title: Inspiring knowledge mobilization through a communications policy: the case of a community university research alliance.
abstract: Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health is a community-based participatory action research project in Ontario devoted to developing, pilot testing, and evaluating mental health service models grounded in the concept of "cultural empowerment." To ensure that the knowledge generated in the project is shared and used, the research collaborative places a heavy emphasis on communicating with stakeholder groups. This paper provides an overview of a communications policy designed to facilitate such sharing and use. It describes the development and key features of the policy, focusing on the broad issues of principles, authorship and acknowledgment, and planning and procedures.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ochocka
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Rich
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Janzen
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D054521:Cultural Competency; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009864:Ontario