Ontario's Community Mental Health Evaluation Initiative

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This paper discusses a meta-analysis conducted on Ontario's Community Mental Health Evaluation Initiative. The paper starts with the identification of the stakeholders, description of the program, evaluation design, evidence gathered, and conclusions reached by the evaluation. A set of 30 standards for assessing quality of evaluation activities is also done.

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"Meta-analysis of Ontario's Community Mental Health Evaluation Initiative Stakeholders The stakeholders are divided into CMHEI partners and the consumers, families and even community providers (Goering et al, 2004). The former consist of The Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), The Ontario Mental Health Foundation and The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Goering et al, 2004). The program operators collaborated and took a direct hand in conducting this evaluation, the objective of which was to "assess the effectiveness of community-based mental health services and supports, providing evidence to support future decisions about programs and service delivery" (p. 7)."

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