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Innovations in Practice: Effectiveness of specialist adolescent outreach service for at-risk adolescents
Andrew Chia1, Ben Assan1, Erin Finch2
1Austin Health, Marian Drummond Annex, PO Box 5555, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.
Background:
Outcomes are reported for an assertive outreach team for adolescents that combines flexible service delivery (e.g. outreach) and broad-ranging interventions.
Method:
A retrospective evaluation over a 2-year period from 30 June 2006 to 30 June 2008 examined rates of hospitalisation, engagement with education and scores on the Child Global Assessment Scale (CGAS).
Results:
The sample showed statistically significant decreases in hospitalisation rates (from 47% to 17%) and increases in engagement with education (full-time attendance from 23% to 56%). There was a mean increase of 7.4 points on the CGAS.
Conclusion:
An intensive, flexible and broad-ranging approach can be applied to adolescents who display at-risk behaviours and/or have high risk factors for poor long-term outcome.
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