Evaluating the impact of the Community Helpers Program on adolescents 12-18 years old in Edmonton, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Intervention

Alberta Health Services (AHS) Community Helpers Program (CHP) to enhance mental health among youth.

Research question

Identifying the impact of CHP on mental illness-related acute care use among adolescents aged 12-18 years in Edmonton and determining cost avoidance.

Methods

Using administrative data from AHS, public school catchment area data from the Edmonton Public School Board, and area-level socioeconomic deprivation status indicators from the Pampalon deprivation index, we applied geographical regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of CHP implementation on depression-, anxiety-, and suicide-related acute care use (emergency department visits and inpatient admissions). Cost data were derived from Interactive Health Data Application of

SUBMITTER: Pulok MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11151899 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature