Abstract
This article describes the experience and process of using community mapping as a tool for collecting data on the functioning of housing-related support services in Metro Vancouver. We outline our mapping methods and discuss strengths and challenges encountered during workshops aimed at understandings how the system of housing-related supports function. Strengths were that workshops provided a forum for social participation and engagement. In addition, mapping is a research tool that enables local knowledge of service functioning and service gaps to be accessed and exchanged. Challenges include ensuring diverse representation; reducing power imbalances; and having adequate space to accommodate interested participants.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 33-39 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Evaluation and Program Planning |
| Volume | 72 |
| Early online date | 18 Sept 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- Community mapping
- Community-based participatory research
- Housing services
- Qualitative research methodologies
- Social services
- Community-Institutional Relations
- Housing/organization & administration
- Humans
- Program Evaluation/methods
- Public Assistance/organization & administration
- Data Collection/methods
- Group Processes
- Canada
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Qualitative Research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Social Psychology
- Business and International Management
- Strategy and Management
