Translating research evidence into youth behavioral health policy and action: using a community-engaged storyboard approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is nationwide shortage of child and adolescent behavioral health providers. Lack of diversity in the mental health care profession compounds workforce capacity issues, contributing to greater disparities in treatment access and engagement for youth from historically disenfranchised communities. Strategies are needed to foster cross-sector alignment to inform policy which can improve mental health care access and reduce disparities. This current case study details a specific research-practice-policy partnership strategy, storyboarding, as a method to engage community partners in Washington State to deliberate on information drawn from research on non-specialist models of child and adolescent mental health care to support the behavioral workforce expansion.

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SUBMITTER: Parnes MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371670 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature