Title: Building for Success: Mental Health Research and Knowledge Exchange in Ontario
1- Building for Success Mental Health Research and
Knowledge Exchange in Ontario
Heather Bullock, MSc., Manager, Knowledge
Exchange, HSRCU, CAMH Aimee Watson, MSW,
(during study period) Senior Policy Analyst,
Mental Health and Addictions Unit, MOHLTC
2Background
- Significant entry of new funds into community
mental health system 2004-2007 (50 increase in 4
years) - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
committed to assess impact of capacity
enhancement through routine accountability
reporting and evaluation research - MOHLTC requested a proposal from the Health
Systems Research and Consulting Unit (HSRCU),
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
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3Project Overview Research
- SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT EVALUATION INITIATIVE (SEEi) -
NINE RESEARCH STUDIES - Two HSRCU Phase I Research Studies (3 year
studies) - Impact Study (administrative data)
- Matryoshka Study (primary data collection
investigating continuity of care) - Seven Phase II Research Studies (18 month 2
year studies) - Court outreach Ottawa
- Fidelity and Recovery ACT study Hamilton
- Police mobile crisis services-review of three
models-London - Crisis system network-Waterloo/Wellington
- Integrated crisis-case management-Kingston
- Service match (CCAR)-Kingston
- Community-based discharge planning - Sarnia
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4Project Overview Knowledge Exchange
- ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF DIVERSE
STAKEHOLDERS, STARTING FROM RESEARCH
CONCEPTULATIZATION - Original proposal called for significant
knowledge - exchange component to be part of Phase I and
- Phase II Studies
- Peer reviews AND relevance reviews for all
research - studies
- Research teams included community agency (service
provider) partners - Executive Advisory Committee and Partner
Organizations provided input and feedback
throughout (including RFPs)
5Project Overview Knowledge Exchange
INTENT TO BUILD A KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE NETWORK THAT
SUPPORTS THE SEEI RESEARCH, BUT WITH A LARGER
VISION
- Original proposal contained the idea of building
a provincial knowledge exchange function
extending beyond SEEI - The Ontario Mental Health and Addictions
Knowledge Exchange Network (OMHAKEN) will improve
the quality of mental health research, services,
supports and policy by linking researchers,
providers, planners, decision-makers, consumers
and families and engaging them in knowledge
sharing, knowledge creation, and knowledge
translation activities.
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6Target Audiences
- Consumer/Survivors
- Families
- Provincial Stakeholder Groups (CMHA, Ontario)
- Broader Research Community
- Service Providers (community mental health,
police, courts, Hospitals - Service Planners (LHINs)
- System/Policy Planners (MOHLTC, Health Canada,
other Ontario Ministries)
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7Dissemination Goals
- GOALS FOCUSED ON ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS
DISSEMINATION - Providing research evaluation evidence to
- Ontarians regarding their investments in
community mental - health
- Decision makers for future policy and service
planning (government, LHINs) - Service providers to assist in service planning
and improvements - Consumer/Survivors and Families to empower their
decision-making - Contributing high quality, Ontario health
services research to the academic community
(students and researchers) - Enhancing research capacity for all stakeholders
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8Sources/Messengers
- PROJECTS COLLABORATIVE NATURE MEANS MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MESSENGERS PARTICIPATED - Almost all target audiences represented on
Executive Advisory Committee - Project Partner Organizations have provincial
reach - OMHAKEN network-of-network approach with Leads is
another messenger - Knowledge brokers (HB AW) facilitated
connections, and were also key messengers
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9Dissemination Activities, Tools, Timing
Responsibilities
- RANGE OF DISSEMINTATION TOOLS/ACTIVITIES USED
THROUGH-OUT COURSE OF THE PROJECT - Results disseminated when they became available
- Released variety of reports including
- SEEI Interim report / SEEI Final report
- Research study reports released at various
points during research project including study
final reports - Provided research results to stakeholders in
as-needed fashion - KT events (funded by OMHAKEN) to support local
dissemination and KE of research findings - Presentations/consultation including government
focused policy dialogues
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10Dissemination Activities, Tools, Timing
Responsibilities
- ADDITIONAL DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES/TOOLS
- OMHAKEN newsletter
- OMHAKEN and SEEI website
- Widely subscribed e-newsletter (CMHA MH notes)
- Tailored short supplemental reports on specific
topics of interest - Academic (on-going)
- Funding for Special Issue of CJCMH
- Creating special session at provincial conference
that has broad range of attendees - Conference presentations
- Information shared on partner websites
- Regular research updates provided at all EAC,
MOHLTC meetings throughout the 4 years
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11Evaluation
- KT PIECE (OMHAKEN) CURRENTLY UNDERGOING
EVALUATION - Evaluation through
- Web survey
- Key informant interviews
- Capturing ongoing communication
- and dissemination activities (past and
- current)
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12Impacts to Date
- SOME METRICS SO FAR
- 100 out of 300 community agencies participated
directly in SEEI - Approx. 200 people subscribe to OMHAKEN list
serve - 52 presentations at scientific conferences
- 42 other presentations
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- 8 Journal publications
- 35 other reports
13Impacts to Date
- UPTAKE BY RANGE OF AUDIENCES
- International Japan (system planners) Special
Needs Offenders conference - National MHCC
- Provincial Policy Ontario Ministers Advisory
Group for MHA, - Provincial Select Committee Presentations
Deputy Minister, Paula Goering, Paul Garfinkel - Input into CAMH positions for various
strategies - Data used in response to Auditors Report
(Deputy Minister) - Regional Planning LHINs are using report for
health service planning - Local Planning Local pockets of ongoing
activities and improvements (e.g. regions
continue to use findings for local quality
improvement and organization WW crisis
services Frontenac crisis services)
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SEEI Partners
- A community mental health research initiative
funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care in partnership with the Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health, Canadian Mental Health
Association, Ontario, Ontario Federation of
Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs
and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation.