Provan Keith G, Leischow Scott J, Keagy Judith, Nodora Jesse
Eller College of Management and School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, 1130 E. Helen Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Eval Program Plann. 2010 Nov;33(4):349-55. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.12.005. Epub 2009 Dec 16.
This study examines and evaluates collaborative network involvement among 18 organizations within the Arizona Cancer Coalition. All were involved in one or more of three types of research activity: discovery, development, and delivery, consistent with the 3D continuum developed by the National Cancer Institute. Data were collected in 2007 using surveys of key informants in each organization. Using network analysis methods, we examined the structure of each type of network as well as the relationship between network position and the importance of cancer research to each organization's mission. Findings indicated that while both the discovery and delivery networks were comparably densely connected, their centrality structures were quite different. In contrast, the structures of both these networks were similar to the development network. Centrality in the discovery and development networks was positively related to the importance of cancer research to the organization, but not in the delivery network. Implications of the findings for future research, policy, and planning are discussed.
本研究考察并评估了亚利桑那癌症联盟内18个组织之间的合作网络参与情况。所有组织都参与了三种研究活动中的一种或多种：发现、开发和交付，这与美国国立癌症研究所制定的3D连续体一致。2007年，通过对每个组织的关键信息提供者进行调查收集了数据。我们使用网络分析方法，研究了每种网络类型的结构以及网络位置与癌症研究对每个组织使命的重要性之间的关系。研究结果表明，虽然发现网络和交付网络的连接密度相当，但它们的中心性结构却大不相同。相比之下，这两个网络的结构与开发网络相似。发现网络和开发网络中的中心性与癌症研究对组织的重要性呈正相关，但在交付网络中并非如此。本文讨论了研究结果对未来研究、政策和规划的启示。
