Poverty & Social Poverty & Social Inclusion Inclusion A Community- -University Research University Research A Community Alliance (CURA) Alliance (CURA)
Agenda Agenda 9:00am – – Welcome 9:00am Welcome 9:15am – – Overview of Project 9:15am Overview of Project 9:45am – – A History of Partnerships 9:45am A History of Partnerships 10:00am – – Your Place in this Plan 10:00am Your Place in this Plan 10:15am – – Break 10:15am Break 10:30am – – Conversational Café é 10:30am Conversational Caf 11:00am – – Book Presentations 11:00am Book Presentations 11:10am – – Cake cutting celebration 11:10am Cake cutting celebration
Research Team Research Team • Dr. Cheryl Forchuk Forchuk (UWO, LHRI) • Dr. Cheryl (UWO, LHRI) • Susan Ouseley Ouseley (Can- -Voice) Voice) • Susan (Can • • Betty Edwards (Can- Betty Edwards (Can -Voice) Voice) • Stewart Perry (Canadian Centre for Community Renewal) • Stewart Perry (Canadian Centre for Community Renewal) • Mike Godin Godin (CMHA- -London) London) • Mike (CMHA • Sheela Subramanian (CMHA- -Ontario) Ontario) • Sheela Subramanian (CMHA • Mo Jeng Jeng (City of London) • Mo (City of London) • Richard Csiernik Csiernik (King’ ’s University College) s University College) • Richard (King • Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University) • Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University) • Michael Buzzelli Buzzelli (UWO) • Michael (UWO) • Abraham Rudnick (UWO) • Abraham Rudnick (UWO) • Mark Speechley Speechley (UWO) • Mark (UWO) • Benita Cohen (University of Manitoba) • Benita Cohen (University of Manitoba) • Jeffrey Hoch (University of Toronto) • Jeffrey Hoch (University of Toronto)
Background: Poverty and Mental Background: Poverty and Mental Health Health • In Canada, 27% of psychiatric survivors live in poverty, • In Canada, 27% of psychiatric survivors live in poverty, compared to 12.6% of non- -disabled persons disabled persons compared to 12.6% of non • A single person living on ODSP receives less than • A single person living on ODSP receives less than $12,000 per year (63% of poverty line) $12,000 per year (63% of poverty line) • 3 relational patterns between poverty and MH: • 3 relational patterns between poverty and MH: – ‘Additive Additive’ ’ relationship (poverty’ ’s adverse effects contribute to s adverse effects contribute to – ‘ relationship (poverty the poor functioning caused by illness) the poor functioning caused by illness) – ‘Interactive Interactive’ ’ relationship (poverty’ ’s potentially negative s potentially negative – ‘ relationship (poverty effects are intensified by presence of other illness factors) effects are intensified by presence of other illness factors) – ‘Transforming Transforming’ ’ relationship (poverty and illness’ ’ interrelation – ‘ relationship (poverty and illness interrelation can result in each being different than when occurring can result in each being different than when occurring separately) separately)
Background: Social Inclusion Background: Social Inclusion • Individuals with psychiatric disorders experience • Individuals with psychiatric disorders experience discrimination in the housing market, employment and discrimination in the housing market, employment and social relationships social relationships • Loss of connections and housing are more related to • Loss of connections and housing are more related to societal responses to psychiatric illness than the illness societal responses to psychiatric illness than the illness itself itself • Social exclusion and discrimination for this population • Social exclusion and discrimination for this population exacerbates the problems of poverty exacerbates the problems of poverty • Greater impetus on social inclusion for psychiatric • Greater impetus on social inclusion for psychiatric survivors is still required to overcome the exclusionary survivors is still required to overcome the exclusionary nature of current social policies nature of current social policies
Current Project: Purpose and Goals Current Project: Purpose and Goals • Overall purpose: • Overall purpose: – To better understand the inter- -relationships between poverty relationships between poverty – To better understand the inter and social inclusion for psychiatric survivors and social inclusion for psychiatric survivors – To engender community- -based initiatives to promote their based initiatives to promote their – To engender community effects effects – To identify and explore how psychiatric survivors can – To identify and explore how psychiatric survivors can overcome existing marginalization and social disadvantage overcome existing marginalization and social disadvantage – To develop concrete data with community partners in order – To develop concrete data with community partners in order to increase our capacity to evaluate successful policies to increase our capacity to evaluate successful policies • Timeline: We have received a 5- -year grant from SSHRC year grant from SSHRC • Timeline: We have received a 5 (March 2011 – – February 2016) (March 2011 February 2016)
Components to Project Components to Project • This CURA will consist of 3 components: • This CURA will consist of 3 components: 1. Research 1. Research 2. Training (e.g. in the context of research 2. Training (e.g. in the context of research projects, activities credited as part of projects, activities credited as part of coursework, etc.) coursework, etc.) 3. Community Capacity Development (e.g. 3. Community Capacity Development (e.g. workshops, seminars, publications, public workshops, seminars, publications, public lectures, etc.) lectures, etc.)
Research: Research: Quantitative Component Quantitative Component • 380 individual interviews (190 men, 190 women) • 380 individual interviews (190 men, 190 women) – Individuals will be contacted annually to complete a total of 4 – Individuals will be contacted annually to complete a total of 4 interviews interviews – Final expected (hoped for?) sample: 300 (Interviewing 380 in – Final expected (hoped for?) sample: 300 (Interviewing 380 in first year to account for potential drop out rates) first year to account for potential drop out rates) • Representative of housing types (homeless/shelter, • Representative of housing types (homeless/shelter, group home, independent living) and employment group home, independent living) and employment status as a proxy for a variety of economic situations status as a proxy for a variety of economic situations • 2- -hour structured interview: quality of life, housing hour structured interview: quality of life, housing • 2 history and preferences, community integration, social history and preferences, community integration, social support, experience of stigma, well- -being, service use being, service use support, experience of stigma, well
Research: Research: Qualitative Component Qualitative Component • Open- -ended questions in individual interviews ended questions in individual interviews • Open (experience of poverty, experience of stigma, (experience of poverty, experience of stigma, fairness of system) fairness of system) • Focus groups with key stakeholders: • Focus groups with key stakeholders: – Psychiatric survivors – Psychiatric survivors – Family members – Family members – Social service providers – Social service providers – Employers – Employers – Policy decision- -makers makers – Policy decision
Research: Research: Policy and Ethical Analysis Policy and Ethical Analysis • Policy analysis will address policy implications that • Policy analysis will address policy implications that arise from the issues identified in the interviews arise from the issues identified in the interviews • Policy documents related to income, employment • Policy documents related to income, employment and income support will be collected and income support will be collected • The project’ ’s empirical findings will be compared to s empirical findings will be compared to • The project ethical standards derived from welfare theory and ethical standards derived from welfare theory and accepted ethical principles of service providers accepted ethical principles of service providers
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