青年精神卫生部门一直受到服务分散和资源分配效率低下等问题的挑战。系统建模和仿真,特别是利用参与性方法,通过在现实世界中实施之前在安全的虚拟环境中测试替代策略,在有限的资源下支持循证决策方面提供了承诺。然而,需要改进评估工作,以了解青年心理健康系统和服务提供的参与性建模所涉及的关键要素,并改进方法。描述了一种评估方案来评估可行性,值,影响,以及参与式系统建模在为青年心理健康提供高级决策支持能力方面的可持续性。本研究采用多尺度综合评价框架,借鉴参与性行动研究原则和形成性原则,总结,process,和结果评估技术。提出了新的数据收集程序,包括包含游戏化功能的在线调查,以实现社交网络分析和患者旅程映射。评估方法还探讨了不同利益相关者的经验,包括患有精神疾病的年轻人。社会和技术机会将被发现,以及在复杂环境中实施这些跨学科方法以改善青年心理健康政策的挑战,规划,和结果。该研究协议也可以适应更广泛的国际应用,学科,和上下文。
The youth mental health sector is persistently challenged by issues such as service fragmentation and inefficient resource allocation. Systems modelling and simulation, particularly utilizing participatory approaches, is offering promise in supporting evidence-informed decision making with limited resources by testing alternative strategies in safe virtual environments before implementing them in the real world. However, improved evaluation efforts are needed to understand the critical elements involved in and to improve methods for implementing participatory modelling for youth mental health system and service delivery. An evaluation protocol is described to evaluate the feasibility, value, impact, and sustainability of participatory systems modelling in delivering advanced decision support capabilities for youth mental health. This study applies a comprehensive multi-scale evaluation framework, drawing on participatory action research principles as well as formative, summative, process, and outcome evaluation techniques. Novel data collection procedures are presented, including online surveys that incorporate gamification to enable social network analysis and patient journey mapping. The evaluation approach also explores the experiences of diverse stakeholders, including young people with lived (or living) experience of mental illness. Social and technical opportunities will be uncovered, as well as challenges implementing these interdisciplinary methods in complex settings to improve youth mental health policy, planning, and outcomes. This study protocol can also be adapted for broader international applications, disciplines, and contexts.