Bringing People and Knowledge Together

Inter-Professional Cross-Sectoral Inter-Professional Cross-Sectoral CollaborationCollaboration

Child and youth mental health must be cross sectoral by definition • Mental health, health, education, youth justice, child welfare,

developmental services, addictions, … Common language, mutual respect, clarity of roles are

all required Should be reflected in training as well as practice

• What basic level of knowledge should be an expectation?

Mobilizing Knowledge and Mobilizing Knowledge and Changing Behaviour in CYMHChanging Behaviour in CYMH

2004 to 2006: building/development (e.g., knowledge generation, synthesis, exchange)

2007 to 2010: mobilizing knowledge and changing behaviour in CYMH • common threads across activities: building networks

and partnerships; communities of practice around evidence-based practice

Activities at a GlanceActivities at a Glance Grants and Awards

Index• contains information

about Centre-funded projects

• Project summary• Final Outcomes Report• Presentations

• search for current research in your region, sector or area of interest

Youth Engagement• The New Mentality – pilot initiative working to create a youth-

driven network promoting mental health and advocating for a system that engages youth in ON

• Consumer & Advocates Network – network of consumers, including youth, who inform our programs and services

• Youth Art Mural Project – partnership between the Ottawa School of Art and the Centre; the use of art to express mental health

• Project Postcard – Helping Ottawa-area students express feelings about mental health through art

• Dare to Dream Program – youth-led awards program• www.yoomagazine.net - health literacy program

Activities at a GlanceActivities at a Glance

by

Nancy Pereira

Knowledge Transfer and Evaluation Lead

The New Mentality

Project PostcardProject Postcard

Art and mental health awareness initiative for students in grades 6-8 (Denise Lacroix & Julie Fisher)

Community Foundation of Ottawa grant ($8200) Process:

• Presentations about Mental Health• Develop and share messages through the creation of postcards

Content …

YooMagazine Our flagship magazine focuses on a range of health, mental health and developmental topics, including nutrition and exercise, boys and girls health, injury prevention, bullying and relationships.

Q&A Each week, we answer new questions posted by youth.

Q&A Archive Browse or search our archive of over 2000 Q&As asked by students and answered by experts

Quizzes Test your knowledge about development, health and sexuality.

Questionnaires Take standardized, interactive questionnaires on a range of topics.

News Bulletins We post new fact sheets on emerging trends each month on a range of health, development and well-being topics.

Hot Topics We showcase materials on critical topics each month, including bullying, STIs, self harm.

Classroom Activities

Lesson plans and teaching modules on a range of health and mental health topics will be posted each month.

www.yoomagazine.netdemo / mydemo

admin@yoomagazine.net

Activities at a GlanceActivities at a Glance Med Ed & Med Ed Passport

• Partnership between the Centre and Drs Stan Kutcher, Andrea Murphy and David Gardner, Dalhousie University

• Psychotropic medication education booklet created in response to a provincial crisis

• Innovative tracker for questions, symptoms, activities, side effects, medications and appointments

• Train-the-trainer pilot training in May 2008; more to come

Activities at a GlanceActivities at a Glance

Made in Ontario – May 2008 More than 350 participants from diverse sectors and

regions, including teachers, CYCs, probation officers, psychologists, decision makers

Co-hosted by the Centre, Peel Children’s Centre, Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, Child Development Institute, Kinark Child and Family Services and CMHO

One-day showcase highlighting leading practices in child and youth mental health

Designed specifically for front-line service providers Overwhelmingly positive feedback – more to come

Family Mental HealthFamily Mental Healthin the Workplacein the Workplace

Mental disorders run in families (burden on parents and young people)

Family mental health impacts workplace (parents as case managers)

Workplace mental health impacts families Workplace as an opportunity for mental health literacy for

parents Youth as current and future members of the workforce Improving the mental health literacy of the working parent

pays off!

Family Mental HealthFamily Mental Healthin the Workplace Projectin the Workplace Project

Partners: Centre of Excellence Sun Life Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, Dalhousie Univ. Jack Laidlaw Chair in Patient-Centred Health Care, McMaster Univ. Cushman, Wakefield (U.S.), Lepage (Canada) Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental

Health

Project: Parent preference modelling; tool development/refinement;

implementation; evaluation; replication

How it Works:Patients complete the 5 to 10 minute screening tool in the physician’s office on a TouchScreen Monitor mounted on a stand-alone kiosk prior to their appointment.

Upon completion, the system immediately generates and prints a 1-page report on a dedicated or networked computer.

The 1-page report highlights elevated symptom scores, risk factors, and patient identified needs.

Goal 1: To facilitate the timely screening and assessment of a variety of health and mental health difficulties that adds no additional burden to physicians’ time.

Add Features:► Multi-lingual capacity – currently

in French and English (working on Spanish and Arabic)

► Flexible – implement any screening tool quickly.

► Facilitate Self Study – monitor quality of care

► Generate Quarterly Summary Reports – monitor trends.

► Improve Knowledge Mobilization – the system can print Clinical Practice Guideline, InfoSheets, and Self-Help Guide on-demand, keyed to the patient’s / client’s identified needs.

Goal 2: To facilitate the mobilization of health and mental health information to providers and patients, as needed,

Contact: Dr. Darcy Santor

dsantor@cheo.on.ca

New Funding OpportunitiesNew Funding Opportunities Two new grants replace the

former Program Evaluation Grants:1. Evaluation Capacity

Building Grant (ECBG)2. Evaluation

Implementation Grant (EIG)

Goals: • standardization of

evaluation• more communities of

practice established in ON

Both grants will require:• a readiness review• if successful, regular

consultation with the Centre

• partnerships and networks with agencies implementing similar programs and services

In September 2008, the Centre funded 24 ECBGs and 13 EIGs. Next deadline is June 2009.

Community Mobilization AwardsCommunity Mobilization Awards Aims to:

• support sustainable initiatives through collaborative action

• promote cross-sectoral and cross-professional cooperation across the province

• support motivated communities in their efforts to mobilize around a pressing issue

• successful pilot project in 2008 has led to a full roll out of the award in 2009.

Activities at a GlanceActivities at a Glance

Ongoing support for evaluation grant recipients:

An online learning module to support users in “Planning, Doing, and Using Evaluation” in their organizations (Winter 2009 launch date)

A series of practical, interactive workshops to build basic skills (e.g., how to do a literature review, how to do basic statistics, an introduction to qualitative data analysis)

Evaluation of the CentreEvaluation of the Centre Internal Evaluation

(the Centre)• Lead: Dr. Evangeline

Danseco• Ongoing internal

review of Centre processes and outcomes

• Innovative evaluation data-collection system

External Evaluation (MCYS)• Fourth year of full

operations• To determine value of

Centre outcomes and relevance to the field

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