Understanding the Role of Academic Partners as Technical Assistance Providers
Results from an Exploratory Study to Address Precarious Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15465460 |
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| Authors | Tessa Bonney (0000-0002-6650-4346, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author), Christina Welter (University of Illinois Chicago), Christina R Welter (0000-0001-8121-2424, University of Illinois Chicago), Elizabeth Jarpe‐ratner (0000-0002-9618-9930, University of Illinois Chicago), Lorraine M Conroy (0000-0003-0116-4077, University of Illinois Chicago), Lorraine Conroy (University of Illinois Chicago) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 20 |
| Pages | 3903-3903 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph16203903 |
| PMID | 31618824 |
| OpenAlex | W2980222476 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
Universities may be well poised to support knowledge, skill, and capacity-building efforts to foster the development of multi-level interventions to address complex problems. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) engaged organizations interested in developing policy- and systems-level initiatives to address the drivers of precarious work in a six-meeting Action Learning (AL) process, in which the researchers served as technical assistance (TA) providers focused on facilitating learning and promoting critical thinking among participants. This exploratory qualitative study examined the role, facilitators, challenges, and impacts of university facilitation in this context. A total of 22 individuals participated in this study, including UIC TA providers, content expert TA providers from labor-focused organizations, and TA recipients from health-focused organizations. Results from interviews and a focus group highlight the utility of a university connecting organizations from different disciplines that do not traditionally work together, and suggest that the TA provided by UIC helped participants think concretely about precarious work and ways in which their organizations might work collaboratively to bring about sustainable change. Findings from this study suggest that university facilitation using an AL approach may be effective in increasing knowledge to action
Action (physics · Action learning · Action research · Business · Context (archaeology · Exploratory research · Facilitation · Focus group · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Sociology · Work (physics · Community Health and Development · Engineering · Health Policy Implementation Science · Management and Organizational Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Marketing
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| Highly cited | No |
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