Service user experience of the Norfolk youth service

Purpose: There is an international drive to improve mental health services for young people. This study aims to investigate service user experience of a youth mental health service in Norfolk, UK. In addition to suggesting improvements to this service, recommendations are made for the development of youth mental health services in general. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed-methods approach was used. Quantitative data from satisfaction questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics and compared between two time points. A semi-structured interview was used to generate qualitative data. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes in the interview transcripts and triangulation was used to synthesise quantitative and qualitative data. Findings: Service users appeared satisfied with the service. Significant improvements in satisfaction were found between two time points. Qualitative analysis identified three main themes that were important to service users, including support, information and personhood. Practical implications: Recommendations for the development of youth mental health services are provided. Although these are based on findings from the Norfolk youth service, they are likely to apply to other mental health services for young people. Originality/value: Mental health care for young people requires significant improvement. The Norfolk youth service is one of the first services of its kind in the UK. The findings from this study might be helpful to consider in the development of youth mental health services across the world

The individualised needs for service assessment (INSA) for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance

The Individualised Needs for Service Assessment (INSA) for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance was developed in response to the lack of a systematic approach to needs assessment compatible with individualised service planning. Functioning is assessed for 10 functional domains. Service providers rate service provision using a taxonomy of generic service items that are generalisable and comprehensible across different organisational units and systems of care. In addition, service providers rate the anticipated clinical effectiveness of each service item and the acceptability of each item to the child or adolescent and family. Drawing on a similar logic structure to that characterising the Needs for Care Assessment of the British Medical Research Council, these data are linked to produce a need status, for example unmet need, no need and met need. The INSA may be suitable for use by service providers, planners, policy makers, researchers, managed care organisations and service purchasers

The Reconciliation of Foreign Transaction Statistics: National Accounts and Balance of Payments

This article is part of the NEDA-PIDS Seminar-Workshop on the Philippine System of National Accounts. This paper examines foreign transactions as recorded in the national accounts and the balance of payments statements. While these statements have different uses, consistency between the two is desired due to prospects of better helping users.balance of payments, data and statistics, national account

The Reconciliation of Foreign Transaction Statistics: National Accounts and Balance of Payments

This article is part of the NEDA-PIDS Seminar-Workshop on the Philippine System of National Accounts. This paper examines foreign transactions as recorded in the national accounts and the balance of payments statements. While these statements have different uses, consistency between the two is desired due to prospects of better helping users.balance of payments, data and statistics, national account

The Role-Based Performance Scale: Validity Analysis of a Theory-Based Measure

This study introduces a theory-based measure of employee performance (Role Based Performance Scale, RBPS) that is supported with results from a validation study using 10 data sets from six companies. In contrast to traditional, job-related measures of employee performance, we propose an alternative measure of performance based on role theory and identity theory. Because our results support the validity of the scale, we think that the instrument can be used for future research that requires a generalizable measure of performance. The scale demonstrates diagnostic properties that make it useful for practitioners as well as researchers

MS-150: Battle of Gettysburg 150th Commemoration Collection

This collection contains physical items and documents as well as digital resources. It seeks to preserve the course and experience of the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and other related historical events. The documents and publications contained within the collection not only record the many commemorative events that were held over a two-year period but also how those events progressed. Detailed coverage in the form of DVDs has been collected of many events, while the outline of many more has been captured through the compilation of their programs and other event information. Much of the official battle reenactment has been recorded in an extensive array of digital photographs, and the guides provided for and used by visitors demonstrate the resources available to assist in choosing which of the dazzling array of events to attend. The collection of artifacts and memorabilia serves as but a sample of the all that was available to the public to obtain from the commemoration, and thus offers a glimpse into how some may themselves remember the Sesquicentennial festivities in years to come. Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our collections can be found on our website http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/findingaidsall/1128/thumbnail.jp

Output and Productivity Comparisons of the Transport and Communication Sectors of South Korea and Australia, 1990 to 1998

This paper examines the output and productivity performance of the Transport and Communication sector in South Korea and Australia, from 1990 to 1998. The aim of the paper is two-fold. First, the paper is the first in a series which compares the performance of various industries within the service sector. Second, it introduces a method for derivation of appropriate currency converters or purchasing power parities (PPPs) to enable quantification of output and productivity at various disaggregated levels. This method is based on the industry-of-origin approach as refined by the International Comparisons of Output and Productivity (ICOP) project based at the University of Groningen.