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- The study aims to improve integrated adolescent mental health care by addressing the needs and preferences of both young patients and their guardians.
- Researchers conducted interviews and focus groups in 2020 with adolescents and their parents to identify challenges and potential solutions in primary care mental health services.
- The findings resulted in five key design principles—Engagement, Privacy, Communication, Choice, and Ease—that can guide the development of effective mental health integration programs in health systems.
Article Abstract
Introduction: The design of integrated adolescent mental health care should address needs and preferences of patients and parents/guardians.
Method: We conducted interviews and focus groups with adolescents aged 13-17 years who received care at Kaiser Permanente Washington in 2020 and interviews with parents of such adolescents. We sought to (1) understand the challenges of primary care-based mental health and substance use screening and care for adolescents and (2) identify program design solutions. Sessions were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded. Thematic analysis was applied to identify key challenges and design solutions.
Results: Emerging themes from interviews (n = 41) and focus groups (n = 10) were summarized in five overarching design principles: Engagement, Privacy, Communication, Choice, and Ease. Each design principle was expanded for operationalization within a new health system program.
Discussion: Health systems serving adolescents in primary care may consider application of these design principles to the development of mental health integration programs.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544844 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2022.06.006 | DOI Listing |
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