title: Recovery Outcome Measures: Is There a Place for Culture, Attitudes, and Faith?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Utilization of the Recovery Knowledge Inventory (RKI) and Recovery Attitudes Questionnaire (RAQ) in southeastern Australia raised questions about the RAQ, including links between attitudes, faith, and culture in supporting the recovery journey. These questions are particularly important when considered in the context of people with mental illness who live in secular multicultural societies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper discusses the cultural appropriateness of the RAQ in Australian settings, and identifies the need to develop rigorous, inclusive recovery outcome measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to identify what best motivates people in their recovery journey, and to find a way to harness these motivating factors to achieve the best possible outcomes.
authors: Disciplines of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Hungerford
authors: University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
authors: Mitchell
authors: M
authors: Dowling
authors: Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
authors: Kerry
authors: K
authors: Doyle
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D054521:Cultural Competency; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D064698:Parish Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Attitude; culture; faith; outcome measure; recovery