Satisfying Competing Stakeholder Needs in a Depression Awareness Project
| Author | Wayne Chamley,Catherine Macbean,Maggie McGuiness,Tom Trauer,Neil Cole,Kylee Bellingham,Anthea Rutter,Suresh Sundram |
| DOI | 10.1177/1035719X0500500105 |
| Published date | 01 September 2005 |
| Date | 01 September 2005 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
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Rutter et al.—Satisfying competing stakeholder needs
depression
Satisfying competing
stakeholder needs
in a depression
awareness project
Anthea Rutter
Maggie McGuiness
Suresh Sundram
Wayne Chamley
Kylee Bellingham
Tom Trauer
Neil Cole
Catherine MacBean
The Depression Awareness Research Project was funded
to develop, implement and evaluate a community-focused
model designed to raise awareness of major depression1.
It was piloted in fi ve locations in Victoria from 2001–2004.
This paper presents the fi ndings of an analysis of qualitative
data collected from a variety of stakeholders during and after
the project.
Purpose of the evaluation
The purpose of the evaluation was to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program
in the Depression Awareness Research Project (DARP) and the effectiveness of the DARP
model in improving mental health literacy within the community (Sundram et al 2004).
The evaluation of DARP incorporated both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
The quantitative components involved administration of a survey that measured levels
of literacy about major depression and sought basic demographic data. The qualitative
components of the evaluation appraised educators, project coordinators and key
stakeholders. Educators completed a questionnaire immediately after their training,
evaluating the latter’s quality and were interviewed using a semi-structured interview by
their coordinator at their exit from the project to assess their experience of DARP. Project
coordinators and some key stakeholders were interviewed by Mental Health Research
Institute staff about their comments and impressions of being involved in the project.
Focus of this paper
This paper focuses on one aspect of the evaluation. It examines the differing expectations
of the majority of the stakeholder groups within the project and discusses whether their
expectations were met by the project. In particular, the paper examines the qualitative
fi ndings and their relevance to assessments of program effectiveness.
The main author of this paper was involved with the qualitative data collection
involving the groups below. The quantitative data obtained from the secondary contacts
(who were the recipients of the messages about major depression) was analysed by other
members of the research team.
Anthea Rutter (photo), Maggie
McGuiness, Suresh Sundram,
Wayne Chamley, Kylee
Bellingham, Tom Trauer, Neil
Cole and Catherine MacBean
work within the Depression
Awareness Project, Mental
Health Research Institute,
Parkville, Melbourne. Anthea
Rutter is the principal author
of this paper.
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