Population Mental Health for Vermont Children, Youth, and Families

VCHIP’s Health Services Research (HSR) Team provides periodic assistance analyzing population-level mental and behavioral health data of children, youth, and families to the Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) Child, Adolescent & Family Unit. VCHIP’s HSR team works collaboratively with DMH to conduct policy- and practice-relevant analyses leveraging population-level mental and behavioral health data sources, including 1) Vermont Health Care Uniform Reporting and Evaluation System (VHCURES); 2) Vermont’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS); and 3) the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).

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Goals &
Achievements
  • Examined associations between supportive environments for adolescents and suicidality using the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey data.
  • Assessed the role that resilience plays in the association between childhood adversity and school engagement using Vermont’s data from the National Survey of Children’s Health.
  • Estimated the percentage of youth (6-17 years) accessing outpatient mental health care within 7- and 30-days of a mental health-related emergency department visit.
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Project Team

Valerie Harder, PhD, MHS, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry

Susan Richardson, PhD, Research Analyst

Allison Perusse, Research Project Assistant

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