Perspectives on internal vs. external facilitation for implementing guidelines for recovery-oriented practice: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seven organizations supporting adults with mental health challenges collaborated with researchers to implement Chapter Six of Canada's Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice. An implementation strategy was developed that combined external facilitation, mixed Implementation Teams, a 12-meeting planning process, and ongoing coaching. This paper focuses on the facilitation component, specifically exploring participants' perspectives on internal versus external facilitation within Implementation Teams.

Methods

Forty semi-structured individual online interviews were conducted with 32 members of Implementation Teams, including service users, providers, family members, managers, and knowledge users, along with eight researchers who acted as external facilitators. Part

SUBMITTER: Piat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12849727 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature