Participation and interdisciplinarity: a groundbreaking approach of meta-evaluation

We introduce meta-evaluation as a study of the evaluative process about homes of people with severe mental disruption. The assayed evaluation has articulated four knowledge areas, aiming to insert workers and patients into the conduction of the process. We favoured the meta-evaluation of the 'interdisciplinary' and 'participation' aspects. We used participating observation, interviews and focal groups along with researchers and workers. We conclude an effective achievement of interdisciplinary work and limited involvement to one of the three fields. Finally, we identify the pertinence of the use of other criteria to meta-evaluate beyond those proposed by the American Association of Evaluation.