Monday, October 25, 2004

The Meaningful Participation of Consumers on Mental Health Agency Boards
PowerPoint presentation made at the "Making Gains" conference earlier this month by Jason Newberry based on two studies he conducted. A related item in CMHA/Ontario's Mental Health Notes remarks that "The goals of the studies were to better understand what resources or forms of power help consumers to participate meaningfully on boards and what impact different models of board governance have upon consumer participation. To do this, he developed a model that described different elements of meaningful participation. He interviewed people from the governing boards of five Ontario CMHA branches, including consumers, professionals and executive directors, in order to test the usefulness of the model in defining whether participation was meaningful or not." To advance through the PowerPoint presentation, click on the scroll bar.