• Elizabeth Kendall, Heidi Muenchberger, Naomi Sunderland, Michelle Harris, and Deborah Cowan.
• Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia. e.kendall@griffith.edu.au
• J Public Health Manag Pract. 2012 Sep 1; 18 (5): E1-13.

AbstractPartnerships among multiple organizations across a range of sectors that bring together multiple perspectives are a common way of addressing community health and building capacity. To function successfully, partnerships depend on the careful orchestration of a collaborative culture and the facilitation of collective action. Using a systematic method, we developed a synthesis of evidence about collaborative capacity building, integrating this diverse knowledge base into a usable framework. Seventeen published models of collaborative capacity building met the inclusion criteria and were combined to derive a matrix that could guide the actions of those responsible for partnership management. This matrix may make the process of developing partnerships less complicated in future.

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