Collaborating to evaluate

Who could your collaborators be? Collaborators ?

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Evaluating the Impact of the ‘Patient as Professional within a Network’ Tool to Self-Manage Chronic Disease Linked to project: Interprofessional Learning in Primary Health Care to Encourage Active Patient Self- Management of Chronic Disease Health professionals Consumers Community organizations Collaborative links

Community coalition re Diabetes (Hill et al., 2008) This was successful because:  Long-term collaboration  Equal participation  Broad membership  Recognition of efforts by insiders and outsiders  Timing & persistence  Acknowledgment that policy change takes time  Empowerment, and voice of community  University as equal partner  Shared vision and collaboration Hill, A., de Zapien, J.G., Stewart, R.,Whitmer, M., et al. (2008). Building a successful community coalition-university partnership at the Arizona-Sonora border. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action., 2 (3),

How do I find collaborators ? Collaborators ?

The Chronic Disease Self-Management Tools Evaluation Network (CDSMTEN) WHAT DOES THE CDSMTEN INVOLVE?  A web-based forum provides the opportunity to share information on CDSM evaluation methods through the use of a discussion forum,  An activity of the CDSMTEN was the pre-conference workshop, ‘Evaluating CDSM tools’

“Collaboration is a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship entered into by two or more organizations to achieve common goals”. Collaborative practice Lukas, C. & Andrews, R. 4_Key_Collab_Success.cfm