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Author(s): Nick Kerman, Reena Sirohi, Susan Eckerle Curwood, John Trainor
Publication Date: 2017
People experiencing mental illness and homelessness face numerous barriers to becoming housed. Service providers who work with this population also encounter challenges to meeting service users’ needs, yet their perspectives have been only minimally studied. Using survey data from a pan-Canadian study, this article explores the barriers and facilitators to fostering lasting change in housing and mental health according to 96 housing providers and...
Author(s): Geoffrey Nelson, Eric Macnaughton, Susan Eckerle Curwood, Nathalie Egalité, Jijian Voronka, Marie-Josée Fleury, Maritt Kirst, Linsay Flowers, Michelle Patterson, Michael Dudley, Myra Piat, Ph.D., Paula Goering
Publication Date: 2016
Planning the implementation of evidence-based mental health services entails commitment to both rigour and community relevance, which entails navigating the challenges of collaboration between professionals and community members in a planning environment which is neither ‘top-down’ nor ‘bottom-up’. This research focused on collaboration among different stakeholders (e.g. researchers, service-providers, persons with lived experience [PWLE]) at fiv...
Author(s): Timothy Ernest Chung, Susan Eckerle Curwood, Helen Thang, Samuel Gruszecki, Michaela Beder, Vicky Stergiopoulos
Publication Date: 2016
Abstract
The Supporting Transitions and Recovery (STAR) Learning Centre is a Recovery Education Centre designed to support housing tenure and community integration among people experiencing mental health challenges and housing instability in a large urban setting. Grounded in principles of emancipatory adult education, and user involvement in program design and delivery, the Recovery Education Centre supports student empowerment, and strengthens...
Author(s): Susan Eckerle Curwood, Vicky Stergiopoulos
Publication Date: 2014
Recent research estimates that more than 50 per cent of homeless individuals in Canada have been diagnosed with a mental illness, and when undiagnosed illnesses are considered, that percentage is likely much higher. The 2012 Mental Health Commission of Canada report Turning the Key found that as many as 520,700 people with mental illness are inadequately housed in Canada, and among them, as many as 119,800 are homeless.
Author(s): Geoffrey Nelson, Eric Macnaughton, Susan Eckerle Curwood, Nathalie Egalité, Myra Piat, Ph.D., Paula Goering
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada
Publication Date: 2011
This report presents the overall findings emanating from the planning and proposal development phase of the At Home/Chez Soi project. This pan Canadian project is funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) . It is a five-year research demonstration project exploring ways to help the growing number of homeless people who have a mental illness. It builds on existing evidence and knowledge and applies it in Canadian settings to learn...
Author(s): Nick Kerman, Susan Eckerle Curwood, Reena Sirohi, John Trainor
Publication Date: 2013
This study explored mental health consumers’ preferences regarding the support services needed to find, access, and maintain housing, and compared their views with the preferences of family members of consumers. A total of 354 consumers and 187 family members from across Canada completed questionnaires assessing their past and present experiences with housing and supports. Income supports and nutritional supports were described by both consumers...
Author(s): Geoffrey Nelson, Eric Macnaughton, Susan Eckerle Curwood, Nathalie Egalité, Myra Piat, Ph.D., Paula Goering
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada
Publication Date: 2011
This report presents the overall findings emanating from the planning and proposal development phase of the At Home/Chez Soi project. This pan Canadian project is funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) . It is a five-year research demonstration project exploring ways to help the growing number of homeless people who have a mental illness. It builds on existing evidence and knowledge and applies it in Canadian settings to learn...
Author(s): Eric Macnaughton, Geoffrey Nelson, Myra Piat, Ph.D., Susan Eckerle Curwood, Nathalie Egalité
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada
Publication Date: 2010
This research is an examination of the conception of the national Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) demonstration project, “At Home/Chez Soi.” The purpose is to uncover the origins of this demonstration project. This research should be valuable in elucidating how innovative, large-scale demonstration projects come into being. No previous research has examined the origins of Housing First research projects in different jurisdictions, even...