Community and Academic Research Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities

Location

1048

Format Type

Event

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2019

End Date

January 2019

Abstract

This presentation will report and reflect on a two year qualitative study that involved a partnership between the Child Development Institute (CDI), an accredited children’s mental health centre and Humber College, both located in Toronto, Ontario. The study considered the experiences of women who have recently participated in the Mothers in Mind (MIM) program to begin to understand what impact their participation in MIM has had on their parenting after trauma, their relationship with their child, their self-esteem and social isolation. While pre/post tests and other quantitative measures were in place to study the MIM program, facilitators noticed that participants had many detailed and specific accounts on how MIM made a difference in their lives that were not well captured in the quantitative data. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with facilitators and participants by both the Principal Investigator and four postgraduate students. In this manner the study also served as a teaching opportunity. This presentation will include the methodology of this study as well as a brief review of findings, with special consideration given to the opportunities and challenges found in community/academic research partnerships and incorporating students in the process.

Keywords

qualitative research, post secondary students, domestic violence, parenting, mothering, community partnerships, interviewing, vulnerable populations

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Community and Academic Research Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities

1048

This presentation will report and reflect on a two year qualitative study that involved a partnership between the Child Development Institute (CDI), an accredited children’s mental health centre and Humber College, both located in Toronto, Ontario. The study considered the experiences of women who have recently participated in the Mothers in Mind (MIM) program to begin to understand what impact their participation in MIM has had on their parenting after trauma, their relationship with their child, their self-esteem and social isolation. While pre/post tests and other quantitative measures were in place to study the MIM program, facilitators noticed that participants had many detailed and specific accounts on how MIM made a difference in their lives that were not well captured in the quantitative data. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with facilitators and participants by both the Principal Investigator and four postgraduate students. In this manner the study also served as a teaching opportunity. This presentation will include the methodology of this study as well as a brief review of findings, with special consideration given to the opportunities and challenges found in community/academic research partnerships and incorporating students in the process.