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Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2010
This report examines how a consortium of diverse stakeholders, including community service providers and researchers, convened in Vancouver to respond to the MHCC's Request for Applications for a research demonstration project on mental health and homelessness. It describes the challenges the local team faced and the sources of strength they drew on as they developed their response and proposal.
This report also includes a Key Messages document...
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2011
This report examines the key themes that emerged from "personal story" interviews conducted with 52 participants within one month of their enrollment in the Vancouver At Home Study.
The report also includes a Key Messages document and an Executive Summary at the beginning.
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2011
This report examines how members of the Vancouver site mobilized research, housing, and service provider teams to recruit, house and support participants in the At Home/Chez Soi project. It describes the strengths of the local team and the challenges they faced as they implemented all aspects of the project from October 2009 to January 2011.
This report also includes a Key Messages document and an Executive Summary at the beginning.
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2012
This report documents the implementation of housing and support interventions in the second year of project implementation at the Vancouver At Home/Chez Soi site, including the second round of intervention fidelity assessments. It describes the strengths of the housing and intervention teams and the ongoing and emerging challenges they faced as they carried out their programs from January 2011 to January 2012. This report follows The At Home/Chez...
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2012
This report follows an earlier report which examined how the Vancouver site mobilized research, housing, and service provider teams to recruit, house and support participants in the first year of project implementation (October 2009 to January 2011). The current report documents the implementation of the Vancouver At Home housing and support interventions in the second year of project implementation, including the second round of intervention fid...
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2011
This report examines how the Vancouver site mobilized research, housing, and service provider teams, as well as community partners, in order to recruit, house, and support participants in the At Home/Chez Soi Project. The report describes the strengths and challenges facing various project stakeholders as they implemented all aspects of the project (October 2009 through to January 2011). Given the short time period during which both research and...
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada; Simon Fraser University
Publication Date: 2011
This report examines the key themes that emerged from “personal story” interviews conducted with 52 participants within one month of their enrollment in the Vancouver At Home Study. Criteria for inclusion in the Vancouver At Home Study include homelessness and mental illness, with randomization to one of five intervention arms (total n=490). Ten participants were randomly and purposively sampled from each study arm. The interview followed a semi-...
Publication Date: 2008
In August 2006, the BC Ministry of Health – Mental Health and Addictions Branch asked the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA) at Simon Fraser University to provide up-to-date information with regard to the scope of homelessness in BC, recommended solutions and associated costs. CARMHA drew upon diverse sources of information including published literature, academic experts, decision-makers and key informants throug...