MAPC staff developed key themes based on the document and created a skeleton code book for qualitative analysis. Through this process, key themes started to emerge and became the basis for code book development that was used for analysis.įollowing completion of all focus groups, MAPC staff reviewed the Post Focus Group document. Initial impressions related to barriers and facilitators were documented on a Post Focus Group document. This expanded scope allowed for a more comprehensive understanding of the school’s role in youth mental health access.įollowing each focus group, MAPC staff reconvened to share initial thoughts and reactions to the focus group. As a result, MAPC expanded the scope to also include school officials: school resource officers, school therapists, and adjustment counselors. MAPC recognized that by only speaking to parents and youth, data collected around schools would be one-sided. After holding multiple discussions with this target audience, one of the predominant themes that emerged was how youth received and perceived mental health treatment in schools, which suggested that schools are a major access point for youth mental health services. Initially, MAPC elected to speak with both youth and parents of youth in order to evaluate and understand the landscape of access to youth mental health services in the North Shore. See appendix for post focus group survey.įocus groups were recorded and transcri bed for qualitative analysis. MAPC also used the post focus group survey to gather demographic information such as age of youth, timing of their last mental health interaction, the length of the waiting time before receiving requested services, type of insurance coverage, and reason s for seeking service. A post focus group survey was developed to provide an opportunity for parents and youth to share any thoughts they might not have had the opportunity to share, or did not feel comfortable sharing, during the focus group. GHD and MAPC recognize d the topic of discussion could provide challenges for open and candid discussion among parents and youth. Five key informants participated across four key informant interviews.One Zoom focus group was conducted in July 2020.One in-person focus group was conducted in February 2020.14 youth participated across the two youth focus groups.Three Zoom focus groups were conducted between June and August 2020.One in-person focus group was conducted in March 2020.18 people participated across the four parent focus groups.There was a clinician on-site for all focus groups -in-person and online.ĭetailed focus group information is as follows: There were 3 7 total participants from the focus groups and key informant interviews. Additionally, four key informant interviews were conducted. MAPC conducted a total of six focus groups, two with youth and four with parents. M A PC developed a flyer for GHD to distribute to potential participants that provided more details about the focus groups. GHD worked with their network of stakeholders to recruit the target population for the focus group. The target focus group participants were youth and parents who had attempted to access youth mental health services within the last year. Questions were adjusted slightly (e.g., changing from “you” to “your child”) for parent and youth focus group to ensure vernacular is understood between groups. The process resulted in a final set of 10 questions for the focus groups. Additionally, MAPC and GHD used this network's expertise to ensure the questions were phrased in a trauma-informed manner to ensure a safe and positive experience for participants. This second set of draft questions was shared with the Regional Provider Network, who were asked to prioritize questions they felt were most important. These draft questions were shared with GHD, who helped prioritize a second draft of the question set. MAPC developed a set of draft questions aimed at understanding barriers and identifying resources that helped connect parents and youth to the care they were looking for. Development of the focus group questions was an iterative and collaborative process between MAPC, GHD, and The Regional Youth Prevention Network.
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