Centre for Regional Engagement
18 March 2009
The Centre for Rural Health and Community Development, a joint
initiative of the University of South Australia and Spencer Gulf Rural
Health School, will present the findings of an evaluation conducted with
The Station Community Mental Health Centre at its next monthly forum on
Tuesday 24 March 2009.
Senior Research Fellow Dr Judy Taylor said that “this evaluation was
conducted as a participatory action research process with The Station
and has revealed that there were key aspects of The Station’s
functioning that resulted in good outcomes”.
The Station is a mental health activity centre based in Wallaroo. It
provides people recovering from a mental illness and their carers a
place to meet and support each other and to undertake activities. The
Station is based on a non-medical, recovery orientated, and primary
healthcare approach to achieving health and wellbeing.
Participatory action research involves a collaborative approach to
undertaking the research process and disseminating findings. This
approach allows the university researchers, organizations, and community
members to bring together complementary knowledge that assists the
research and builds organizational ownership of the results.
The research forum is open to the public and will commence at 12.30 pm
on Tuesday 24 March 2009 in room MB1-36 at the University’s Whyalla
Campus. Presenters from the research team include Peta O’Reilly, Wayne
Oldfield, Raelene Harris, Suzanne Alford from The Station, and Judy
Taylor and Rosalind Jones from the University.
Contacts for Interview
Dr Judy Taylor, Senior Research Fellow Mobile: 0427 610 169 Email:
judy.taylor@unisa.edu.au
