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Participation and Utilization: Assessing the Skills Training Needs of the Chronically Mentally Ill

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1985

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Utilization-focused and stakeholder-based approaches to evaluation attempt to enhance utilization through the participation of individuals with a vested interest in evaluation outcomes. The present study sought to determine the skills training needs of the chronically mentally ill, and involved program participants (clients and staff) in measurement and design issues. Client interview, nominal group, and key informant strategies were used to obtain a variety of perspectives on client needs. Program clients were given a voice in decision-making and program planning, and research results were used to develop a skills training program relevant to client's needs.

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En évaluation, les approaches centrées sur l'utilisation et sur les personnes impliquées, tentent de mettre en valeur l'utilisation au moyen de la participation des individus qui ont des intérêts dans les résultats de l'évaluation. La présente étude se propose d'identifier tes habiletés requises chez les patients chron ïques et chez les participants impliqués (client et personnel) pour relever les problèmes de mesure et de planification. Les stratégies comme l'entrevue avec le client, le groupe nominal et l'informateur-clé ont été utilisées pour obtenir une variété de perspectives par rapport aux besoins du client. Les clients du programme ont un mot á dire dans le processus décisionnel et dans la planification du programme; les résultat de cette recherche ont été utilisés pour élaborer un programme de formation respectant les besoins du client.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 4Number 2September 1985
Pages: 73 - 82

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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Peter J. Crocker
Wilfrid Laurier University
Margo S. George
Wilfrid Laurier University

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