Building Strong Research Partnerships Between Public Health and Researchers: A VA Case Study |
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Authors: | Amanda M. Midboe A. Rani Elwy Janet M. Durfee Allen L. Gifford Vera Yakovchenko Richard A. Martinello David Ross Maggie Czarnogorski Matthew B. Goetz Steven M. Asch |
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Affiliation: | 1.Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i),VA Palo Alto Health Care System,Menlo Park,USA;2.Center for Health care Organization and Implementation Research,Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital,Bedford,USA;3.Department of Health Policy and Management,Boston University School of Public Health,Boston,USA;4.VA Central Office of Public Health’s Clinical Public Health Group,Virginia,USA;5.Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics,Yale School of Medicine,New Haven,USA;6.Infectious Diseases Section and Department of Medicine,VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,Los Angeles,USA;7.Division of General Medical Disciplines,Stanford University,Stanford,USA |
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Abstract: | We are in a new era of partner-based implementation research, and we need clear strategies for how to navigate this new era. Drawing on principles from community-based participatory research, the Clinical Public Health group of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the HIV/Hepatitis Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (HHQUERI) forged a longstanding partnership that has improved the care of Veterans with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus. An exemplar HIV testing project epitomizes this partnership and is discussed in terms of the lessons learned as a result of our high level of collaboration around design, analysis, implementation, and dissemination across projects over the past several years. Lessons learned through this partnered testing program involve respecting different time horizons among the partners, identifying relevant research questions for both parties, designing flexible studies, engaging all partners throughout the research, and placing an emphasis on relationship building at all times. These lessons and strategies can benefit others conducting partner-based research both within the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and in other integrated healthcare systems. |
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