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Will policy makers hear my disability experience? How participatory research contributes to managing interest conflict in policy implementation. |
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Social Policy and Society, 9(2), April 2010, pp.207-220. |
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1474-7464 |
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1475-3073 |
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This article describes a research approach that focuses on the views of people with disabilities, whilst working within the parameters of government funded evaluation. Examining the limits of the participatory research approach in social policy research, with the goal of changing disability policy implementation, the authors address the question of whether this approach can be used in an environment that is unfamiliar with participatory research. Asking how realistic is it for researchers to persuade government of participatory research benefits, given the gap between participatory policy theory and government evaluation practice, the authors apply this question to the case of a Resident Support Program evaluation - a programme which coordinates support for people living in boarding houses and hostels in Queensland, Australia. The authors found that a participatory, longitudinal, formative evaluation process facilitated service user contribution to research outcomes, service experiences and policy implementation, and, in addition, the values position of participatory research could contribute to managing interest conflict in policy implementation. |
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disabled people; evaluation; hostels; longitudinal studies; outcomes; participatory research; policy; research methods; supported housing; user participation; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=d99282c6-d558-4fe4-be68-c93edbebceb8 |
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