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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...
Evaluating the Planning and Development Phase of a Demonstration Project: At Home / Chez Soi Moncton
Publication Date: 2015
This research focused on the planning and development phase of the Moncton site of At Home / Chez Soi, a multisite research demonstration project funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, developed to test an innovative approach to working with homeless people living with severe and persistent mental illness in 5 Canadian cities. Using qualitative methods, 11 local key informants participated in semistructured interviews focusing on: (a)...