Alternate delivery platforms and implementation models for bringing evidence-based behavioral interventions to scale for youth facing adversity: a case study in West Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth Functioning and Organizational Success for West African Regional Development (Youth FORWARD) was launched as an implementation science collaboration focused on scaling out evidence-based mental health interventions for youth exposed to war and other adversities through novel delivery platforms. This implementation science case study examines the use of a collaborative team approach (CTA) as a scale-out strategy to foster the integration of an evidence-based group mental health intervention, the Youth Readiness Intervention, into youth employment programs tied to regional economic development in Sierra Leone.

Methods

A case study methodology is used to explore the feasibility and acceptability of integrating an evidence-based intervention, the Youth Readiness

SUBMITTER: Bond L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848683 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature