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Reach up, reach out : Étendre son action, rayonner au loin : practiques exemplaires relatives à la promotion de la santé mentale chez des aînés appartenant à diverses communautés culturelles

12 May 2009

Best practices in Mental health promotion for culturally-Diverse Seniors Best Practice Guidelines – Program Development The Five Phases of Program Development INCEPTION In this phase of development it is crucial to explore the needs of the community and to create connections between the VON and the community of interest. [...] Even issues like finances and other resources can be ameliorated by a high-level of interest and commitment by key stakeholders and the broader community; • Ensure that the program is designed to meet the needs that exist within the community; the goal is to meet “unmet needs” and the issue of whether a need is unmet or not is one that the community of interest will decide (whether you create a pr [...] Some issues to consider are: •. The issues of access that exist within the cultural group; •. Understand what is acceptable within a given community (i.e., not just the culture, but the particular community); •. The approach must be holistic and client-centered; •. Understand the process of stigmatization concerning matters of mental health within the community of interest; •. The role of religion [...] Beyond that evaluation instrument the following issues seem relevant to mention: • Evaluation must be ongoing following the implementation phase; • Evaluation must involve the community in determining what goals the program must meet and how success is to be measured; • Evaluation must be comprehensive and include the program, the involvement of the community, volunteers, and the efforts of the VO [...] Best practices in Mental health promotion for culturally-Diverse Seniors Appendix A Objectives The broad objectives of the Mapping the Network evaluation were to: • Assess the impact of the Network model on the PPEI practice of mental health workers who use it for support • Identify the strengths of the model and the effective strategies that it uses to respond to the needs of rural mental health
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