Current Efforts/Programs and Strengths and Limitations

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GPH 747

Current Efforts Assignment

Sample

Submit one document with steps 1 – 5 in order.

1. Determine the inclusion criteria for the papers that you want to use to write this

section.

2. Create a flow chart of the search process (there is no minimum # of articles that should

be used to write the introduction, but you must review at least 15 abstracts).

3. Write your reasons for excluding or selecting the articles in the respective tables.

4. Create an outline

5. Write the current efforts section.

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Availability of Mental Health Screening for youth in clinics across Harris County, TX

Step1:

Inclusion criteria

These are the characteristics of the papers that will be included in the current efforts section of

my paper:

i. Studies conducted in the US

ii. Quantitative or Qualitative research methods

iii. Focused on adolescents 12 – 21 years old

iv. Papers written on the following topics:

• Mental health screening programs for all ages in Harris Co.

• Costs of screening

• Strengths and limitations of screening procedures

• Use of websites and social media to promote mental health

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Step 2:

Flowchart (You can provide this information as a table)

List of excluded abstracts:

1. Golzari M, Hunt SJ, Chamberlain LJ. Role of pediatricians as advocates for incarcerated

youth. Pediatrics. 2008;121(2):e397-e398.

2. Golzari M, Kuo A. Healthcare utilization and barriers for youth post-detention. Int J

Adolesc Med Health. 2013;25(1):65-67.

3. Gupta RA, Kelleher KJ, Pajer K, Stevens J, Cuellar A. Delinquent youth in corrections:

Medicaid and reentry into the community. Pediatrics. 2005;115(4):1077-1083.

4. Jacobs F, Oliveri R, Greenstone J, Miranda-Julian C. Massachusetts health passport

project evaluation final report. Medford, MA: Tufts University. 2009.

Number of full text articles reviewed = 10

Number of studies that met inclusion criteria = 8

Number of abstracts reviewed = 15

Number of abstracts excluded = 5

Number of full text articles excluded = 2

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5. Martinez J, Bell D, Dodds S, et al. Transitioning youths into care: Linking identified HIV-

infected youth at outreach sites in the community to hospital-based clinics and or

community-based health centers. J Adolesc Health. 2003;33(2):23-30.

List of full text articles excluded:

1. Martinez J, Bell D, Dodds S, et al. Transitioning youths into care: Linking identified HIV-

infected youth at outreach sites in the community to hospital-based clinics and or

community-based health centers. J Adolesc Health. 2003;33(2):23-30.

2. Friedman RA. Uncovering an epidemic—screening for mental illness in teens. N Engl J

Med. 2006;355(26):2717-2719.

List of papers to be used in the article:

1. Ballard ED, Bosk A, Snyder D, et al. Patients' opinions about suicide screening in a

pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012;28(1):34-38.

2. Buckelew SM, Yu J, English A, Brindis CD. Innovations in preventive mental health care

services for adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2008;42(5):519-525.

3. Davidson L, Ridgway P, Kidd S, Topor A, Borg M. Using qualitative research to inform

mental health policy. Can J Psychiatry. 2008;53(3):137-144.

4. McCarthy J, Downes EJ, Sherman CA. Looking back at adolescent depression: A

qualitative study. J Ment Health Couns. 2008;30(1):49-66.

5. Ott MA, Rosenberger JG, McBride KR, Woodcox SG. How do adolescents view health?

Implications for state health policy. J Adolesc Health. 2011;48(4):398-403.

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6. Pryjmachuk S, Graham T, Haddad M, Tylee A. School nurses? Perspectives on managing

mental health problems in children and young people. J Clin Nurs. 2012;21(5-6):850-859.

7. Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas drug facts among youth.

https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa-decision-support.aspx. Updated March 14, 2014.

Accessed July 24, 2014.

8. Van Cleave J, Morales DR, Perrin JM. Pediatric response to court-mandated Medicaid

behavioral screening in Massachusetts. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2013;34(5):335-343.

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Step 3:

Reasons for exclusion (These are only examples. Provide your own reasons)

Reasons for exclusion of the abstract Reasons for exclusion of full text article

Paper #1: This paper is about mental health

screening, but among the elderly population in

Harris Co.

Paper #1: This paper is on screening youth for

mental illness but it was published in 1988.

Paper #2: This article is not about screening for

mental illness, but about screening movies

Paper #2: This is not a real research study, but

an editorial

Paper #3: The purpose of the study is not clear

from the abstract

Paper #3:

Paper #4: This study was conducted in China Paper #4:

Paper #5: This paper was published 12 years ago Paper #5

Reasons for including websites/government reports in the introduction of the paper

(Only complete if websites were included in the bibliography).

Website #1: Information about the HealthyMind program is only available on their website.

Website #2:

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Step 4:

Outline (This is only an example. Provide an outline for your own paper)

• Introduction

• List of programs at the forefront of providing screening in Texas and in the US

• Screening programs by type of mental illness

• Strengths and limitations of each program discussed

• Pertinent information from research that has been conducted on screening practices in

Texas and in the US

Step 5:

Current Efforts section

Write your 4 – 5 page current efforts section.