Academic Articles

CURA partners produced twelve articles. Click here to see full abstracts.

Jacobson, N., Ochocka, J., Wise J., Janzen, R. & the Taking Culture Seriously Partners (2007). Inspiring knowledge mobilization through a communications policy: The case of a Community University Research Alliance. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action. 1(1), 99-104.

Janzen, R., Ochocka, J., Jacobson, N., Maiter, S., Simich, L., Westhues, A., Fleras, A. and the "Taking Culture Seriously" partners (2010).  Synthesizing culture and power in community mental health: An emerging framework. Canadian Journal of Mental Helath 29 (1), 51-67.

Janzen, R., Ochocka, J., and the “Taking Culture Seriously” partners. (2006). The road toward cultural empowerment: An invitation to inclusion. In D. Zinga (Ed.) Navigating Multiculturalism Negotiating Change. (pp.58-76). Cambridge Scholar’s Press: Newcastle, UK.

Maiter, S., Simich, L., Jacobson, N., & Wise, J. (2008). Reciprocity: An ethic for Participatory Action Research with culturally diverse communities. Action Research. 6(3): 305–325.

Nelson, G., Janzen, R., Ochocka, J., Trainor, J. (2010) Participatory action research and evaluation with mental health self-help initiatives: A theoretical framework.  In L. Brown and S. Wituk (Eds). Mental Health Self-Help: Consumer and Family Initiatives. (pp. 39-58). Springer Press:, New York.

Ochocka, J. (2008). Working with Diverse Communities Towards Social Change: A Community University Partnership in Canada Using a Participatory Action Research Approach. In A. Bokszczanin (Ed). Social Change in Solidarity: Community Psychology Perspectives and Approaches (pp.76-83). Opole: University of Opole Press, Poland.

Ochocka, J. & Janzen R. (2007). Blending commitment, passion and structure: Engaging cultural linguistic communities in collaborative research. In A. Williamson & R. DeSouza (Eds.), Researching with Communities: Grounded perspectives on engaging communities in research. Wairua Press. Waitakere City, New Zealand. 323-338.

Ochocka J., Moorlag E. & Janzen, R. (2010). Community entry and participatory action research: Pathways between diversity engagement and community research. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 3, 1-19
 
Ochocka, J., Moorlag, E., Marsh, S., Korsak, K., Mutta, B., & Kaur, A. (2010). Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health: A five-year study bridging research and action. Canadian Issues: Special Issue on Immigrant Mental Health, Summer 2010, 59-64.
 
Simich, L., Maiter, S., Moorlag, E. & Ochocka, J. (2009). ‘Taking Culture Seriously’: Ethno linguistic community perspectives on mental health. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32 (3), 208-214.

Simich, L., Maiter, S. & Ochocka, J. (2009). From social liminality to cultural negotiation: Transformative processes in immigrant wellbeing. Anthropology and Medicine Journal. 16(3), 1-19.

Westhues, A., Janzen, R. , Roth, D. & Grant, J. (2010). Community mental health organizations in Ontario: Perceptions of responsiveness to the needs of diverse cultural-linguistic communities. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 29 (2), 99-111.

Westhues, A., Ochocka, J., Jacobson, N., Simich, L., Maiter, S., Janzen, R. & Fleras, A. (2008). Developing theory from complexity: Reflections on a collaborative mixed method Participatory Action Research study. Qualitative Health Research. 18 (5), 701-717.

Moorlag, E., Wang, D., d'Ailly, Ho, Ochocka, J. & Janzen, R. (under review).  Capacity building and peer support as community mental health intervention:  Perspectives from Chinese Canadians on culturally-relevant service deliver. International Journal of Mental Health.

Nelson, G., D'Ailly, H. Moorlag, E., Ochocka, J., Janzen, R., Maiter, S., Jacobson, N. (submitted). Planning mental services for cultural-linguistic communities: Towards a framework for change. Action Research.

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