Systematic review uncovers 70 structural and relational challenges in public health partnerships, highlighting barriers to effective nongovernmental collaboration.
Key Points
Identify and categorize the key challenges facing collaboration between governments and nongovernmental organizations in the provision of healthcare services.
Searched Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases between March and June 2020 without publication date restrictions.
Extracted qualitative data from eligible studies and synthesized findings using thematic content analysis.
Screened 4,236 citations and selected 16 studies meeting the inclusion criteria for final analysis.
Identified 70 distinct collaboration challenges grouped into 11 subthemes and five core domains: structural issues, process issues, roles and responsibilities, trust and communication, and control and power relations.