Identifying Barriers and Facilitators of Successful School-Based Mental Health and Behavioral Programs Delivered in the Context of Urban Poverty: A Qualitative Exploration of Perspectives from Service Providers and Youth
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The goal of this study was to identify the barriers and facilitators of successful mental health and/or behavioral programs implemented within inner-city schools. The impetus for this study came from prior meta-analytic research which demonstrated programs being offered within inner-city schools, as a whole, showed very low effect sizes, with many of the programs offered to youth within these settings showing iatrogenic effects. The use of qualitative methods, specifically a phenomenological approach, provided an in-depth understanding of 1) service providers' experience(s) delivering mental health and/or behavioral programs in inner-city schools; and, 2) low-income, urban youths' experience(s) with receiving school-based mental health and/or behavioral programs. The current study's research findings, which provide perspectives from both service providers and youth, was integrated and discussed in the context of: 1) factors that serve as barriers to successful program implementation and/or program outcomes, 2) factors that serve as facilitators of successful program implementation and/or program outcomes,3} impact of the program, 4) recommendations/implications for service providers who deliver programs in these settings, and 5) recommendations/implications for researchers who develop/adapt programs for implementation in these settings. Limitations of the current study and areas for future research were also discussed.
Author: Farahnaz K. Farahmand
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W42084052