College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Soc Work. 2010 Jan;55(1):54-62. doi: 10.1093/sw/55.1.54.
In many instances, departments of social work in universities and community-based social services agencies have common interests in improving professional practice and advancing knowledge in the profession. Effective university-community research collaborations can help partners achieve these goals jointly, but to be effective these collaborative partnerships require considerable effort and understanding by all partners involved. This article provides to novice investigators and social work agencies new to research partnerships an integrated discussion of important issues to develop the groundwork necessary for building and maintaining effective university-community social work collaborations. Through experience gained from a series of social work research partnerships, as well as an overview of relevant literature, the authors offer a set of strategies for building and sustaining research collaborations between university and community-based social work professionals. The general topics discussed are technology exchange, adopting a longitudinal perspective, knowing your partners, and practical contracting/budgetary issues. The article has relevance to beginning social work researchers, social work educators, and social work practitioners seeking to engage in collaborative partnerships that improve social work practice through research and advance the knowledge base of the profession.
在许多情况下，大学的社会工作部门和社区为基础的社会服务机构在改进专业实践和推进专业知识方面有着共同的利益。有效的大学-社区研究合作可以帮助合作伙伴共同实现这些目标，但为了有效，这些合作伙伴关系需要所有相关合作伙伴的大量努力和理解。本文为新手研究人员和新参与研究合作的社会工作机构提供了一个综合讨论，讨论了发展建立和维持有效的大学-社区社会工作合作所需的基础工作的重要问题。通过从一系列社会工作研究合作中获得的经验，以及对相关文献的概述，作者为大学和社区社会工作专业人员之间建立和维持研究合作提供了一系列策略。讨论的一般主题包括技术交流、采用纵向视角、了解合作伙伴以及实际的合同/预算问题。本文与寻求通过研究改善社会工作实践并推进专业知识库的合作伙伴关系的开始社会工作研究人员、社会工作教育者和社会工作从业者有关。
