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Publications and conferences

These are select articles published by the Family Navigation Project as well as conference presentations by the Family Navigation Project:

Song, K., Markoulakis, R., Levitt, A. (2020). Predictors of strain for Canadian caregivers seeking service navigation for their youth with mental health and/or addictions issues. Health & Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13188

Bowles, K., Markoulakis, R., Weingust, S., Levitt, A. (2020). Family and youth mental health needs and outcomes in a navigation service: A retrospective chart review. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 29 (4), 218-228.

Markoulakis, R., Chan, S., & Levitt, A. (2020). The needs and service preferences of caregivers of youth with mental health and/or addictions concerns. BMC psychiatry, 20(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02801-y

Markoulakis, R., & Levitt, A. (2020). Considerations in Developing a Feasibility Study of a Mixed-Methods Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Navigation for Youth With Mental Health and/or Addiction Concerns and Their Families. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529742923

Markoulakis, R., Chan, S., Levitt, A. (2019). Developing and Implementing a Program Evaluation Framework at the Family Navigation Project: Challenges, Successes, and Outcomes.
Presentation: International Association for Youth Mental Health: Brisbane, Australia. October, 2019.

Markoulakis, R., Chan, S., & Levitt, A. (2019). Identifying the key outcomes of Navigation services for youth with mental health and/or addictions issues and their families: A Delphi study. BMC Health Services Research, 19, 137. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3968-6

Markoulakis, R., Turner, M., Wicik, K., Weingust, S., Dobbin, K., Levitt, A. (2018). Exploring peer support needs of caregivers for youth with mental illness or addictions concerns in Family Navigation services. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(5), 555-561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0191-y

Fishman, K., Levitt, A., Markoulakis, R., Weingust, S. Satisfaction with mental health navigation services: Evaluation with a new scale. (2018). Community Mental Health Journal, 54(5), 521-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0201-0

Markoulakis, R., Chan, S., & Levitt, A. (2018).The Development and Implementation of a Family Navigation Program Evaluation Framework.
Presentation: Canadian Mental Health Association Annual Conference. Toronto, ON.

Chan, S., Markoulakis, R., Weingust, S., Levitt, A. (2018). Barriers to services for Ontario families of youth with mental health and/or addictions issues.
Poster: Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference. Montreal, QC. June, 2018.

Markoulakis, R., Soni, D., Weingust, S., Levitt, A. (2018). Involving Families with Lived Experience in Mental Health and/or Addiction Service Design and Implementation.
Presentation: Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research. Montreal, QC. May, 2018.

Markoulakis, R., Chan, S., Dobbin, K., Weingust, S., Addison, T., Turner, M., Calis, M., Foot, J., Lane, I., Moffat, K., van Groll, C., Levitt, A. (2017). Peer support for caregivers of youth with mental health and/or addictions concerns: Designing, implementing, and evaluating the Parent Advocate with Lived Experience role at the Family Navigation Project.
Poster: International Association for Youth Mental Health: 4th International Conference on Youth Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland. September 2017.

Bowles, K., Markoulakis, R., Levitt, A. (2017). Navigating services for families of youth with mental health and/or addictions concerns: A retrospective chart review.
Presentation: The Canadian Psychological Association 78th Annual National Convention. Toronto, ON. June, 2017.

Mullen, J., Markoulakis, R., Levitt, A. (2017). Supporting individuals with mental health and/or addictions issues through navigation services.
Presentation: The Canadian Psychological Association 78th Annual National Convention. Toronto, ON. June, 2017.

Dobbin, K., Markoulakis, R., Weingust, S., Levitt, E., Levitt, A. (2017). Service needs of families in Ontario with a youth with mental health and/or addictions issues.
Presentation: Public Health 2017: Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference. Halifax, NS. June, 2017.

Levitt, E., Markoulakis, R., Weingust, S., Dobbin, K., Levitt, A. (2017). Caregiver strain in families of youth experiencing mental health and/or addiction issues.
Presentation: Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Annual Conference. Toronto, ON. May, 2017.

Markoulakis, R., Levitt, A., Weingust, S., Foot, J. (2016). The Family Navigation Project: An innovation in working with families to match mental health services with their youth’s needs. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 35(1), 63-66. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2016-026