The impacts of relational organizing for health system and community collaboration: Early evidence from a rapid multisite qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the ways relational organizing practices impacted collaborations between independent or health system-affiliated community health clinics, public health offices, and community groups during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

Data sources and study setting

Between November 2020 and June 2021, we interviewed clinical and public health workers, clinic-based community organizers, and staff and volunteers at community organizations who participated in three COVID-19 response collaborations in the Northwestern United States.

Study design

This was a qualitative study employing participatory and rapid data collection and analysis methods.

Data collection

Research team members invited key participants in organizing efforts to a semi-structured virtual

SUBMITTER: Tuepker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10796278 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature