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The Sustainability and Long-term Outcomes of Knowledge Translation Projects: A 3-year Follow-up of the GAIN Collaborative Network Project

Objective: This thesis aimed to advance the study of sustainability through the exploratory use of a conceptual framework for the investigation of a collaborative project.
Methods: A qualitative case study design, utilizing document analysis and key informant interviews, was used to conduct a three-year follow-up of a collaborative mental health project. The study design and directed content analysis were informed by the Scheirer and Dearing (2011) conceptual framework.
Results: The sustained outcomes identified by the six participating agencies included: institutionalized project components, maintained client benefits, continued collaboration and sustained attention to the issue. The sustainability of project components was associated with complex interactions between the innovation, organization, and community factors investigated.
Conclusions: The study illustrated the importance of evaluating multiple aspects of sustainability to fully capture a project’s long-term effect. Complex systems theory was proposed to describe the interactions observed and as a direction for further development of the conceptual framework.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/44057
Date19 March 2014
CreatorsRagusila, Andra
ContributorsHenderson, Joanna, Goering, Paula
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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