"The PARTNER website made an otherwise daunting task very doable. I needed to use Social Network Analysis (SNA) to evaluate a local public health agency's access to health care coalition. I am not an expert at SNA but was able to complete a successful evaluation thanks to the PARTNER tool. What made using it exceptional for me was that not only did I find the questions, measures, and dimensions included in the PARTNER tool to be applicable 'as is' but in addition, I was able to customize certain questions to make it even more relevant. Using the PARTNER tool saved me from attempting to develop a SNA from scratch and likely miss important parts of the evaluation. I plan on using the PARTNER tool anytime I conduct a SNA and highly recommend it!"
Testimonials
"We have worked with Dr. Varda over the past two years, and utilized the PARTNER tool to assess the collaborative function of community-based quality improvement learning teams. The PARTNER tool has enabled us to assess how we work together for health improvement planning and identify how we can target our efforts to optimize capacity development. The application for measuring outcomes is especially helpful in documenting the value of our work, particularly since they can be modified to meet the specific needs of the collaborative. Dr. Varda is accessible and responsive to our unique education and application needs. It is a pleasure to work with Dr. Varda and her team."
"The results of this assessment allowed our partnership to take a deeper look at our structure and assess whether it was fully meeting our goals for the collaborative. This assessment forced us to examine some of the partnership characteristics that we may not have otherwise brought to the table for discussion. We liked how PARTNER incorporated a range of elements into its measures, such as trust, engagement, and resources and didn't only look at just who is connected to who."
"Our team used the PARTNER tool to assess our partnerships both internal and external to our organization. The PARTNER tool led us successfully through the process of developing the survey. The process was easy enough that we are exploring the possibility of another survey to capture additional data. The maps were helpful in identifying where we might be over-partnering and in identifying where there was potential for new, strategic partnerships. The most useful results, however, existed within the assessment of trust, resource contribution, participation, openness to discussion, etc. as those data captured the quality of partnerships. Having acquired this data early in our team development, I am hopeful that we will be able to track progress as our collaboration matures."