Date of Award
2005
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
Supervisor
Donna Baines
Language
English
Abstract
Program evaluation is inherently political, and the evaluation of a state-sponsored injection site for drug users especially so. Stakeholder analysis is one element of a comprehensive evaluation, one that usually takes place after the program has been in operation for some time. In the case of the City of Vancouver's decision to establish such a site, it was clear that there was already stakeholder opinion prior to the opening of the site. This study examines pre- and post-trial stakeholder opinion by reviewing media and other accounts of the pre-trial public debate, and by interviewing six major stakeholders eight months into the trial. Special attention was given to the issue of how to include the voice of a marginalized population in a stakeholder analysis, and four principles were proposed as a means to guide the stakeholder analysis piece of the initial evaluation of this highly controversial initiative.
Recommended Citation
Sterling, Susan Joan, "Framework for Reaction: the politics of evaluating North America's first safe injection site" (2005). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4870.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/4870
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