Improving mental health care transitions for children and youth: a protocol to implement and evaluate an emergency department clinical pathway

Table 2 Description of project phases

Project phase	Duration	Activities
Pre-implementation	6 months	Site recruitment and REB approvals
		Project launch team meeting
		Site readiness visits
		Qualitative interviews and analysis
		Intervention development
		Site champion training
Implementation	17 months (8 months per dyad)	Site customization
		Forms approvals
		Clinical pathway training
		Adoption and feedback
Post-implementation	12 months	Post-implementation site visits
Post-implementation	12 months	Qualitative interviews and analysis
Data collection and analysis	4 months	Chart audits
		Chart to administrative database linkage
		Quantitative data analysis
Follow-up	2 months	Project partner meeting: review of findings
Follow-up	2 months	Wrap-up and dissemination

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