Tools for Building Clinic-Community Partnerships

Barnidge, E. K., Brownson, C. A., Baker, E. A., & Shetty, G. (2010). Tools for building clinic-community partnerships to support chronic disease control and prevention. The Diabetes Educator, 36(2), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721709359089.

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Description

This tool provides a framework and evaluation tools for assessing partnership processes and outcomes and for identifying areas for improvement in meeting shared goals.

Steps for Using Method/Tool

The tool guides users through the following partnership evaluation tools:

  • The Partnership Attributes Checklist
  • The Organizational Capacity Checklist
  • The Intermediate Outcomes Checklist
  • The Taking Action – Making Improvement Tool

These summaries are written by the NCCMT to condense and to provide an overview of the resources listed in the Registry of Methods and Tools and to give suggestions for their use in a public health context. For more information on individual methods and tools included in the review, please consult the authors/developers of the original resources.

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