title: Surveys of community attitudes toward mental health facilities: reflections or provocations?
abstract: This paper points out how political motives behind community research may affect the outcome. The case of public opposition to psychiatric halfway houses in Hong Kong is used as an illustration. These mass surveys related to the issue are reviewed to show how the different public opinions expressed may be affected by the objectives, context, sample, and content of the surveys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003625:Data Collection; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009042:Motivation; D011057:Politics; D011639:Public Opinion; D012107:Research Design