00048.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , feeling , public relations , community health , phone , sustainability , community organization , community nursing , nursing , psychology , sociology , medical education , business , medicine , political science , public health , social psychology , biology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , finance
Background This exercise was undertaken as part of a re‐engineering of community health services. ‘Community’ needed to be defined in order to understand its components, to develop a philosophy and a common understanding to assist in the re‐engineering process. Aim To define community health as it is understood by practitioners in the Taranaki province. Method Workshops were held involving as many community workers as possible. Newsletters kept staff informed of developments. Individual interviews and phone calls also featured. Findings A community partnership model was developed encompassing the concepts of equity, communication, responsiveness and sustainability. The people working within the model were staff, client and customer. Conclusion This was a worthwhile exercise that resulted in a unique model developed by practitioners for practitioners which gave a feeling of `belonging' to a fragmented service. It has uses in further research, in education and in the day to day running of community services.