Nursing Partnership Activities, Components, and Outcomes: Health Volunteers Overseas in Uganda 2001–2016

Nurses increasingly form global health partnerships through academic and voluntary organizations that are designed to improve health outcomes. Many such partnerships are funded for specific time periods and have short- or long-term goals to achieve during the partnership. Other partnerships are sust...

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Main Authors: Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Rose Chalo Nabirye, Elizabeth Ayebare Ombeva, S. Danielle Brown, Jeanne M. Leffers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00173/full
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Summary:Nurses increasingly form global health partnerships through academic and voluntary organizations that are designed to improve health outcomes. Many such partnerships are funded for specific time periods and have short- or long-term goals to achieve during the partnership. Other partnerships are sustained for longer periods of time through the efforts of partners committed to their joint work. The case example of the Health Volunteers Overseas Nursing Education partnership in Kampala, Uganda, demonstrates key components of partnerships that promote sustainability of programs. This case example is analyzed using literature that reports partnership models to identify those factors that have led to sustainability. Additionally, both objective and subjective program outcomes are reported. Recommendations for further evaluation are included.
ISSN:2296-2565