You are invited! Dr. Kirsten Marchand will be giving a presentation on Friday, February 28 at 9-10 AM (PST).
Presentation: Examining the individual, community, and system-level impacts of innovative mental health and substance use services for youth in British Columbia: a multi-methods research program
Date: Friday, February 28 at 9-10 AM (PST)
Location:
In-person: Room B104, School of Population and Public Health, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3
Online: Zoom
If attending on Zoom, please register using the link below to receive the Zoom details.
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/iseznFWzRzCpE9Bwl1JvMA
About the presentation:
Addressing the rising rates and burden of mental health and substance use disorders among youth (typically ages 12-24) is an urgent priority. Mental and substance use disorders typically emerge and peak during this developmental period and require timely, accessible, and appropriate care. However, youth and their families/caregivers face significant barriers to accessing care.
In the last ten years, efforts have been made to improve access to care for mental health and substance use by launching and scaling an innovative integrated youth services initiative across Canada. This initiative brings health and social services together in one place. While this might be a promising way to help youth, we do not currently have much research about these services.
In this presentation, Dr. Marchand will provide an overview of her five-year research program. The goal of this research is to answer important questions about what impacts existing and new services for mental health and substance use are having on youth, communities, and the health care system.
About the speaker:
Dr. Kirsten Marchand (she/her) is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, and Foundry.
Dr. Marchand’s health services research program applies multi-methods approaches to improve the quality of mental health and substance use services and treatments. Dr. Marchand’s research is grounded in patient-oriented research and integrated knowledge translation. This research builds on her PhD in Population and Public Health where she led multi-methods research that contributed to novel frameworks for person-centred care in the context of substance use treatment. Dr. Marchand’s research is currently supported by fellowships from Michael Smith Health Research BC/Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes and the UBC Institute of Mental Health.