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The UPenn Collaborative (RRTC) is undertaking a number of significant research initiatives, a mix of secondary data analyses, primary data gathering projects, and qualitative research endeavors, collectively designed to build a stronger research, policy, and intervention knowledge base for the promotion of community integration for people with psychiatric disabilities.
| Impact on Community Integration Instrumentation | |
| Issues | Community Integration: Concept & History |
| Personnel | Irene Wong, Ph.D. and Phyllis Solomon, Ph.D.,School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania; and Bret Kloos, Ph.D. University of South Carolina |
| Description | Improve measurement of community integration, including development of consumer-sensitive measures |
| Impact on Conceptual Understanding of 'Community' | |
| Issues | Community Integration: Concept & History, Cultural Competency |
| Personnel | Irene Wong, Ph.D. and Phyllis Solomon, Ph.D., School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania; and, Joseph Rogers from the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania. |
| Description | Increase conceptual knowledge on community integration of people with psychiatric disabilities, including incorporation of cultural perspectives on CI |
| Impact on Employment | |
| Issues | Employment |
| Personnel | Kenneth Gill, Ph.D. and Melissa Roberts, Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
| Description | Develop knowledge on models of service delivery that incorporate community integration concepts and reflect an understanding of barriers |
| Impact of Olmstead Policies | |
| Issues | Olmstead Decision |
| Personnel | Cynthia Zubritsky, Ph.D., Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research, University of Pennsylvania; Michael Allen, Esq. and Rafael Semansky, M.P.P., Judge David Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; and, Alan Marzilli, J.D. from the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania |
| Description | Develop new knowledge on the processes and outcomes associated with the ADA (specifically Olmstead decision) |
| Impact of Housing Policies | |
| Issues | Employment |
| Personnel | Steve Metraux, Ph.D., University of the Sciences; Trevor Hadley, Ph.D., Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research, University of Pennsylvania; Susan Rogers, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania; and, Ellen Harris, Esq. Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
| Description | Enhance knowledge on physical inclusion and document policy barriers |
| Impact of Custody Policies | |
| Issues | Social Roles |
| Personnel | David Mandell, Sc.D., Trevor Hadley, Ph.D. and Roberta Sands, Ph.D., Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research, University of Pennsylvania; Edie Mannion, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania; and, Ellen Harris, Esq. And Michael Allen Esq., Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. |
| Description | Develop new knowledge on the impact of policies on parental roles |
