OPDI Resources

“Questions to Consider Before Participating in Research Initiatives”

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Have you or your organization been approached to partner a research proposal?  Been asked to join an Advisory or Steering Committee?  Offered an employment opportunity as a consumer researcher?  Or been asked to consent to being part of a study?

This fact sheet will give you a grounded way of approaching involvement, and help you make an informed ethical decision as to whether participation is ultimately beneficial personally or organizationally.

Questions_to_Consider_for_Research_Initiatives.pdf

Making Sense of Health System Jargon (revised September 2008)

OPDI has compiled a list of acronyms common to the Ontario healthcare system and also suggests hyperlinks to research further.

Cheat_Sheet_of_Health_Jargon.pdf

Resources for CSIs

OPDI has compiled a “Peer Support and Consumer Case Management Bibliography” of research articles about consumers who provide case management services (2006).

Peer_Support_and_Consumer_case_Management_Bibliography_final.doc

The “Peer Support Specialist Development—Exploration Discussions Final Report” by the Herrington Group is a resource paper for the Peer Development Task Force and commissioned in 2005 by OPDI.

Final_Report-Peer_Support_Specialist_Devpt.pdf