Jivanjee Pauline, Grover Leigh, Thorp Kristin, Masselli Brie, Bergan Johanna, Brennan Eileen M
Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207, USA.
Youth MOVE National, Decorah, IA, USA.
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2020 Jan;47(1):4-20. doi: 10.1007/s11414-019-09667-3.
Participatory action research processes guided a national online survey of service providers working with transition age youth with mental health challenges. The survey investigated transition service providers' ratings of the importance of competencies and skills, self-assessed need for training in these competencies and skills, their preferred training modalities, and obstacles to engaging in training. The 254 participants identified trauma-informed care, understanding youth culture, promoting natural supports, and using culturally responsive practices as most important training needs. Age, years in current job, years in transition work, and race/ethnicity predicted training needs regarding some competencies and skills. Peer providers expressed preferences for young adult-led training. Qualitative responses highlighted training needs for supporting specific underserved populations: youth from communities of color, LGBTQ youth, and those with co-occurring disorders. Results may guide future training initiatives for peer support and non-peer support providers and workforce development initiatives designed to improve behavioral health services for young people.
参与式行动研究过程指导了一项针对为有心理健康挑战的过渡年龄青年提供服务的提供者的全国性在线调查。该调查研究了过渡服务提供者对能力和技能重要性的评级、对这些能力和技能培训的自我评估需求、他们偏爱的培训方式以及参与培训的障碍。254名参与者将创伤知情护理、理解青年文化、促进自然支持以及采用文化响应性做法确定为最重要的培训需求。年龄、当前工作年限、过渡工作年限以及种族/族裔预测了在某些能力和技能方面的培训需求。同伴提供者表示更喜欢由年轻人主导的培训。定性回答突出了支持特定服务不足人群的培训需求：有色人种社区的青年、 LGBTQ青年以及患有共病的青年。研究结果可为未来针对同伴支持和非同伴支持提供者的培训举措以及旨在改善青少年行为健康服务的劳动力发展举措提供指导。
