Collaborative Teams for Youth Engagement

Scheve, Julie A.; Perkins, Daniel F.; Mincemoyer, Claudia

doi:10.1300/j125v14n01_13

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“…Youth engagement helps youth develop skills that they can use in turn to provide input into services [29] and to help the organizations become more youth friendly. Several papers provided recommendations on engaging youth effectively in service development/planning [29, 31, 39, 47]. An important aspect includes providing youth with incentives that are practically appealing, to help them engage at the organizational level [29] †,#, *.…”

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“…Youth engagement is expected to lead to reduced stigma, stress, and suicidality, combined with increased coping, empowerment, organizational transparency, and connections among youth, while supporting youth in becoming future professionals in the field [23, 39]. In a bidirectional manner, if an organization establishes youth-friendly characteristics such as flexible times, listening to youth opinions, and applying their ideas, this may increase youth engagement in the organization [47], which is expected to translate into the improved youth friendliness of the organization. Authentic youth-friendly MHSU services may lead to a social/system level change, and improve health equity † .…”

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“…In addition, they should be engaged in designing the environment [49], and be engaged as staff members [42]. It is critical to prevent tokenistic youth engagement and ensure their meaningful involvement, where their feedback is incorporated in the services [47, 52]. In addition to youth engagement, the youth voice should be heard at the service level; i.e., youth should have a say in the services provided to them [38] and service providers should be relatable to youth.…”

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What makes mental health and substance use services youth friendly? A scoping review of literature

Hawke

Mehra

Settipani

et al. 2019

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background There are increasing calls to make mental health and substance use services youth friendly, with hopes of improving service uptake, engagement and satisfaction. However, youth-friendliness in this area has not been clearly defined and there is a lack of information about the characteristics that make such services youth friendly. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the literature available on youth-friendly mental health and substance use services in order to identify the characteristics, outline the expected impacts, and establish a definition. Methods A scoping review of seven databases and grey literature sources was conducted. Twenty-eight documents were retained as relevant to the research questions. Relevant data from these documents was extracted, analyzed and presented to stakeholders, including youth, caregivers and service providers to validate and refine the results. Results Youth-friendly mental health and substance use services include integrated, inclusive, confidential and safe organization and policy characteristics; bright, comfortable, environment with informational materials; welcoming and genuine service providers with appropriate communication and counselling skills; an accessible location; minimal wait times; and individualized and innovative approaches. All areas in which youth friendliness should be implemented in a mental health and substance use service organization had a core value of youth voice. Conclusion Improving the youth friendliness of mental health and substance use services includes incorporating youth voice in organization, policy, environment, service providers, and treatment services, and has implications for treatment uptake, engagement and satisfaction. Further research is required to determine the impact of youth friendliness in such services. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-019-4066-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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What makes mental health and substance use services youth friendly? A scoping review of literature

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Mehra

Settipani

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BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Authentic decision making, an essential component of Y‐APs, must be developed intentionally to ensure full implementation and maintenance. Y‐APs can slide into “tokenism” “unless genuine opportunities exist for youth to participate in decision‐making processes” (p. 222) . In the McCain Y‐AP, authentic youth engagement is clearly demonstrated through active participation in research, proposal writing, presentation development and facilitation and by being recognized as equal team members.…”

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“…Y-APs can slide into "tokenism" "unless genuine opportunities exist for youth to participate in decision-making processes" (p. 222). 18 In the McCain Y-AP, authentic youth engagement is clearly demon- NYAC's first antistigma campaign, #selfree, provides a strong example of this approach. Learning from the challenges previously reported, 11 flexibility was integrated into the model, enhancing its success.…”

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Implementation of a youth‐adult partnership model in youth mental health systems research: Challenges and successes

Heffernan

Herzog

Schiralli

et al. 2017

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BackgroundBy integrating Youth–Adult Partnerships (Y‐APs) in organizational decision making and programming in health‐care settings, youth can be engaged in decisions that affect them in a way that draws on their unique skills and expertise. Despite challenges, Y‐APs can have many benefits for youth and adults alike, as well as for the programmes and initiatives that they undertake together.ObjectiveThis article describes the development, implementation and success of a Y‐AP initiative at the McCain Centre at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, a large urban hospital.MethodThe McCain Y‐AP implementation model was developed based on the existing literature, guided by the team's progressive experience. The development and implementation procedure is described, with indicators of the model's success and recommendations for organizations interested integrating youth engagement.ResultsThe McCain Y‐AP has integrated youth into a wide range of mental health and substance use‐related initiatives, including research projects, conferences and educational presentations. The model of youth engagement is flexible to include varying degrees of involvement, allowing youth to contribute in ways that fit their availability, interest and skills. Youth satisfaction has been strong and both the youth and adult partners have learned from the experience.DiscussionThrough the McCain Y‐AP initiative, youth engagement has helped advance numerous initiatives in a variety of ways. Flexible engagement, multifaceted mentorship, reciprocal learning and authentic decision making have led to a successful partnership that has provided opportunities for growth for all those involved. Health‐care organizations interested in engaging youth can learn from the McCain Y‐AP experience to guide their engagement initiatives and maximize success.

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Development of Deprived Communities Through Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Approaches

Walker

Checkoway

Benson

et al. 2021

European Social Work Education and Practice

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At the very end of this book, it becomes clear as to what extent processes and characteristics of deprived communities are complex, and it is impossible to provide answers based on the actions of only a single profession. From its inception, social work has been closely linked to numerous professions, and integration of knowledge is inherent for social work as a profession. The corpus of theoretical knowledge which social work has inherited is based on theories for social work (Howe 2016), theories that contribute to social work (Payne 2014), theories on social work (Payne 2014), and theories that help in understanding users and societies as well as theories on social work interventions (Collingwood and Davies 2008). In fact, this is how heterogeneous sources of knowledge create the collaborative space for other disciplines and professions.

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Collaborative Teams for Youth Engagement

Cited by 33 publications

References 13 publications

What makes mental health and substance use services youth friendly? A scoping review of literature

What makes mental health and substance use services youth friendly? A scoping review of literature

Implementation of a youth‐adult partnership model in youth mental health systems research: Challenges and successes

Development of Deprived Communities Through Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Approaches

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