Bernier Jocelyne, Rock Melanie, Roy Michel, Bujold Renald, Potvin Louise
Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Soz Praventivmed. 2006;51(6):335-44. doi: 10.1007/s00038-006-5071-0.
To document and analyze the initial steps in building a health research partnership. To enable a greater appreciation of what these processes entail and also to provide guidance in negotiating the inevitable tensions between parties with different aims and objectives.
This case study is based on participant-observation and document analysis. It employed three general analytic strategies: developing a case description, relying on theoretical propositions and thinking about rival explanations.
The development of a research partnership framework entails a complex negotiation process marked by tensions: one of representing the interests of the various parties; and one establishing the basis for collaboration. Some factors can facilitate these processes: acknowledging the specific interests and organizational culture of the various organizations involved; designating a mediator to develop a climate of trust; and mitigating the inequalities among partners, in a process which requires considerable efforts over a rather long period of time.
The process of structuring the relations among the associated partners does not end with negotiating a partnership accord. Denying this would be tantamount to denying the political nature of a research partnership, and denying those involved any autonomy in future research projects.
记录并分析建立健康研究伙伴关系的初始步骤。以便更深入地理解这些过程的具体内容，并为应对不同目标和宗旨的各方之间不可避免的紧张关系提供指导。
本案例研究基于参与观察和文档分析。采用了三种一般分析策略：撰写案例描述、依据理论命题以及思考对立解释。
研究伙伴关系框架的建立需要经过一个充满紧张关系的复杂谈判过程：一个是代表各方利益；另一个是确立合作基础。一些因素可以促进这些过程：承认所涉各组织的特定利益和组织文化；指定一名调解人营造信任氛围；在一个需要相当长一段时间付出巨大努力的过程中减轻伙伴之间的不平等。
构建相关伙伴之间关系的过程并不随着谈判达成伙伴关系协议而结束。否认这一点就等于否认研究伙伴关系的政治性，并且剥夺相关人员在未来研究项目中的任何自主权。
