Partnership In Provision Research Articles

Impact evaluation of a four-year academic-community partnership in provision of medication management and tertiary prevention services for rural patients with diabetes and/or hypertension.

Medication therapy management (MTM) services, including targeted, pharmacist-delivered, tertiary prevention interventions, were provided to rural patients with chronic diseases via an academic-community partnership. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the overall program and pre/post patient outcomes from this four-year, multi-site collaboration. Five community health sites collaborated with a university-based MTM provider to deliver services in Arizona (2012–16). Eligible patients: were 18 or older (median 65 years); had a diagnosis of diabetes and/or hypertension; and resided in a rural community. Participants received an initial telephone consultation with the MTM pharmacist; follow-up consultations were conducted after 30 or 90 days for high- and low-risk patients, respectively. Community partner staff collected clinical data and addressed pharmacists’ recommendations. Descriptive analysis and bivariate analyses of pre- and post-intervention results were conducted. Most (n = 410, 70%) of the 577 participants receiving an initial and follow-up consultation with the MTM pharmacist had both diabetes and hypertension. These individuals showed statistically significant improvements in fasting blood glucose (p < 0.0001), hemoglobin A1C (p = 0.0082) and systolic blood pressure (p = 0.009) while those with only one condition did not demonstrate significant changes. While the pre/post changes in chronic disease control indicators were statistically significant, the clinical significance was low to moderate. Patients with both comorbid diabetes and hypertension experienced benefit from collaborative, targeted MTM pharmacist-delivered, tertiary prevention interventions in tandem with community-based pharmacy resources. This multi-site MTM program showed promise in increasing patients’ use of these services, yet effective strategies are needed to expand recruitment of eligible patients in the future.

The Contribution of State-NGOs Partnership in Provision of Farm Input to Agriculture Sector Development in West Pokot Sub-County

The Contribution of State-NGOs Partnership in Provision of Farm Input to Agriculture Sector Development in West Pokot Sub-County

Role of Clusters and Forms of Public-Private Partnership in Provision of Sustainable Growth on the Basis of Network Cooperation Within Regional Innovational System

The purpose of the article is to study possibilities and perspectives of use of various variants of public-private partnership (PPP), variety of which allows solving the main problems of stimulation of innovative activities in the region. Theoretical and methodological basis of the research includes the dialectic method, methods of situational, structural and functional, economic and statistical and comparative analysis. The methods of determination of effectiveness, business planning, accounting of related effects, clusters analysis, and methods of study of networks and clusters are also used. Based on cluster model of unification of organisations and the corresponding methodology, the authors conduct comparative analysis of existing forms of PPP for the purpose of determination of most current problems of activation of special-network interaction of subjects of regional innovational system (RIS). As a result of the research, the authors came to the conclusion that diversity of the forms of PPP makes it a flexible tool of activation of interaction of the subjects of RIS, and measures aimed for its development could stimulate increase of the quality of regional economic space, which will allow regional authorities to realise the transition to innovation-oriented trajectories of development.

Role of clusters and forms of public-private partnership in provision of sustainable growth on the basis of network cooperation within regional innovational system

Role of clusters and forms of public-private partnership in provision of sustainable growth on the basis of network cooperation within regional innovational system

Public–private sector partnership in household waste management as perceived by residents in south-west Nigeria

In most developing countries public-private sector partnership is becoming increasingly applied in household waste management service delivery especially in urban areas to reduce cost and improve effectiveness. This paper reports a study of householders' perceptions of public-private sector partnership in provision of household waste management services in Ilorin, south-west Nigeria. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select 224 households for the study. The data generated from the survey were analysed using a binary logit model. The results show that most of the respondents were of the opinion that the public-private partnership has not been able to improve household waste management services. Time taken to visit solid waste collection point, income and marital status negatively influenced their perceptions, while activities of sanitary inspectors, occupation and gender had positive influence. The public-private partnership will be more effective and sustainable if the public sector could pay more attention to performance monitoring and accountability.

Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery

This study uses quantitative and qualitative survey data on the use of public-private partnership in provision and production of public services by municipalities in predominantly rural New Hampshire (USA). Descriptive analysis suggests that town officials are less satisfied with the quality of privatized services, suggesting that privatization involves some tradeoff between costs and quality. These results differ from the experiences of large metropolitan areas and suggest that conclusions of previous research do not necessarily generalize to the challenges faced by small rural communities. Statistical analysis confirms that available fiscal health, geography, and voting patterns are linked to privatization decisions.