Sustaining University-Community Partnerships in Providing Relationship Education: A Longitudinal Qualitative Case Study
Abstract
Relationship education (RE) has gained much public attention as classes have been implemented through state relationship initiatives. Developing university-community partnerships in implementing RE has been thought to increase access to underserved populations and increase awareness of healthy relationships in a community. Evaluation of these partnerships is just beginning. This three year longitudinal qualitative study represents five Cooperative Extension faculty members’ experiences with university-community partnerships in providing RE on a county level. Faculty members described their experiences identifying partners and outcomes from establishing partnerships and forming and sustaining partnerships. Results are discussed in terms of interdisciplinary university-community partnership literature and implications.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54656/OMAK6878 | Journal eISSN: 1944-1207
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 14
Published on: Aug 1, 2022
Published by: University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2022 J. Mitchell Vaterlaus, Linda Skogrand, Kay Bradford, Brian J. Higginbotham, published by University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.