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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Access to mental health and addiction services for youth and their families in Ontario: perspectives of parents, youth, and service providers

Characteristics n (%)

Parents (n = 11)

Youth (n = 4)

Service providers (n = 10)

Gender

 Male

1 (9%)

1 (10%)

 Female

10 (91%)

4 (100%)

8 (80%)

 Did not identify

1 (10%)

 Age (mean)

57

21

Self-identified ethnoracial identity

 Black

1 (25%)

 South Asian

1 (9%)

1 (25%)

1 (10%)

 East Asian

2 (18%)

1 (25%)

 White

7 (64%)

1 (25%)

8 (80%)

 Mixed race/biracial

1 (9%)

1 (10%)

Parent role

 Mother

10 (91%)

 Father

1 (9%)

Youth supported by parents/caregivers

 Son

8 (73%)

 Daughter

3 (27%)

Highest level of ducation

 High school

3 (75%)

 College diploma/undergraduate university

8 (73%)

1 (25%)

 Graduate degree university

3 (27%)

10 (100%)

Educational degree

 Master of Social Work

8 (80%)

 Master of Education

2 (20%)

Identified role for service providers

 Social worker

1 (10%)

 Crisis worker

1 (10%)

 Clinician navigator

7 (70%)

 Did not identify

1 (10%)

Practice setting

 Private practice

 Hospital

6 (60%)

 Both hospital and private practice

3 (30%)

 Post-secondary institution

1 (10%)

 Mean years of practice experience

10.6

Type of concernsa

 Mental health

4 (36%)

3 (75%)

 Substance use/behavioural addictions

1 (9%)

 Concurrent disorders

6 (55%)

1 (25%)

  1. aType of concerns for the parent/caregiver group refers to the self-reported mental health and/or addiction concerns of the youth they are supporting