Program manager perspectives on the service system to meet the needs of youth with concurrent disorders: findings from a Canadian national survey

Table 3 System change goals identified as ‘important’ or ‘very important’

System enhancement goal	Highly endorsed
	n	%
Enhancing engagement in services	138^b	82.63
Improving access to services	130^b	77.84
Screening for both mental health and substance use	126^c	75.90
Enhancing continuing engagement in services	136^b	81.43
Ensuring continuum of services across severity levels	139^c	83.74
Enhancing coordination across organizations	142^c	85.54
Enhancing coordination across service sectors	139^d	84.24
Capacity building / education on concurrent disorders	139	82.24
Implementing existing evidence-based interventions	124^a	73.81
Developing new intervention approaches	100^c	60.24
Evaluating interventions and which work best for specific youth and families	123^a	73.21

Responses represent ratings of 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale with anchors “Not important” (1) to Very important (7). 169 respondents completed this question; for specific items, superscripts indicate ^a168, ^b167 ^c166 and ^d165 responses

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