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. 2024 Jan 29;24(1):2. doi: 10.5334/ijic.7044

Table 4.

Utility values of IYS levels for caregivers of justice-involved and non-justice-involved youth, and between-group MANOVA Pillai’s Trace statistic on attributes with follow-up Bonferroni corrected ANOVA results on levels.


JUSTICE-INVOLVED NON-JUSTICE-INVOLVED

ATTRIBUTE LEVELS n = 46 n = 204 V F(df) p ηP2


M SD M SD

1. Core Health Services .261 28.92 (3,246) <.001 .261

      Only mental health counseling. –59.82 12.05 –43.56 16.00 42.11 (1) <.001* .145

      Mental health and substance misuse counseling. 15.00 12.01 –2.22 13.50 63.49 (1) <.001* .204

      Mental health and substance misuse counseling, and medication management. 14.87 10.59 11.33 12.30 3.27 (1) .072 .013

      Mental health and substance misuse counseling, medication management, and physical/sexual health. 29.95 16.50 34.45 20.88 1.87 (1) .173 .007

2. Other Services .091 8.19 (3,246) <.001 .091

      Education and employment services. –5.65 19.27 –9.28 18.93 1.37 (1) .243 .005

      Housing, shelter and income support services. 16.57 17.41 18.11 20.68 .220 (1) .640 .001

      Legal support services. –62.72 14.32 –52.42 17.28 14.17 (1) <.001* .054

      Choice of education, employment, housing, income support, and legal support services. 51.80 11.96 43.58 12.16 17.27 (1) <.001* .065

3. Caregiver Involvement .160 15.60 (3,246) <.001 .160

      No caregiver involvement. –83.90 19.29 –84.22 20.67 .009 (1) .925 .000

      Caregivers receive own counseling. –5.37 17.65 15.16 21.29 37.01 (1) <.001* .130

      Caregivers involved in family counseling with youth, with youth consent. 51.23 21.14 34.51 21.29 23.21 (1) <.001* .086

      Caregivers involved in decisions regarding youth counseling, with youth consent. 38.05 17.46 34.55 20.71 1.13 (1) .288 .005

4. Peer Support .138 13.07 (3,246) <.001 .138

      Recreational activities led by trained peer support worker. –22.72 13.63 –28.93 16.36 5.73 (1) .017 .023

      Can talk to a trained peer support worker, upon request. –9.66 12.03 2.57 15.50 25.19 (1) <.001* .092

      Mental health groups run solely by a trained peer support worker. –7.31 17.44 –11.49 21.69 1.49 (1) .224 .006

      Youth can be matched to an ongoing trained peer support worker to learn life skills and help them with services they need. 39.69 15.05 37.85 18.82 .384 (1)a .536 .002

5. Cultural Sensitivity .392 52.96 (3,246) <.001 .392

      Cultural background is not considered when picking a service or service provider. –2.85 20.01 –27.36 21.04 51.81 (1) <.001* .173

      Can ask for a service provider with a certain cultural background, when available. –10.70 11.83 9.33 11.13 118.78 (1) <.001* .324

      Services are culturally sensitive and trauma-informed. 30.39 22.08 26.14 26.85 .998 (1) .319 .004

      Culturally-based services are available for cultures common in the local area. –16.84 14.58 –8.11 16.41 11.04 (1) <.001* .043

6. E-Health Services .079 7.02 (3,246) <.001 .079

      No e-health or electronic services. –41.09 18.33 –51.33 23.07 7.92 (1) .005* .031

      Can schedule or reschedule appointments via email, text or online. 24.28 11.95 34.52 15.93 16.82 (1)a <.001* .064

      E-health services are offered 24/7 alongside in-person services during office hours. 56.69 15.13 56.37 21.32 .009 (1) .924 .000

      All services are delivered only through a website, e-mail, text, or phone app. –39.88 19.94 –39.56 22.40 .008 (1) .929 .000

7. Age Range .100 9.07 (3,246) <.001 .100

      Services for ages 12–24, in a youth-only setting. –2.58 21.68 12.55 23.16 16.38 (1) <.001* .062

      Services for ages 12–29, in a youth-only setting. 28.22 14.18 24.50 21.74 1.23 (1)a .269 .005

      Services for ages 12–24, in a setting that also has services for children 0–12. –39.26 18.27 –43.54 22.92 1.40 (1) .238 .006

      Services for ages 12–29, in a setting that also has services for adults 29+. 13.62 27.42 6.49 33.49 1.81 (1) .180 .007

8. Time of Appointments .133 12.55 (3,246) <.001 .133

      Monday to Friday, 9AM-5PM. –51.71 16.37 –44.82 21.84 4.06 (1) .045 .016

      Monday to Friday, 9AM-9PM. –11.77 14.69 –12.69 19.10 .096 (1)a .757 .000

      Monday to Friday, 9AM-9PM, and Saturday, 9AM-5PM. 44.18 14.86 28.36 17.46 32.44 (1) <.001* .116

      24/7. 19.29 25.40 29.15 32.07 3.81 (1)a .052 .015

9. Wait Time .155 15.08 (3,246) <.001 .155

      See a counselor for the first time immediately, during office hours. 63.09 17.39 72.18 20.37 7.86 (1) .005* .031

      See a counselor for the first time after about 72 hours. 23.16 12.60 37.63 14.56 38.83 (1) <.001* .135

      See a counselor for the first time after about 1 month. –36.98 16.24 –46.70 17.85 11.49 (1) .001* .044

      See a counselor for the first time after more than 1 month. –49.27 20.23 –63.10 22.09 15.17 (1) <.001* .058

10. Location .143 13.63 (3,246) <.001 .143

      Building or office in the community that specializes in mental health services. 53.16 14.61 39.42 18.54 22.14 (1) <.001* .082

      Youth cafe and recreation centre. 1.66 21.00 21.52 25.40 24.35 (1) <.001* .089

      Hospital or doctor’s office. –11.50 15.62 –15.26 23.68 1.06 (1)a .305 .004

      School setting. –43.32 13.75 –45.68 15.89 .865 (1) .353 .003

11. Engagement .252 27.60 (3,246) <.001 .252

      Youth and caregivers give feedback, e.g., anonymous surveys. –2.72 15.04 –10.92 16.90 9.18 (1) .003* .036

      Youth and caregivers are on staff at the organization. –18.67 14.67 –0.49 14.38 59.61 (1) <.001* .194

      Youth and caregivers are on an advisory group that gives feedback on services and evaluation. 13.79 15.33 19.00 16.27 3.92 (1) .049 .016

      Youth and caregivers play a leadership role in making decisions for the organization. 7.60 15.56 –7.59 16.77 31.61 (1) <.001* .113

12. Information Sharing .105 9.62 (3,246) <.001 .105

      No sharing of personal information with caregivers. –103.90 22.66 –89.96 26.54 10.89 (1) .001* .042

      All personal information is available to caregivers, with youth consent. 31.10 26.75 27.19 31.00 .628 (1) .429 .003

      Service provider decides what information to share with caregivers, with youth consent. 12.48 20.43 15.04 24.43 .437 (1) .509 .002

      Youth and service provider work together to decide what personal information to share with caregivers and how that can be helpful. 60.32 13.52 47.73 17.89 20.14 (1) <.001* .075

a Levene’s test of equality of error variance statistically significant.

* Statistically significant at the Bonferroni corrected p-value of .0125.