Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study
Objectives To explore the perceptions of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) staff involved in providing mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people of the current and ideal pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people attending ACCHSs, and to identify what add...
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| author | Anna Williamson Sandra J Eades Catherine D’Este Deanna Kalucy Janice Nixon Michael Parvizian Peter Fernando Simone Sherriff Jennifer McMellon |
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| description | Objectives To explore the perceptions of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) staff involved in providing mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people of the current and ideal pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people attending ACCHSs, and to identify what additional supports staff may need to provide optimal mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people.Design Qualitative interview study conducted during May 2016–2017.Setting Primary care, at two ACCHSs participating in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health in New South Wales.Participants Purposive sampling of staff involved in mental healthcare pathways of Aboriginal young people, including general practitioners (GPs), nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs).Results All individuals approached for interview (n=21) participated in the study. Four overarching themes and seven sub-themes were identified: availability and use of tools in practice (valuing training and desire for tools and established pathways), targeting the ideal care pathway (initiating care and guiding young people through care), influencing the care pathway (adversities affecting access to care and adapting the care pathway) and assessing future need (appraising service availability).Conclusions Participants desired screening tools, flexible guidelines and training for healthcare providers to support pathways to mental healthcare for Aboriginal young people. Both GPs and AHWs were considered key in identifying children at risk and putting young people onto a pathway to receive appropriate mental healthcare. AHWs were deemed important in keeping young people on the care pathway, and participants felt care pathways could be improved with the addition of dedicated child and adolescent AHWs. The ACCHSs were highlighted as essential to providing culturally appropriate care for Aboriginal young people experiencing mental health problems, and funding for mental health specialists to be based at the ACCHSs was considered a priority. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3fe90ae345df4a31a142dc42d3bd51e92025-08-20T02:06:44ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-07-019710.1136/bmjopen-2018-025670Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview studyAnna Williamson0Sandra J Eades1Catherine D’Este2Deanna Kalucy3Janice Nixon4Michael Parvizian5Peter Fernando6Simone Sherriff7Jennifer McMellon81 The Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia6 Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3 National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia1 The Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1 The Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada1 The Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1 The Sax Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia4 Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, AustraliaObjectives To explore the perceptions of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) staff involved in providing mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people of the current and ideal pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people attending ACCHSs, and to identify what additional supports staff may need to provide optimal mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people.Design Qualitative interview study conducted during May 2016–2017.Setting Primary care, at two ACCHSs participating in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health in New South Wales.Participants Purposive sampling of staff involved in mental healthcare pathways of Aboriginal young people, including general practitioners (GPs), nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs).Results All individuals approached for interview (n=21) participated in the study. Four overarching themes and seven sub-themes were identified: availability and use of tools in practice (valuing training and desire for tools and established pathways), targeting the ideal care pathway (initiating care and guiding young people through care), influencing the care pathway (adversities affecting access to care and adapting the care pathway) and assessing future need (appraising service availability).Conclusions Participants desired screening tools, flexible guidelines and training for healthcare providers to support pathways to mental healthcare for Aboriginal young people. Both GPs and AHWs were considered key in identifying children at risk and putting young people onto a pathway to receive appropriate mental healthcare. AHWs were deemed important in keeping young people on the care pathway, and participants felt care pathways could be improved with the addition of dedicated child and adolescent AHWs. The ACCHSs were highlighted as essential to providing culturally appropriate care for Aboriginal young people experiencing mental health problems, and funding for mental health specialists to be based at the ACCHSs was considered a priority.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/7/e025670.full |
| spellingShingle | Anna Williamson Sandra J Eades Catherine D’Este Deanna Kalucy Janice Nixon Michael Parvizian Peter Fernando Simone Sherriff Jennifer McMellon Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study BMJ Open |
| title | Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study |
| title_full | Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study |
| title_fullStr | Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study |
| title_short | Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study |
| title_sort | exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban aboriginal young people a qualitative interview study |
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