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Table 2 Service contact reported by carers (n = 330) and youths (n = 224)

From: Correction to: Services according to mental health needs for youth in foster care? – a multi-informant study

 

Service contact

Distribution of use for the ones that have had contact.

Every week (4)

Every month (3)

Every 3. month (2)

Every 6. month (1)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

 CAMHS

  Carers

31.2 (103)

23.3 (24)

43.7 (45)

13.6 (14)

19.4 (20)

  Youth

27.2 (61)

18.0 (11)

44.3 (27)

16.4 (10)

21.3 (13)

Contact with primary health care services:

 Carers

61.2 (202)

    

 Youth

58.5 (131)

    

 School health service

  Carers

27.6 (91)

5.5 (5)

20.9 (19)

28.6 (26)

45.1 (41)

  Youth

30.8 (69)

14.5 (10)

15.9 (11)

33.3 (23)

36.2 (25)

 Educational psychology service

  Carers

34.8 (115)

5.2 (6)

10.4 (12)

34.8 (40)

49.6 (57)

  Youth

19.6 (44)

11.4 (5)

27.3 (12)

15.9 (7)

45.5 (20)

 General Practitioner

  Carers

29.7 (98)

1.0 (1)

6.1 (6)

27.6 (27)

65.3 (64)

  Youth

35.7 (80)

2.5 (2)

10.0 (8)

30.0 (24)

57.5 (46)

 Adolescent health clinic

  Carers

7.3 (24)

0 (0)

20.8 (5)

8.3 (2)

70.8 (17)

  Youth

11.6 (26)

3.9 (1)

11.5 (3)

19.2 (5)

65.4 (17)

Other service providers:

 Municipal CPS

  Carers

92.1 (304)

2.3 (7)

20.4 (62)

54.9 (167)

22.4 (68)

  Youth

85.3 (191)

1.0 (2)

7.9 (15)

52.4 (100)

38.7 (74)

 Special Education

  Carers

42.7 (141)

77.3 (109)

9.2 (13)

3.6 (5)

9.9 (14)

  Youth

21.9 (49)

65.3 (32)

12.2 (6)

12.2 (6)

10.2 (5)

 Other services

  Carers

16.4 (54)

22.2 (12)

38.9 (21)

22.2 (12)

16.7 (9)

  Youth

7.1 (16)

18.8 (3)

31.3 (5)

25.0 (4)

25.0 (4)