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dc.contributor.authorPowell, Katie
dc.contributor.authorThurston, Miranda
dc.contributor.authorBloyce, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-25T08:52:41Z
dc.date.available2014-04-25T08:52:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationPowell, K., Thurston, M. & Bloyce, D. (2014). Local status and power in area-based health improvement partnerships. Health. doi: 10.1177/1363459314524802nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1363-4593
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/194458
dc.descriptionThis is the author's version before it was sent to the publisher. Therefore, it may differ slightly from the published version. For the published version, please go to: http://hea.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/03/28/1363459314524802.refs.htmlnb_NO
dc.description.abstractArea-based initiatives (ABIs) 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 ABIs, little empirical work has explored relations between ABI providers and partnership development within this context remains under-theorised. This paper 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 ABI. Qualitative methods were used to explore, prospectively, the development of an ABI targeted at a town in the north west of England. A central finding was that, although effective delivery of ABIs is premised on a high level of coordination between service providers, the pattern of interdependencies between providers limits the frequency and effectiveness of cooperation. In particular, the interdependency of ABI providers with others in their organisation (what is termed here ‘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 policy makers about how and to what extent provider partnerships can be managed.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherSagenb_NO
dc.relation.urihttp://hea.sagepub.com/
dc.relation.urihttp://online.sagepub.com/
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800nb_NO
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220nb_NO
dc.subjectarea-based initiativesnb_NO
dc.subjectcollaborationnb_NO
dc.subjectcommunity servicesnb_NO
dc.subjectfigurational sociologynb_NO
dc.subjectorganisational pullnb_NO
dc.subjectpartnershipnb_NO
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshHealth Planning
dc.subject.meshPoverty
dc.subject.meshPublic Health
dc.subject.meshPublic-Private Sector Partnerships
dc.subject.meshState Health Plans
dc.titleLocal status and power in area-based health improvement partnershipsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.journalHealth: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicinenb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1363459314524802


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