Linking Collaborating Centres to Build Global Capacity for Community Health and Development Stephen Fawcett and Jerry Schultz, WHO Collaborating Centre, Univ of Kansas & Rima Affifi Soweid and Mayada Kanj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Presentation at Meeting of the International Union of Health Promotion & Education (IUHPE), Vancouver, B.C., June 2007

Linking Global Centres for Community Health Assets for Community Health Americas Central Europe Africa Middle East Asia WHO Centre at KU Centre B1CentreA3 Centre B3Centre A2 CentreE5CentreC4 Centre at AUB Centre2

Collaboration Among Global Partners for Community Health & Development MISSION: Enhance community health development globally through networking, capacity development, and collaborative research CONTEXT: o Widespread but unconnected engagement in community health efforts o Ad hoc relationships among partners o Limited docking of complementary capabilities o New communication technologies for enhancing access among partners and across contexts.

Logic Model for Collaboration Among Global Partners for Community Health Potential Assets and Barriers Activities Outputs Intended Outcomes

Logic Model – Potential Assets Relationships among broader partners (e.g., Collaborating Centers, WHO Regional Offices) and with communities Existing resources for capacity development Methods and tools for participatory research Diversity of experience and cultural knowledge

Logic Model – Potential Barriers Time and competing requirements Trust Institutional culture Communication and language differences Limited opportunities for exchange Lack of financial resources Limited understanding of culture and context Threats of violence and political instability

Activities – Networking and Planning Networking meetings within and between institutions (e.g., among collaborating centers) Assessment of needs/ interests and assets of potential partners Joint planning for collaborative projects

Activities – Capacity Development Translation and cultural adaptation of training resources (e.g., curriculum) Translation and cultural adaptation of Internet-based resources (e.g., Community Tool Box) Courses/workshops and certification or degree programs in community health & development

Capacity to do what? Some Core Competencies 1.Creating and maintaining coalitions and partnerships 2.Assessing community needs and resources 3.Analyzing problems & goals 4.Developing a framework or model for change 5.Developing strategic and action plans 6.Building leadership 7.Developing an intervention 8.Increasing participation and membership 9.Enhancing cultural competence 10.Advocating for change 11.Influencing policy development 12.Evaluating the initiative 13.Implementing a social marketing effort 14.Writing a grant application for funding 15.Improving organizational management and development 16.Sustaining the work or initiative

Activities – Collaborative Research Research studies of community health and development efforts and indicators Shared sensemaking across projects in diverse contexts Synthesis of knowledge about what works and under what conditions

Collaborative Workstations INTEGRATED ONLINE SUPPORTS: Building Capacity Documentation and Evaluation Co-Learning within and across initiatives

Health for All Partnership Community and System Changes

Outputs – Networking and Planning Agreements between centers and institutions Logic model describing the work together Asset maps of capabilities of collaborating partners Action plans for implementing agreed- upon projects Joint grant proposals

Outputs – Capacity Development Local and global access to training in skills for promoting community health and development (e.g., translated and adapted curriculum) Global constellation of online tools for building capacity (e.g., in local languages) Regional access to technical assistance in implementing development efforts

Global Capacity Building for Community Work Common Well (Community Tool Box) Americas Central Europe Africa Middle East Asia English French SpanishPortuguese Swahili Russian Arabic Mandarin Chinese

Outputs – Collaborative Research Joint presentations and publications to professional and practitioner audiences Enhanced cross-cultural knowledge of “best processes” for promoting community health and development

Sharing knowledge and experience about what? Framework & Processes for Collaborative Action to Promote Health/Equity Source: Community Tool Box Work Group for Community Health and Development, University of Kansas

Outcomes – Networking and Planning Discovery/exchange of innovations and tools in cross-cultural efforts to promote community health and development Widespread adoption/adaptation and use of “best approaches” for promoting community health and development Enhanced social connectedness and efficacy among those working to promote community health and development locally and globally

Advanced leadership for collaborative research and practice in community health and development New generations of people competent in bring about community/system change and improvement Improved functioning (i.e., system change, population-level improvement) resulting from collaborative partnerships Reduced disparities in capacity and outcomes related to community health and development Outputs – Capacity Development

Knowledge/discovery of factors affecting community/system change and improvement Knowledge about conditions under which change contributes to improvement in population-level outcomes Enhanced knowledge base of “best practices” and “best processes” for promoting community health and development Outputs – Collaborative Research

A Vision for Working Together Locally and Globally Sharing knowledge, experience, and capabilities for this work Adapting, extending, and making available tools for building capacity “Docking” our interlocking assets – across countries and cultures