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Opening Minds Programs | August 2011 National: Public Awareness Category Partners Name Description Status Public MuchMusic Mental Health Awareness Initiative MuchMusic has chosen mental health/stigma reduction as its social cause for the coming year. It is proposing an extensive series of activities including public service announcements to reduce the stigma of mental illness and encourage young people to seek help. Scheduled to start in fall 2011. British Columbia: Youth Category Partners Name Description Status Evaluation Canadian Mental Health Association – Caribou Chilcotin, Williams Lake Challenge Day A six-hour facilitated, experiential workshop for high school teens designed to break down the barriers, such as stigma and racism, that separate a person from other individuals. Youth come in, play games, and get to know each other on an entirely different level; when they leave, they are connected by a true understanding of each other and a new-found respect for those around them. This program will be evaluated to determine if it is an effective tool for reducing stigma and discrimination among students. On hold, awaiting evaluation plan. Evaluation The Healthy Aboriginal Network, Vancouver Health Literacy Comic Books These comic books were created to specifically focus on health and social issues for youth. Topics covered are suicide prevention, gambling addiction, diabetes prevention, staying in school and, most recently, anxiety and child and youth mental health. The comics addressing mental health problems among youth, with a focus on aboriginal youth, will be evaluated to determine their effectiveness at reducing stigma among students. Anticipated start fall 2011. 9
Opening Minds Programs | August 2011 British Columbia: Healthcare Providers Category Partners Name Description Status Evaluation British Columbia Interior Health Authority, Castlegar, Kelowna, Williams Lake, Penticton, Cranbrook, Kamloops, and Salmon Arm Castlegar Mental Health and Addiction Services The British Columbia Interior Health Authority used the program developed by the Ontario Central LHIN for frontline staff (doctors, nurses, triage) in the emergency departments of seven interior hospitals and community clinics during the fall, 2010. See: “Ontario/Healthcare Provider Programs/Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)” for program description. Evaluation Stand Up For Mental Health, Vancouver, Victoria, and Prince George Stand Up for Mental Health This program uses comedy to reduce stigma and discrimination. People with lived experience of mental illness are trained as comedians who present routines about being diagnosed, taking medication, seeing counsellors, and surviving the healthcare system. Stand Up for Mental Health presents to second-year medical students. The program includes a video and a discussion between students and comedians. Data analysis and draft evaluation report nearing completion. Data collected; data analysis underway. 10
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