Is headspace making a difference to young people’s lives?

5. Service Delivery Model 73
5.1 What aspects of the headspace model are most and least effective in
assisting headspace to meet its objectives? 73
5.2 To what extent is model fidelity important? 76
5.3 What are the risk and protective factors for headspace
sustainability? 77
5.4 How could the headspace service model be improved to better
meet the needs of young people? 79
5.5 How could the headspace service model be improved to better
meet the needs of parents/carers in supporting young people? 80
5.6 How and to what extent are additional components of headspace
(such as eheadspace, headspace National Office and Centre of
Excellence) perceived as supporting headspace to meet its
objectives? 83
5.7 To what extent are headspace services linked with other
government funded programs? 88
5.8 To what extent are there referrals between headspace services
and the broader service system? 89
5.9 How effective is the service model in providing an entry point into
and connection to other services within the broader system? 92
5.10 What perceived impact has headspace had on the skill and
confidence of GPs regarding the provision of youth mental health
care? To what extent do they report changes to practices as a
result? 93
5.11 How do service providers transition young people using
headspace to adult services where appropriate? To what extent
are young people supported in the transition process? 97
5.12 Summary 99
6. The Costs of headspace 101
6.1 What are the overall costs of headspace? 101
6.2 Summary 109
7. Conclusion 111
Appendices
Appendix A Evaluation scope and research questions 116
Appendix B Centre expansion analysis and proposals for national
coverage 118
Appendix C Evaluation methodology: supplementary information 168
Appendix D Centre listing rounds 1-4 186
Appendix E Additional tables for Chapter 3: Access and Engagement
with Centres 188
Appendix F Supplementary analyses for Chapter 4: Outcomes of
headspace Clients 192
Appendix G Supplementary material for national expansion analysis 205
References 251
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