Mick McKeown is Principal Lecturer in mental health nursing research at the University of Central Lancashire, and co-founder of the Comensus project with Soo Downe. He is a trade union activist for Unison and contributes to union debates relating to service user involvement.
Lisa Malihi-Shoja is co-ordinator for the Comensus Project at the University of Central Lancashire. She is dedicated to service user and carer involvement and has developed and supported a n umber of projects across a wide range of settings, including community projects, acute care and forensic projects.
The Comensus Writing Collective: Notes on Authorship.
Notes on Language.
Introduction.
Part I: The Context.
1 Service User and Carer Involvement in Higher Education.
2 The Social and Political Context.
3 Beyond the Campus: Universities, Community Engagement and Social Enterprise.
4 Research and Evaluation of Service Users’ and Carers’ Involvement in Health Professional Education.
5 What Counts Cannot be Counted: Community Engagement as a Catalyst for Emotional Intelligence.
Part II: Personal Experiences: The Case of Comensus.
6 Setting up a Service User and Carer Engagement Project: Comensus.
7 Climbing the Ladder of Involvement: A Manager’s Perspective.
8 Stories of Engagement.
9 Making Sense of Involvement in Comensus.
10 Shedding Masks: Transitions in Mental Health and Education, a Personal View.
Conclusions.
References.
Appendices.
Appendix 1: Research and Evaluation Planning Worksheet.
Appendix 2: Terms of Reference for Comensus Advisory Group.
Appendix 3: Year One Issues and Solutions.
Appendix 4: Terms of Reference for CIT.
Appendix 5: COMENSUS: Action Plan 2009.
Appendix 6: Year Three Sub-Groups of The Community Involvement Team.
Appendix 7: Year 3 Issues and Solutions.
Appendix 8: Protocol for the Development of Learning Resources Involving Service Users and/or Carers.
Appendix 9: Service User/Carer/Public Consent Form.
Index.
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