Transition Age Youth and the Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership

过渡时代青年和波士顿社区学术心理健康合作伙伴关系

基本信息

批准号：
7920159
负责人：
Jonathan Delman
金额：
$ 18.38万
依托单位：
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-09-01 至 2012-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): While there has been "a dramatic increase in the attention and resources devoted to partnership or collaborative approaches to public health goals in the US" (Lantz et al 2001), few of these efforts have focused on addressing the mental health needs of communities, and very rarely are youth with emotional and behavioral disorders included. The Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership (B- CAMHP) was established in 2006 to provide a mechanism for people with psychiatric and substance use disorders to fully participate in the design and conduct of mental health research utilizing the principles of community based participatory research. Young people with mental health and addiction recovery needs (MHARN) are at increased risk for a host of negative outcomes, including substance abuse and homelessness, as they transition from adolescence into adulthood. Despite this heightened vulnerability, a significant number of these "transition age youth" do not have access to mental health interventions and supports designed with their particular needs in mind. In late 2006, the B-CAMHP's steering committee, made up of consumers, family members and academic based researchers, decided to establish a Transition Age Youth research Project Team to better understand how these issues occur in Boston. In this proposal we seek funds for this research project team to conduct an exploratory study of the role of housing in recovery for transition age youth. Housing has been identified as a critical area of attention for this population. The development of a Transition Age Youth (TAY) Project Team will allow the voices of transition age youth to be fully integrated into the overall B-CAMHP infrastructure. Our preliminary study design involves hiring and training 4-6 TAY research assistants to conduct a series of 40 interviews with TAY living in diverse settings in Boston including, 1) residential or group home, 2) supported housing, 3) with family, and 4) homeless. In addition we will conduct 10 interviewers with key "stakeholders" in housing for TAY with MHARN. This proposal represents the next step in continuing the work of our ongoing partnership designed to bring the community and the academic world together to develop research that will better inform the development of a system of care to meet the needs of transition age youth. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership (B-CAMHP) was established in 2006 to provide a mechanism for people with psychiatric and substance use disorders to fully participate in the design and conduct of mental health research utilizing the principles of community based participatory research. This proposal allows for the creation of a Transition Age Youth (TAY) Project Team and the conduct of a study to explore the role of housing in the recovery of TAY with mental health and addiction recovery needs.

描述（由申请人提供）：虽然“在美国致力于伙伴关系或协作方法的关注和资源急剧增加”（Lantz等，2001年），但其中很少有这些努力集中在解决社区的心理健康需求上，很少与包括情感和行为障碍的年轻人一起解决社区的心理健康需求。波士顿社区学术心理健康伙伴关系（B-CAMHP）于2006年成立，为精神科和药物使用障碍的人提供了一种机制，以充分参与基于社区参与性研究原理的精神健康研究的设计和行为。有心理健康和成瘾恢复需求的年轻人（MHARN）在从青春期过渡到成年时，会增加许多负面结果，包括药物滥用和无家可归的风险。尽管这种脆弱性增加了，但这些“过渡年龄青年”中的许多人无法获得心理健康干预措施，并考虑到其特定需求设计的支持。 2006年底，由消费者，家庭成员和学术研究人员组成的B-CAMHP指导委员会决定建立一个过渡时代青年研究项目团队，以更好地了解这些问题是如何在波士顿发生的。在此提案中，我们为这个研究项目团队寻求资金，以对住房在过渡时代青年恢复中的作用进行探索性研究。住房已被确定为该人群的关键领域。过渡时代青年（TAY）项目团队的发展将使过渡时代青年的声音完全融入整个B-CAMHP基础设施中。我们的初步研究设计涉及雇用和培训4-6 TAY研究助理，以一系列40次在波士顿的Tay访谈，包括，1）住宅或集体住所，2）支持住房，3）与家人和4）无家可归。此外，我们将在与Mharn的Tay住房中与主要的“利益相关者”进行10位采访者。该提案代表了继续我们正在进行的合作伙伴关系的工作的下一步，旨在将社区和学术界融合在一起，以开发研究，以更好地为满足过渡时代青年需求的护理系统的发展提供信息。公共卫生相关性：2006年成立了波士顿社区学术心理健康伙伴关系（B-CAMHP），为患有精神病和药物使用障碍的人提供了一种机制，以利用基于社区的参与性研究的原理来充分参与精神健康研究的设计和行为。该建议允许建立一个过渡年龄青年（TAY）项目团队，并进行一项研究，以探索住房在心理健康和成瘾恢复需求中恢复TAY中的作用。