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The correct answer is System Driven Collaborators. They believe that you need people in various branches in the Ministry/Ministries who really believe in collaboration, support it, and write policies to have organizations work together.

The correct answer is Cautious Collaborators. They are concerned about turf protection issues. Public health members do not want to get swallowed up by primary care issues.  They want to deal with issues at a population level as opposed to an individual health level.

The correct answer is Competent Isolationists. They believe that it is important for people to use the skill sets that they have rather than learn new ones, and to use skills sets others have in collaborations. They believe that it is necessary for public health and primary care sectors to spend time to make sure that both parties clearly understand the differences between their roles.

The correct answer is System Driven Collaborators. They believe that leadership at the Ministry level is important to “make it happen.”  For this group, collaborations need top-level endorsements to be successful.

The correct answer is Cautious Collaborators. They believe that partners need to consistently engage in dialogue to resolve issues for successful collaboration. They also support the view that strategies for successful collaboration are focused at the local level, such as consistent dialogue with partners, starting small, and having a memorandum of understanding.

The correct answer is Competent Isolationists. They believe that funding is important. They will say that “collaboration won’t work if people haven’t got the stable and sustainable funding to get it established, evaluated, and have sustainable funding supports.