TY - JOUR
T1 - Remote delivery of a therapeutic intervention to court-mandated youths of Haitian descent during COVID-19
AU - Marcelin, Louis Herns
AU - Cela, Toni
AU - Dembo, Richard
AU - Jean-Gilles, Michèle
AU - Page, Bryan
AU - Demezier, Danna
AU - Clement, Roy
AU - Waldman, Rachel
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to acknowledge and thank April Mann for her critical review of several iterations of this manuscript.?Funding for this study comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), grant number: 1R34DA043784-01A1. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or NIDA.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The threat generated by the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered sudden institutional changes in an effort to reduce viral spread. Restrictions on group gatherings and in-person engagement have increased the demand for remote service delivery. These restrictions have also affected the delivery of court-mandated interventions. However, much of the literature has focused on populations that voluntarily seek out face-to-face medical care or mental health services, whereas insufficient attention has been paid to telehealth engagement of court-mandated populations. This article draws on data gathered on an NIH/NIDA-funded study intervention implemented with juvenile justice-involved youths of Haitian heritage in Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the COVID-19 public health crisis. We explore the process of obtaining consent, technological access issues, managing privacy, and other challenges associated with remote delivery of family-based therapy to juvenile justice-involved youth. Our aim is to provide some insights for consideration by therapists, healthcare workers, advocates, researchers, and policymakers tasked with finding alternative and safer ways to engage nontraditional populations in health services. The clinical trial registration number is NCT03876171.
AB - The threat generated by the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered sudden institutional changes in an effort to reduce viral spread. Restrictions on group gatherings and in-person engagement have increased the demand for remote service delivery. These restrictions have also affected the delivery of court-mandated interventions. However, much of the literature has focused on populations that voluntarily seek out face-to-face medical care or mental health services, whereas insufficient attention has been paid to telehealth engagement of court-mandated populations. This article draws on data gathered on an NIH/NIDA-funded study intervention implemented with juvenile justice-involved youths of Haitian heritage in Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the COVID-19 public health crisis. We explore the process of obtaining consent, technological access issues, managing privacy, and other challenges associated with remote delivery of family-based therapy to juvenile justice-involved youth. Our aim is to provide some insights for consideration by therapists, healthcare workers, advocates, researchers, and policymakers tasked with finding alternative and safer ways to engage nontraditional populations in health services. The clinical trial registration number is NCT03876171.
KW - COVID-19
KW - mental health
KW - remote service delivery
KW - telehealth
KW - youth of Haitian heritage
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U2 - 10.1002/jcop.22559
DO - 10.1002/jcop.22559
M3 - Article
C2 - 33734451
AN - SCOPUS:85102629766
VL - 49
SP - 2938
EP - 2958
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
SN - 0090-4392
IS - 7
ER -