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Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation

BACKGROUND: During the past two decades, consumers, providers and policy makers have recognized the role of supported housing intervention for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) to be able to live independently in the community. Much of supported housing research to date, however, h...

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Autores principales: Montgomery, Phyllis, Forchuk, Cheryl, Duncan, Craig, Rose, Don, Bailey, Patricia H, Veluri, Ramamohan
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18652689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-156
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author Montgomery, Phyllis
Forchuk, Cheryl
Duncan, Craig
Rose, Don
Bailey, Patricia H
Veluri, Ramamohan
author_facet Montgomery, Phyllis
Forchuk, Cheryl
Duncan, Craig
Rose, Don
Bailey, Patricia H
Veluri, Ramamohan
author_sort Montgomery, Phyllis
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description BACKGROUND: During the past two decades, consumers, providers and policy makers have recognized the role of supported housing intervention for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) to be able to live independently in the community. Much of supported housing research to date, however, has been conducted in large urban centers rather than northern and rural communities. Northern conditional and contextual issues such as rural poverty, lack of accessible mental health services, small or non-existing housing markets, lack of a continuum of support or housing services, and in some communities, a poor quality of housing challenge the viability of effective supported housing services. The current research proposal aims to describe and evaluate the processes and outcomes of supported housing programs for persons living with SMI in northern and rural communities from the perspective of clients, their families, and community providers. METHODS: This research will use a mixed method design guided by participatory action research. The study will be conducted over two years, in four stages. Stage I will involve setting up the research in each of the four northern sites. In Stage II a descriptive cross-sectional survey will be used to obtain information about the three client outcomes: housing history, quality of life and housing preference. In Stage III two participatory action strategies, focus groups and photo-voice, will be used to explore perceptions of supported housing services. In the last stage findings from the study will be re-presented to the participants, as well as other key community individuals in order to translate them into policy. CONCLUSION: Supported housing intervention is a core feature of mental health care, and it requires evaluation. The lack of research in northern and rural SMI populations heightens the relevance of research findings for health service planning. The inclusion of multiple stakeholder groups, using a variety of data collection approaches, contributes to a comprehensive, systems-level examination of supported housing in smaller communities. It is anticipated that the study's findings will not only have utility across Ontario, but also Canada.
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spelling pubmed-25273142008-08-30 Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation Montgomery, Phyllis Forchuk, Cheryl Duncan, Craig Rose, Don Bailey, Patricia H Veluri, Ramamohan BMC Health Serv Res Technical Advance BACKGROUND: During the past two decades, consumers, providers and policy makers have recognized the role of supported housing intervention for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) to be able to live independently in the community. Much of supported housing research to date, however, has been conducted in large urban centers rather than northern and rural communities. Northern conditional and contextual issues such as rural poverty, lack of accessible mental health services, small or non-existing housing markets, lack of a continuum of support or housing services, and in some communities, a poor quality of housing challenge the viability of effective supported housing services. The current research proposal aims to describe and evaluate the processes and outcomes of supported housing programs for persons living with SMI in northern and rural communities from the perspective of clients, their families, and community providers. METHODS: This research will use a mixed method design guided by participatory action research. The study will be conducted over two years, in four stages. Stage I will involve setting up the research in each of the four northern sites. In Stage II a descriptive cross-sectional survey will be used to obtain information about the three client outcomes: housing history, quality of life and housing preference. In Stage III two participatory action strategies, focus groups and photo-voice, will be used to explore perceptions of supported housing services. In the last stage findings from the study will be re-presented to the participants, as well as other key community individuals in order to translate them into policy. CONCLUSION: Supported housing intervention is a core feature of mental health care, and it requires evaluation. The lack of research in northern and rural SMI populations heightens the relevance of research findings for health service planning. The inclusion of multiple stakeholder groups, using a variety of data collection approaches, contributes to a comprehensive, systems-level examination of supported housing in smaller communities. It is anticipated that the study's findings will not only have utility across Ontario, but also Canada. BioMed Central 2008-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2527314/ /pubmed/18652689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-156 Text en Copyright © 2008 Montgomery et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bailey, Patricia H
Veluri, Ramamohan
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title Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
title_full Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
title_fullStr Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
title_short Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
title_sort supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: a mixed method evaluation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18652689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-156
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