Appealing Features of Vocational Support Services for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Transition Age Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2015-10-01Keywords
Health Services AdministrationHealth Services Research
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Psychology
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Transition age youth and young adults (TAYYAs) diagnosed with serious mental health conditions (SMHCs) are at greater risk of being unemployed compared to their peers without SMHCs. Job counseling and job placement services are the greatest predictor of competitive employment, yet we have limited knowledge about what TAYYAs believe they need to obtain gainful employment. In person, qualitative interviews were conducted with 57 non-Hispanic and Hispanic TAYYAs with SMHCs enrolled in three vocational support programs in MA (Vocational Rehabilitation, Individual Placement and Support; the Clubhouse Model as described by the International Center for Clubhouse Development). Six themes emerged from the data: three themes were identified as social capital (supportive relationships, readily available workplace supports, and vocational preparation), two themes related to human capital (effective educational supports and work experience), and one theme related to cultural capital (social skills training). Unique features (Spanish-speaking staff and/or familiar in Latino culture, familial-like staff support) were frequently noted by Hispanic TAYYAs.Source
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2015 Oct;42(4):452-65. doi: 10.1007/s11414-014-9402-2. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1007/s11414-014-9402-2Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/46149PubMed ID
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10.1007/s11414-014-9402-2