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040 _aAFVC
100 _aTownley, Cris
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245 _a‘Uncharted territory’ :
_bthe experiences of health and social care practitioners in a multi-agency collaboration to support integrated service provision for children and young people in a disadvantaged community
_cCris Townley, Rebekah Grace and Tuval Keidar
260 _bElsevier,
_c2025
500 _aHealth Policy, 2025, First published online, 8 March 2025
520 _aThis paper explores an Australian place-based collaboration of ten agencies to reform the delivery of integrated health and social care services to children and families with complex health and social challenges. Data comprises interview transcripts of semi-structured individual interviews with 17 employees across the six most-engaged agencies in late 2022. Employing thematic analysis, we found that whilst there was agreement on the vision of creative, trust-based collaboration to drive, implement and scale up service delivery reform, points of tension highlighted complexities that acted contrary to this vision. These tensions suggest the need to clarify the governance role of the collaboration, attend to project maturation processes, revise the strategic direction as collaborations evolve, maintain communication and agency involvement, and continue to listen to consumer and clinician voices. We conclude that, in a complex service system environment, it is crucial to maintain and review a shared vision, clear strategies and a healthy collaborative environment. These conclusions may inform other interagency collaborations and policies with the goal of integrating health and social care. (Authors' abstract). Record #9170
650 _aHEALTH
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650 _aHAUORA
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650 _aCHILDREN
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650 _aINTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
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650 _aSOCIAL SERVICES
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650 _aTAIOHI
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650 _aTAITAMARIKI
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650 _aTAMARIKI
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650 _aTOKO I TE ORA
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650 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 _aAUSTRALIA
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700 _aGrace, Rebekah
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700 _aKeidar, Tuval
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773 0 _tHealth Policy, 2025, First published online, 8 March 2025
830 _aHealth Policy
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105299
_zdoi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105299 (Open access)
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