Making sure that youth have access to the right services, in the right place, at the right time, is critical to supporting their mental health and substance use. That’s why Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario has over 30 Networks that offer high-quality, evidence-based, and integrated services to youth across the province.

One ingredient to achieve better health outcomes for youth is something called measurement-based care, or MBC, which is the use of measurement tools like surveys and questionnaires to guide treatment decisions.
MBC actually has a lot of benefits, like increasing shared decision-making between youth and their service providers. There’s just one problem: MBC isn’t being routinely implemented. Service providers have a lot on their plate already, and sometimes it’s challenging to ask them for more.

But when we did an environmental scan of youth who access services in Ontario, they want MBC. They believe in its value, but just need opportunities to be more involved in the process (“It’s like I just fill out the questionnaire, and poof, I never hear about it again”). 
That’s why we worked with a team of youth lived experts to co-design the MBC Pocket Guide to improve MBC delivery for youth across Ontario. Read more here.
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