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Exploring pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people: a qualitative interview study.
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- Measuring Mental Health Service Accessibility for Indigenous Populations: a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Enablers and barriers to primary health care access for Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of studies across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut: A Qualitative Study With Primary Care Providers to Understand Perceived Needs, Enablers, Barriers and Opportunities to Strengthen Care.The Medical journal of Australia · 2026Article
- Socio-spatial inequalities in accessibility of Indigenous community-controlled mental health services in South East Queensland, Australia.International journal of health geographics · 2025Article
- Aboriginal Young People's Experiences of Accessibility in Mental Health Services in Two Regions of New South Wales, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- What does the term childhood behavioural disorders mean in the context of Aboriginal culture within Australia? Part 2: Historical and social context.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2022Review
- Kalgal Burnbona: An Integrated Model of Care Between the Health and Education Sector.International journal of integrated careArticle
- Ngaramadhi Space: An Integrated, Multisector Model of Care for Students Experiencing Problematic Externalising Behaviour.International journal of integrated careArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the perceptions of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) staff involved in providing mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people of the current and ideal pathways to mental healthcare for urban Aboriginal young people attending ACCHSs, and to identify what additional supports staff may need to provide optimal mental healthcare to Aboriginal young people.
designQualitative interview study conducted during May 2016-2017.
settingPrimary care, at two ACCHSs participating in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health in New South Wales.
participantsPurposive sampling of staff involved in mental healthcare pathways of Aboriginal young people, including general practitioners (GPs), nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs).
resultsAll individuals approached for interview (n=21) participated in the study. Four overarching themes and seven sub-themes were identified: availability and use of tools in practice (valuing training and desire for tools and established pathways), targeting the ideal care pathway (initiating care and guiding young people through care), influencing the care pathway (adversities affecting access to care and adapting the care pathway) and assessing future need (appraising service availability).
conclusionsParticipants desired screening tools, flexible guidelines and training for healthcare providers to support pathways to mental healthcare for Aboriginal young people. Both GPs and AHWs were considered key in identifying children at risk and putting young people onto a pathway to receive appropriate mental healthcare. AHWs were deemed important in keeping young people on the care pathway, and participants felt care pathways could be improved with the addition of dedicated child and adolescent AHWs. The ACCHSs were highlighted as essential to providing culturally appropriate care for Aboriginal young people experiencing mental health problems, and funding for mental health specialists to be based at the ACCHSs was considered a priority.
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