TY - JOUR
AU - A. Turpin
AU - D. Chiodo
AU - M. Talotta
AU - J. Henderson
A1 - 
AB - INTRODUCTION: Integrated youth services (IYS) presents a unique opportunity to adopt social prescribing (SP) strategies within the IYS service model by developing and leveraging a highly connected multidisciplinary network of clinical and community-based service providers to tackle health inequities and enhance service access and outcomes for youth. This paper outlines a case study of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO), Canada, a collective of youth-serving organizations integrated and networked, and operating as a learning health system implementing SP services. The main study objective was to document how YWHO hubs engage in social prescribing through service provision. METHODS: We adopted an embedded case study approach. Data were collected from youth (n = 6361) aged between 12 and 25 years who were seeking services at a YWHO hub. Descriptive analyses, including frequencies across categories, were generated from service data, including reason for visit, needs addressed and service provided. RESULTS: A comparative analysis of services requested and provided found that youth across visits to YWHO hubs were engaging with multiple services and service providers, with a wide range of health, mental health and social support needs being addressed. CONCLUSION: YWHO implements SP services that aim to improve mental health resilience by supporting the vocational, educational and socialization needs of young people accessing IYS through YWHO hubs.; IYS exemplifies an innovative approach to SP through the development of a closely connected network of interdisciplinary service providers. Youth engaged in IYS are likely to connect with multiple services concurrently as biopsychosocial needs are identified and addressed. The most common services provided by YWHO address mental health, educational and relationships needs, and are provided by mental health workers, care navigators and education or training support workers.; eng
AD - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Human Services and Early Learning, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
AN - 39264759
BT - Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Education & Workforce
CP - 9
DA - Sep
DO - 10.24095/hpcdp.44.9.02
DP - NLM
IS - 9
JF - Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
LA - eng; fre
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Integrated youth services (IYS) presents a unique opportunity to adopt social prescribing (SP) strategies within the IYS service model by developing and leveraging a highly connected multidisciplinary network of clinical and community-based service providers to tackle health inequities and enhance service access and outcomes for youth. This paper outlines a case study of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO), Canada, a collective of youth-serving organizations integrated and networked, and operating as a learning health system implementing SP services. The main study objective was to document how YWHO hubs engage in social prescribing through service provision. METHODS: We adopted an embedded case study approach. Data were collected from youth (n = 6361) aged between 12 and 25 years who were seeking services at a YWHO hub. Descriptive analyses, including frequencies across categories, were generated from service data, including reason for visit, needs addressed and service provided. RESULTS: A comparative analysis of services requested and provided found that youth across visits to YWHO hubs were engaging with multiple services and service providers, with a wide range of health, mental health and social support needs being addressed. CONCLUSION: YWHO implements SP services that aim to improve mental health resilience by supporting the vocational, educational and socialization needs of young people accessing IYS through YWHO hubs.; IYS exemplifies an innovative approach to SP through the development of a closely connected network of interdisciplinary service providers. Youth engaged in IYS are likely to connect with multiple services concurrently as biopsychosocial needs are identified and addressed. The most common services provided by YWHO address mental health, educational and relationships needs, and are provided by mental health workers, care navigators and education or training support workers.; eng
OP - La prescription sociale dans le contexte des services intégrés pour la jeunesse : une étude de cas sur les Carrefours bien-être pour les jeunes de l’Ontario.
PY - 2024
SN - 2368-738x
SP - 358
EP - 366+
ST - Leveraging integrated youth services for social prescribing: a case study of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
T1 - Leveraging integrated youth services for social prescribing: a case study of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
T2 - Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
TI - Leveraging integrated youth services for social prescribing: a case study of Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Education & Workforce
U3 - 10.24095/hpcdp.44.9.02
VL - 44
VO - 2368-738x
Y1 - 2024
ER -