TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adolescent Behavior
KW - Ambulatory Care Facilities
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Focus Groups
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Primary Health Care
AU - G. W. Bitar
AU - P. Springer
AU - R. Gee
AU - C. Graff
AU - M. Schydlower
A1 - 
AB - Several major policy reports describe the central role of primary care in improving the delivery of behavioral health care services to children and adolescents. Although primary care providers are uniquely positioned to provide these services, numerous obstacles hinder the integration of these services, including time, clinic management and organization issues, training, and resources. Although many of these obstacles have been described in the literature, few studies have investigated these issues from the first-person perspective of front-line providers. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to provide an in-depth description of primary care providers' attitudes and perceptions of adolescent behavioral health care across a diversity of primary care settings (i.e., Federally Qualified Health Center [FQHC], FQHC-Look Alike, school-based, military). Sixteen focus groups were conducted at 5 primary care clinics. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the focus group data. Obstacles to integration are presented as well as strategies to overcome these challenges, using training and education, working groups, and community collaboratives.
BT - Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1037/a0018076
IS - 4
JF - Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare
N2 - Several major policy reports describe the central role of primary care in improving the delivery of behavioral health care services to children and adolescents. Although primary care providers are uniquely positioned to provide these services, numerous obstacles hinder the integration of these services, including time, clinic management and organization issues, training, and resources. Although many of these obstacles have been described in the literature, few studies have investigated these issues from the first-person perspective of front-line providers. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to provide an in-depth description of primary care providers' attitudes and perceptions of adolescent behavioral health care across a diversity of primary care settings (i.e., Federally Qualified Health Center [FQHC], FQHC-Look Alike, school-based, military). Sixteen focus groups were conducted at 5 primary care clinics. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the focus group data. Obstacles to integration are presented as well as strategies to overcome these challenges, using training and education, working groups, and community collaboratives.
PP - United States
PY - 2009
SN - 1091-7527; 1091-7527
SP - 346
EP - 361
EP - 
T1 - Barriers and facilitators of adolescent behavioral health in primary care: Perceptions of primary care providers
T2 - Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare
TI - Barriers and facilitators of adolescent behavioral health in primary care: Perceptions of primary care providers
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 20047357
U3 - 10.1037/a0018076
VL - 27
VO - 1091-7527; 1091-7527
Y1 - 2009
ER -