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2026
Rachel Marsden
Creative health assets in Staffordshire: Harnessing community power to tackle health inequalities Journal Article
In: Perspectives in Public Health, 2026.
Links | Altmetric | Tags: Communities, Community services, Health inequalities, Inequalities, Inequality
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2023
Cleo Baskin, Fiona Duncan, Emma A. Adams, Emily J. Oliver, Gillian Samuel; Shamini Gnani
In: BMC Public Health, 2023.
Links | Altmetric | Tags: Communities, Community services, Health inequalities, Inequalities, Interventions, Mental Health
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title = {How co-locating public mental health interventions in community settings impacts mental health and health inequalities: a multi-site realist evaluation},
author = {Cleo Baskin, Fiona Duncan, Emma A. Adams, Emily J. Oliver, Gillian Samuel and Shamini Gnani },
url = {https://rdcu.be/dtpJB},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17404-x},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-12-07},
journal = {BMC Public Health},
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2014
Powell K, Thurston M, Bloyce D.
Local status and power in area-based health improvement partnerships Journal Article
In: Health , 2014.
Abstract | Links | Altmetric | Tags: collaboration, Community services, Inequalities
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title = {Local status and power in area-based health improvement partnerships},
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date = {2014-04-01},
journal = {Health },
abstract = {Area-based initiatives have formed an important part of public policy towards more socio-economically deprived areas in many countries. Co-ordinating service provision within and across sectors has been a common feature of these initiatives. Despite sustained policy interest in area-based initiatives, little empirical work has explored relations between area-based initiative providers, and partnership development within this context remains under-theorised. This article addresses both of these gaps by exploring partnerships as a social and developmental process, drawing on concepts from figurational sociology to explain how provider relations develop within an area-based initiative. Qualitative methods were used to explore, prospectively, the development of an area-based initiative targeted at a town in the north west of England. A central finding was that although effective delivery of area-based initiatives is premised on a high level of co-ordination between service providers, the pattern of interdependencies between providers limits the frequency and effectiveness of co-operation. In particular, the interdependency of area-based initiative providers with others in their organisation (what is termed here as ‘organisational pull’) constrained the ways in which they worked with providers outside of their own organisations. ‘Local’ status, which could be earned over time, enabled some providers to exert greater control over the way in which provider relations developed during the course of the initiative. These findings demonstrate how historically constituted social networks, within which all providers are embedded, shape partnership development. The theoretical insight developed here suggests a need for more realistic expectations among policymakers about how and to what extent provider partnerships can be managed.},
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Area-based initiatives have formed an important part of public policy towards more socio-economically deprived areas in many countries. Co-ordinating service provision within and across sectors has been a common feature of these initiatives. Despite sustained policy interest in area-based initiatives, little empirical work has explored relations between area-based initiative providers, and partnership development within this context remains under-theorised. This article addresses both of these gaps by exploring partnerships as a social and developmental process, drawing on concepts from figurational sociology to explain how provider relations develop within an area-based initiative. Qualitative methods were used to explore, prospectively, the development of an area-based initiative targeted at a town in the north west of England. A central finding was that although effective delivery of area-based initiatives is premised on a high level of co-ordination between service providers, the pattern of interdependencies between providers limits the frequency and effectiveness of co-operation. In particular, the interdependency of area-based initiative providers with others in their organisation (what is termed here as ‘organisational pull’) constrained the ways in which they worked with providers outside of their own organisations. ‘Local’ status, which could be earned over time, enabled some providers to exert greater control over the way in which provider relations developed during the course of the initiative. These findings demonstrate how historically constituted social networks, within which all providers are embedded, shape partnership development. The theoretical insight developed here suggests a need for more realistic expectations among policymakers about how and to what extent provider partnerships can be managed.