EVALUATION OF THE ONTARIO COMMON ASSESSMENT ... - CCIM

OCAN Evaluation for Aboriginal Mental Health Programs
EVALUATION QUESTIONS
Generally speaking, a process evaluation examines if a program or process is implemented and running as
envisioned when it was designed. This evaluation went beyond the normal parameters of a process evaluation
to also elucidate cultural and systems challenges and facilitators associated with OCAN implementation in the
Ontario Aboriginal mental health service systems. Therefore the evaluation was designed to answer questions
related to OCAN that focus on
• the fit of the design of the OCAN for Aboriginal services, providers and clients, as well as
• the relative success of the implementation of the OCAN in Aboriginal programs.
In short, the overarching question of the evaluation was
How well was the OCAN implemented in Aboriginal populations in the Ontario NE LHIN CMH CAP
pilot project?
Table 1 provides a detailed overview our evaluation approach including:
1. evaluation questions used in this project;
2. their relationship to evaluation questions posed in the evaluation of OCAN in mainstream
services (as conducted by Caislyn Consulting Inc. in 2008);
3. additional questions posed to address the unique circumstances faced by Aboriginal mental
health services; and
4. tools used to address each question.
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