Date of Conferral

4-15-2024

Date of Award

4-15-2024

Degree

Doctor of Healthcare Administration (D.H.A.)

School

Health Services

Advisor

Kim Sanders

Abstract

West Virginia’s residents are less likely to have adequate access and effective care coordination when receiving behavioral and mental health treatment as compared to residents of other states. Seeking patterns of relationships can provide administrators with a better understanding of influences that might cause inter and intra-team systemic challenges and how to reorient policies and behaviors to ameliorate micro and macro task failures. The research questions and associated hypotheses involved understanding the nature of associations between three variables - behavioral health treatment status for autism spectrum disorder, behavioral health treatment status for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and professional mental health treatment – and whether or not effective coordinated care was a critical part of the treatment. A multi-systems approach was used as the theoretical foundation to analyze research questions. Secondary data from the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative 2020 were used for analysis. Chi-squared test of association was used to evaluate relationships between variables. Results indicated no statistically significant relationship among variables. Implications for positive social change include reenergizing families across the U.S. to put more emphasis on preventative and proactive care to reduce overall exhaustion of healthcare system resources that could also result in improved patient coordinated care outcomes.

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