Challenges when Combining Expertise to Provide Integrated Care for Youth At-Risk and Their Family: A Qualitative Study
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Providing integrated care for at-risk youth is challenging due to complex needs and fragmented expertise. Effective collaboration requires acknowledging these challenges and developing a shared approach across all involved professionals and organizations.
Area Of Science
- Social Sciences
- Public Health
- Mental Health Services Research
Background
- Youth at-risk and their families present complex, multifaceted problems, including serious mental health issues.
- The needs of these youth often exceed the capacity of individual professionals, organizations, or municipalities.
- Integrated care, combining diverse expertise, is essential but difficult to achieve.
Purpose Of The Study
- To explore how stakeholders navigate challenges when integrating various expertise for at-risk youth.
- To understand the approaches used to overcome barriers in collaborative care models.
Main Methods
- Qualitative study employing 28 in-depth interviews with stakeholders serving at-risk youth in The Netherlands.
- Reflexive thematic analysis of interview transcripts.
- Inclusion of reflections from a youth representative.
Main Results
- Challenges identified across youth/family, professional, organizational, and systemic levels.
- Barriers include addressing unique needs, multi-stakeholder collaboration difficulties, expertise reluctance, and resource limitations.
- Stakeholders adopt 'backward' (acceptance, isolation) or 'forward' (collaboration, integration) approaches.
Conclusions
- Combining expertise for integrated youth care is a complex skill in itself.
- Successful integration demands continuous reflection, awareness, and strategic consideration from all parties.
- Addressing systemic barriers is crucial for effective multi-stakeholder collaboration.
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