组织间合作的社会网络分析:努力提高社会联系。
A social network analysis of interorganisational collaboration: Efforts to improve social connectedness.
机构信息
Department of Patient Counseling, College of Health Professions, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Medical University of South Carolina Health, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
出版信息
Health Soc Care Community. 2022 Nov;30(6):e6067-e6079. doi: 10.1111/hsc.14044. Epub 2022 Oct 1.
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged public health practitioners and clinicians at multiple levels to intentionally consider the impact of social isolation on health outcomes. Many community-based programmes design interventions to address tangible challenges within the social determinants of health, such as asset insecurity or food insecurity, to address health inequities. The growing need to address social isolation within marginalised communities also requires organisations to collaborate and create community partnerships that strengthen their own social integration within the community. The present research reports on the results of a Social Network Analysis (SNA) of community programmes within three southern U.S. cities and their local collaborations to address social isolation. After interviewing representatives of 46 community organisations, it was found that social service organisations that also offer public health services play a central role in community efforts to improve social isolation. The participating organisations primarily collaborate through referrals and information sharing, and report inadequate resources. With a growing recognition that social services and supports play a considerable role in addressing health inequities, this study provides evidence of opportunities for interorganisational collaboration to promote individual and community health.
新冠疫情大流行在多个层面上挑战了公共卫生从业者和临床医生,促使他们有意考虑社会隔离对健康结果的影响。许多基于社区的项目设计干预措施,以解决健康决定因素中的有形挑战,例如资产不安全或粮食不安全,以解决健康不平等问题。日益需要解决边缘化社区的社会隔离问题,这也要求组织进行合作并建立社区伙伴关系,以加强自身在社区中的社会融合。本研究报告了对美国南部三个城市的社区项目及其解决社会隔离问题的当地合作进行社会网络分析(SNA)的结果。在采访了 46 个社区组织的代表后发现,同时提供社会服务和公共卫生服务的社会服务组织在改善社会隔离的社区努力中发挥着核心作用。参与组织主要通过转介和信息共享进行合作,并报告资源不足。随着人们越来越认识到社会服务和支持在解决健康不平等方面发挥着重要作用,本研究为促进组织间合作以促进个人和社区健康提供了证据。