Temple University RRTC on Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses - Goal: The Temple University RRTC is a consortium of diverse research leaders and committed lived experience thought leaders who will guide the field in advancing community living and participation outcomes of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI). Objective: This will be achieved by meeting three objectives: 1) Expanding knowledge about individual and environmental factors, including technology, that can improve community living and participation outcomes among people with SMI; 2) Advance the development of interventions that maximize community living and participation of individuals with SMI through rigorous research and 2) Serving as a national resource center for people with SMI, their families, service and support providers, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders through knowledge translation activities that are based in state-of-the-art translational practices. Outcomes: The RRTC will conduct six research studies. Three will result in new knowledge about the effectiveness of interventions aimed at advancing college student success, using storytelling to enhance broad-based community participation, and an environmental-based intervention to promote the development of welcoming and embracing faith communities. Additional studies will identify new research and intervention targets by examining factors impacting participation among diverse racial groups, the role, and impacts of technology-based participation in the lives of people with SMI, and the identification of indicators and outcome measures associated with community living and participation. Products: The RRTC will develop trainings for people with lived experience and other stakeholders, offer technical assistance that is responsive to their needs, and use state-of-the-art dissemination outlets, including social media and micro learning strategies, and lived experience led national conversations, to effectively translate and transmit information leading to real-world impact.
