Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 80 Workman Way, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H4, Canada.
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
BMC Public Health. 2024 May 27;24(1):1402. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18877-0.
Prior research has showed the importance of providing integrated support services to prevent and reduce youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET) related challenges. There is limited evidence on NEET youth's perspectives and preferences for employment, education, and training services. The objective of this study was to identify employment, education and training service preferences of NEET youth. We acknowledge the deficit-based lens associated with the term NEET and use 'upcoming youth' to refer to this population group.
Canadian youth (14-29 years) who reported Upcoming status or at-risk of Upcoming status were recruited to the study. We used a discrete choice experiment (DCE) survey, which included ten attributes with three levels each indicating service characteristics. Sawtooth software was used to design and administer the DCE. Participants also provided demographic information and completed the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs-Short Screener. We analyzed the data using hierarchical Bayesian methods to determine service attribute importance and latent class analyses to identify groups of participants with similar service preferences.
A total of n=503 youth participated in the study. 51% of participants were 24-29 years of age; 18.7% identified as having Upcoming status; 41.1% were from rural areas; and 36.0% of youth stated that they met basic needs with a little left. Participants strongly preferred services that promoted life skills, mentorship, basic income, and securing a work or educational placement. Three latent classes were identified and included: (i) job and educational services (38.9%), or services that include career counseling and securing a work or educational placement; (ii) mental health and wellness services (34.9%), or services that offer support for mental health and wellness in the workplace and free mental health and substance use services; and (iii) holistic skills building services (26.1%), or services that endorsed skills for school and job success, and life skills.
This study identified employment, education, and training service preferences among Upcoming youth. The findings indicate a need to create a service model that supports holistic skills building, mental health and wellness, and long-term school and job opportunities.
先前的研究表明，提供综合支持服务对于预防和减少青年失业、未受教育或未接受培训（NEET）相关挑战至关重要。关于 NEET 青年对就业、教育和培训服务的看法和偏好，证据有限。本研究的目的是确定 NEET 青年的就业、教育和培训服务偏好。我们承认与 NEET 相关的基于缺陷的视角，并使用“即将到来的青年”来指代这一人群。
本研究招募了报告即将到来状态或有即将到来状态风险的加拿大青年（14-29 岁）。我们使用离散选择实验（DCE）调查，其中包括十个属性，每个属性有三个水平，分别表示服务特征。Sawtooth 软件用于设计和管理 DCE。参与者还提供了人口统计信息，并完成了全球个体需求评估-简短筛查器。我们使用分层贝叶斯方法分析数据，以确定服务属性的重要性，并进行潜在类别分析，以确定具有相似服务偏好的参与者群体。
共有 503 名青年参与了这项研究。参与者中，51%的年龄在 24-29 岁之间；18.7%的人有即将到来的状态；41.1%来自农村地区；36.0%的青年表示他们仅能满足基本需求，略有结余。参与者强烈偏好促进生活技能、指导、基本收入和获得工作或教育安置的服务。确定了三个潜在类别，包括：（i）工作和教育服务（38.9%），或提供职业咨询和获得工作或教育安置的服务；（ii）心理健康和健康服务（34.9%），或提供工作场所心理健康和健康支持以及免费心理健康和药物使用服务的服务；和（iii）全面技能建设服务（26.1%），或支持学业和工作成功以及生活技能的服务。
本研究确定了即将到来的青年对就业、教育和培训服务的偏好。研究结果表明，需要创建一种支持全面技能建设、心理健康和健康以及长期学校和工作机会的服务模式。
