Collaborative Leadership Effect on Implementing Team-Based Healthcare by Mediation of Inter-Professional Education in the Horn of Africa

Abstract

In this chapter, the researchers focus on the relationship between collaborative leadership and team-based healthcare implementation, while giving special attention to the role of Inter-professional education in the region of Horn of Africa. The research has a sample size of 390 respondents and employs KMO measure of sampling adequacy, confirmatory factor analysis to validate measurement model, and structural equation modeling through AMOS software to test the relationships among the variables: Inter-professional education, collaborative leadership, and team based healthcare implementation. The results demonstrate that the effectiveness of Inter-professional education is significantly improved because of working in collaboration with other professionals which helps to achieve successful implementation of TBHC practices. The analysis emphasizes the role of Inter-professional education as an intermediate variable which links different kinds of leadership approaches with the healthcare results achieved.