University Challenged:
Academia and Service Users
Brian McKenna
He whakataukii
• Na too rourou, na taku rourou, ka ora
ai te iwi
• With what you have to offer and with
what I have to offer, people will be
better off.
DHB Land
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Multiple stakeholders
Multiple perceptions
Multiple truths
Power dynamics
History of “doing to”.
What are the solutions?
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Good intent.
Grappling with the issues.
“Doing with”
Partnerships attempted.
No one, easy solution
University Land
• Same issues exist.
• Academics – hold the power.
• There is no one, easy solution.
CMHR.
• Pay up, or shut up.
• Teaching - expert service user.
• Research – contract in expert
service user academic.
• Both part of our structure.
• Honorary title
• How we “work with” depends on the
job?
Case Study:
Reporting of Suicide in the
New
Zealand Media
Team
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Brian McKenna – PI
Katey Thom – sociologist
Gareth Edwards – su academic
Tony O’Brien – academic clinician
Ray Nairn – media expert
Ingrid Leary – journalist
Expert Reference Group
Expertise budgeted for.
Research aims
• Descriptive baseline account of
media reporting
• Alignment with Ministry of Health
guidelines
• Includes five case studies
How the study was undertaken
• Quantitative description of nature
and extent of reporting
• Qualitative five case studies
(framing analysis)
Qualitative case studies
(framing analysis)
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Celebrity
New technology
Murder-suicide
Economic crisis
Mental health services
How?
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Team
All had our roles.
Accountability to the team.
You could opt out.
Stay in with support.
All negotiated.
Publications
• THOM, MCKENNA, O'BRIEN,
EDWARDS, NAIRN, NAKARADAKORDIC. 'Reporting of suicide by
the New Zealand media', Crisis,
accepted.
Publication
• THOM, EDWARDS, NAKARADAKORDIC, MCKENNA, O'BRIEN,
NAIRN. 'Suicide Online: Portrayal of
website-related suicide by the New
Zealand media', New Media and
Society. Accepted
On-going challenges
• Have we got it right?
• New frontiers – su directed research.
• Capacity building and sustainability.