A5083479312- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Community Health and Development
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Mental Health Commission of Canada
2016-2025
University of Calgary
2010-2024
North York General Hospital
2018
University of Toronto
2018
University of Bergen
2013
University of Alberta
2004-2006
Mental illness-related stigma, including that which exists in the healthcare system and among providers, creates serious barriers to access quality care. It is also a major concern for practitioners themselves, both as workplace culture issue barrier help seeking. This article provides an overview of main care created by stigmatization healthcare, consideration contributing factors, summary Canadian-based research into promising practices approaches combatting stigma environments.
Objective As part of its ongoing effort to combat stigma against mental illness among health care providers, the Mental Health Commission Canada partnered with organizations conducting anti-stigma interventions. Our objective was evaluate program effectiveness and better understand what makes some programs more effective than others. paper reports elements these found be most strongly associated favourable outcomes. Methods study employed a multi-phased, mixed-methods design. First, grounded...
The 'whats' and 'hows' of feeding babies is a key interest in the arena public health. In recent years, this has translated into an ever-increasing emphasis on breastfeeding; namely, trying to get more mothers breastfeed, breastfeed exclusively, for longer. It argued, however, that discourse not benign communiqué about relative benefits breastfeeding, but ideologically infused, moral what it means be 'good mother' advanced capitalist society. With dual aim (a) building upon existing cultural...
Diminishing stigmatization for those with mental illnesses by health care providers (HCPs) is becoming a priority programming and policy, as well research. In order to be successful, we must accurately measure stigmatizing attitudes behaviours among HCPs. The Opening Minds Stigma Scale Health Care Providers (OMS-HC) was developed stigma in HCP populations. this study revisit the factor structure responsiveness of OMS-HC larger, more representative sample HCPs that are likely targets...
Reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness is becoming an increasingly important focus for research, policy, programming intervention work. While it has been well established that healthcare system one of key environments in which persons illnesses experience there little published literature on how to build deliver successful anti-stigma programs settings, towards providers general, or specific types practitioners. Our paper intends address this gap by providing a...
Objective To summarize the ongoing activities of Opening Minds (OM) Anti-Stigma Initiative Mental Health Commission Canada regarding 4 groups targeted (youth, health care providers, media, and workplaces), highlight some key methodological challenges, review lessons learned. Method The approach used by OM is rooted in community development philosophy, with clearly defined target groups, contact-based education as central organizing element across interventions, a strong evaluative component...
The Mental Health Commission of Canada was formed as a national catalyst for improving the mental health system. One its initiatives is Opening Minds (OM), whose mandate to reduce health-related stigma. This article reports findings from qualitative study on antistigma interventions healthcare providers, which includes process model articulating key stages and strategies implementing successful programmes.The employed grounded theory methodology. Data collection involved in-depth interviews...
Stigmatization among healthcare providers towards mental illnesses can present obstacles to effective caregiving. This may be especially the case for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Our study measured impact of a three hour workshop on BPD and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) attitudes behavioral intentions persons with as well illness more generally. The intervention involved educational social contact elements, all focused BPD. employed pre-post design. We adopted approach...
Objective To summarize the background and rationale of approach taken by Mental Health Commission Canada's Opening Minds (OM) Anti-Stigma Initiative. Method The OM incorporates a grassroots, community development philosophy, has clearly defined target groups, uses contact-based education as central organizing element across interventions, strong evaluative component, so that best practices can be identified, replicated, disseminated. Contact-based occurs when people who have experienced...
One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness. Stigma poses significant barrier for those with illness trying to access treatment. The Exploring Mental health Barriers Emergency Rooms Study (EMBER) study aims better understand stigma experienced by and addiction concerns emergency department (ED) settings. For this stage of the study, participants were asked complete survey detailing their visit an ED hospital Southern Alberta. Two scales used measure presence structural ED:...
Discrimination against individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) challenges adversely influences healthcare. To address shortcomings of existing anti-stigma interventions, a novel eLearning course on dismantling structural stigma was co-designed, piloted, implemented, evaluated diverse partners. The aimed to foster reflection evidence-informed approaches recognize forms in healthcare contexts. Participants included self-identified health system leaders, influencers,...
This paper explores infant feeding practices and experiences of mothers in Canada Norway, two countries where breastfeeding rates are relatively high. Based on interviews with 33 Canadian 27 Norwegian mothers, we also examine how feel, think talk about their decisions experiences, similarities divergences across stories. Our findings reveal that is very much organized according to the logic broader medical discourse, a finding which lends support arguments contemporary parenthood...
Objective: Most interventions to reduce stigma in health professionals emphasize education and social contact–based strategies. We sought evaluate a novel skill-based approach: the British Columbia Adult Mental Health Practice Support Program. determine program’s impact on primary care providers’ their perceived confidence comfort providing for mentally ill patients. hypothesized that enhanced skills increased part of practitioners would lead diminished distance stigmatization. Subsequently,...
Organizational characteristics and attributes are critical issues to consider when implementing evaluating workplace training. This study was a qualitative examination of the organizational context as it pertained implementation mental health program called Road Mental Readiness (R2MR) in police organizations Canada.
Dans l'environnement d'aujourd'hui, l'allaitement naturel représente à la fois un exemple médical idéal pour l'alimentation infantile et moral les soins maternels. Le caractère moralement chargé de ce discours rend notion choix dans particulièrement problématique lourde difficultés. À partir d'une analyse contenu historique d'éditions choisies 1946 1998 du célèbre manuel l'enfant Dr Spock, l'auteure cet article explique le processus par lequel sein contre biberon s'est transformé au cours...
Stigma related to mental health and substance use (MHSU) is a well-established construct that describes how inequitable outcomes can result from prejudice, discrimination, marginalization. Although there body of literature on educational approaches reduce stigma, antistigma education for MHSU has primarily focused stigma at the social, interpersonal/public, personal (self-stigma) levels, with little attention problem structural stigma. Structural refers inequity manifested through rules,...
Background and Objective Canada is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Given sheer magnitude crisis escalating death toll, mobilization harm reduction interventions important priority. Currently, little known about role played by stigmatization, particularly terms how this may impact endorsement uptake strategies initiatives among frontline providers. Materials Methods Opening Minds, anti-stigma initiative Mental Health Commission Canada, undertook a one-and-a-half-year research project to...