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. 2013 Nov;128 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):54-60.
doi: 10.1177/00333549131286S309.

The role of effective partnerships in an Australian place-based intervention to reduce race-based discrimination

Angeline Samantha Ferdinand  1 , Yin Paradies, Margaret Anne Kelaher
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The role of effective partnerships in an Australian place-based intervention to reduce race-based discrimination

Angeline Samantha Ferdinand et al. Public Health Rep. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity (LEAD) is an ongoing place-based pilot program aimed at improving health outcomes among Aboriginal and migrant communities through increased social and economic participation. Specifically, LEAD works with mainstream organizations to prevent race-based discrimination from occurring. The partnership model of LEAD was designed to create a community intervention that was evidence-based, effective, and flexible enough to respond to local contexts and needs. LEAD's complex organizational and partnership model, in combination with an innovative approach to reducing race-based discrimination, has necessitated the use of new language and communication strategies to build genuinely collaborative partnerships. Allocating sufficient time to develop strategies aligned with this new way of doing business has been critical. However, preliminary data indicate that a varied set of partners has been integral to supporting the widespread influence of the emerging LEAD findings across partner networks in a number of different sectors.

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Partnership and program governance model: LEAD place-based pilot program to reduce race-based discrimination and improve the health of Aboriginal and migrant communities, Victoria, Australia
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