Project Kealahou: Improving Hawai‘i's System of Care for At-Risk Girls and Young Women through Gender-Responsive, Trauma-Informed Care

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dc.contributor.authorSuarez, E., Jackson, D. S., Slavin, L. A., Michels, M. S., & McGeehan, K. M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T14:36:21Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T14:36:21Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractProject Kealahou (PK) is a six-year, federally-funded program aimed at improving services and outcomes for Hawai‘i's female youth who are at risk for running away, truancy, abuse, suicide, arrest and incarceration. PK builds upon two decades of sustained cross-agency efforts among the state's mental health, juvenile justice, education, and child welfare systems to promote system-of-care (SOC) principles of community-based, individualized, culturally and linguistically competent, family driven, youth-guided, and evidence-based services. In addition, PK emphasizes trauma-informed and gender-responsive care in serving its target population of females ages 11–18 years who have experienced psychological trauma. Results from the first four years of the implementation of PK in the Department of Health's (DOH) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD) highlight the serious familial, socioeconomic, functional, and interpersonal challenges faced by the young women who receive services in Hawai‘i's SOC. Despite the challenges faced by PK youth and their families, preliminary results of the evaluation of PK show significant improvements across multiple clinical and functional domains of service recipients. A financial analysis indicates that these outcomes were obtained with a minimal overall increase in costs when compared to standard care alone. Overall, these results suggest that PK may offer a cost effective way to improve access, care, and outcomes for at-risk youth and their families in Hawai‘i. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationSuarez, E., Jackson, D. S., Slavin, L. A., Michels, M. S., & McGeehan, K. M. (2014). Project Kealahou: Improving Hawai ‘i's System of Care for At-Risk Girls and Young Women through Gender-Responsive, Trauma-Informed Care. Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 73(12), 387.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300548/pdf/hjmph7312_0387.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2380
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectyouthen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectprogramsen_US
dc.subjecteffectivenessen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleProject Kealahou: Improving Hawai‘i's System of Care for At-Risk Girls and Young Women through Gender-Responsive, Trauma-Informed Careen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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