Barriers and Facilitators in Access to Child/Youth Mental Health Services
Principal Investigators
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Dr. Rick Audas (Nominated PI)- Health Economist- MUN
Dr. Scott Ronis (PI)- Psychologist- UNB
Dr. Kate Tilleczek(PI)- Canada Research Chair (Young Lives)- UPEI & SickKids
Dr. Michael Zhang (PI)- Operations Research Expert- SMU
Cathy Peyton- Project Manager
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Invoke a unique approach to studying youth mental health in Atlantic Canada
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Reduce barriers and improve quality of access and care
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Increase system efficiency
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Provide data for decision making and engaging public and policy makers
Focus on Co-morbidity and social determinants:
Autism Spectrum, Conduct Disorder, Eating Disorders, Depression/Anxiety
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Improve the access and coordination of care for a patient
group that has historically been under-funded and poorly
managed
Share the data and models for policy & practice (reduce
barriers and improve outcomes)
Collect detailed, visual patient journeys to narrate the system
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series of interactive workshops with stakeholders
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highlight key findings
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describing ‘what works’
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identifying enablers to access and care
Quantitative Modeling for
Healthcare Delivery System
Care service C
Care service B
Patients in the
waiting queue
Care service A
Patients
Indicators
Proposed Outcomes
Reducing barriers to
access
Outcome
Level
Community,
System
Proposed Indicators
Access
Improving patient
outcomes
Health
Quality
Increasing system
efficiency
System
Efficiency
service utilization patterns,
wait times and health
outcomes
A range of health, educational
and social outcomes will be
catalogued.
Propose more effective
approaches to service delivery
for the 5 mental health
conditions
1) regional approach to the issue that is in step with
other regional approaches (SPOR, PHAC Atlantic
Scale Up)
2) the multi-method approach including innovative
longitudinal and visual qualitative data collection.
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The impact of longitudinal visual qualitative
data for integrated KT
Administrative data collection and sharing