Integrated software platform to enhance school mental health assessment and data-driven student services

摘要 精神卫生(MH)筛查是确保及早确定青年MH需求的关键。学校是最多的 为儿童和青少年提供卫生保健服务的共同环境，因此，提高学校的能力-- 以卫生保健提供者为基础，轻松获取和使用经过验证的高质量卫生保健筛查和评估工具 确定需要服务的学生是一项重大的公共卫生需求。不幸的是，学校健康和MH 专业人员在使用经过验证的MH筛查工具时面临几个障碍，包括不熟悉和 获得既定的衡量标准、评分和口译挑战，以及有限的时间和资源来建立 并进行MH评估。通过在以下方面投入资源，将实现重大的公共卫生影响 基于证据的筛选和评估技术产品，是可行的、负担得起的、可用于 学校。这一直接到第二阶段SBIR的目标是增加对已建立的高质量MH的获取和使用 以及学校中与MH相关的评估措施。我们将发展份额(学生健康评估， 响应和评估)软件系统通过迭代的、以用户为中心的测试。Share将设计为 克服限制使用的后勤(例如，成本、时间)和实施(例如，管理、评分)障碍 可采取的措施，以便学校可以可行地进行MH筛查和评估，并在常规基础上， 最终，缩小青年获得卫生保健服务的差距。这项SBIR将促进以下项目的成功合作 3C研究所和国家学校心理健康中心(NCSMH)。3C带来如何构建的基本技能 面向学校的易于使用、可行的技术产品，包括研究驱动的在线数据平台 与年轻人一起收集、有意义的数据展示和集成的决策辅助工具，以及 技术基础设施，以确保安全的数据收集、传输和存储。NCSMH在全国范围内带来 由数千名SMH管理人员和提供者组成的网络通过其学校健康评估和 SMH的绩效评估体系(SHAPE)以及基本研究和临床专业知识 评估和服务，包括开发数据驱动的决策支持，以改善SMH服务。这 基础性工作和协作提供了无与伦比的机会，可成功推动 向市场分享产品，并通过这样做，迅速为学校提供一种有效的手段来评估其 满足学生的卫生保健需求，提高卫生保健服务的质量。我们的直通二期项目将实现三个目标 具体目标：(1)通过迭代的以用户为中心的测试，创建全功能的共享软件系统；(2) 与SMH提供商和青年进行现场测试，以及(3)与以下人员一起进行全面共享系统的试点测试 SMH提供者、校级管理员和区级管理员。本行政副刊 将使我们能够包括一套关于(A)文化的在线专业发展模块 能力和(B)增加评估后获得治疗的机会，从而进一步加强我们的 有能力实现我们提升SMH服务质量的最终目标，这反过来又具有以下潜力 对青年和家庭产生广泛的公共卫生影响。

Abstract Mental health (MH) screening is critical to ensure early identification of youth MH needs. Schools are the most common setting for MH service delivery to children and adolescents, therefore, improving the capacity of school- based MH providers to easily access and use validated, high quality MH screening and assessment instruments to identify students in need of services is a significant public health need. Unfortunately, school health and MH professionals face several barriers to using validated MH screening tools, including lack of familiarity with and access to established measures, scoring and interpretation challenges, and limited time and resources to set up and administer MH assessment. Significant public health impact would be realized by investing resources in evidence-based screening and assessment technology products that are feasible, affordable, and usable for schools. The goal of this Direct to Phase II SBIR is to increase access to and use of established high quality MH and MH-related assessment measures in schools. We will develop the SHARE (Student Health Assessment, Response, and Evaluation) software system through iterative, user-centered testing. SHARE will be designed to overcome logistical (e.g., cost, time) and implementation (e.g., administration, scoring) barriers that limit use of available measures, so schools can feasibly implement MH screening and assessment on a routine basis and, ultimately, narrow the gap in access to MH care for youth. This SBIR will further the successful collaboration of 3C Institute and the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH). 3C brings essential skills in how to build easy-to-use, feasible technology products for schools, including research-driven platforms for online data collection with youth, meaningful data displays, and integrated decision aids, along with an established technology infrastructure to ensure secure data collection, transfer, and storage. NCSMH brings a nationwide network of thousands of SMH administrators and providers through its School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation System (SHAPE) along with essential research and clinical expertise in SMH assessment and services, including developing data-driven decision supports to improve SMH services. This foundational work and collaboration provide an unparalleled opportunity to successfully move the proposed SHARE product to market and in so doing, quickly provide schools with an effective means to assess their students’ MH needs and elevate the quality of SMH services. Our Direct to Phase II project will accomplish three specific aims: (1) create the fully functional SHARE software system through iterative user-centered tests, (2) conduct a field test with SMH providers and youth, and (3) conduct a pilot test of the full SHARE system with SMH providers, school-level administrators, and district-level administrators. This administrative supplement will enable us to include a suite of online Professional Development modules regarding (a) cultural competencies and (b) increasing access to treatment after assessment, thus further strengthening our ability to meet our end goal to elevate the quality of SMH services which, in turn, has the potential for broad-reaching public health impact for youth and families.