TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions and use of community- and school-based behavioral health services among urban American Indian/Alaska native youth and families
AU - Salvador, Julie
AU - Goodkind, Jessica
AU - Ewing, Sarah Feldstein
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Understanding youths' awareness and use of behavioral health services is important for improving services and engagement. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with students, parents, and teachers/staff in an urban area to understand awareness and use of a school's Native-tailored and -staffed school-based behavioral health center (NT-BHC) and community-based services. Results showed overwhelmingly positive responses regarding NT-BHC staff and services, with concerns focused on too few staff and services, and on privacy and confidentiality, as well as important differences in awareness and use of behavioral health services among youth, parents, and teachers/staff, valuable for improving engagement with and services for AI/AN youth.
AB - Understanding youths' awareness and use of behavioral health services is important for improving services and engagement. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with students, parents, and teachers/staff in an urban area to understand awareness and use of a school's Native-tailored and -staffed school-based behavioral health center (NT-BHC) and community-based services. Results showed overwhelmingly positive responses regarding NT-BHC staff and services, with concerns focused on too few staff and services, and on privacy and confidentiality, as well as important differences in awareness and use of behavioral health services among youth, parents, and teachers/staff, valuable for improving engagement with and services for AI/AN youth.
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U2 - 10.5820/aian.2303.2016.221
DO - 10.5820/aian.2303.2016.221
M3 - Article
C2 - 27383094
AN - SCOPUS:84984829512
SN - 0893-5394
VL - 23
SP - 221
EP - 247
JO - American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
JF - American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
IS - 3
ER -