Relationship between project objectives and study components
| Retrospective cohort: data linkage | Prospective cohort: survey | Prospective cohort: interview | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aim 1: to describe and compare the health, social and criminal justice outcomes over the short term and long term among young people who are referred across the three comparison groups | X | X | |
| Aim 2: to describe and compare economic costs associated with different outcomes and pathways among young people across the three comparison groups | X | X | |
| Aim 3: to describe and compare outcomes of those young people who are referred to the programme by the criminal justice system to those referred from other sources | X | X | |
| Aim 4: if there are more positive outcomes for young people who attend or complete a life management programme, to describe and examine the perceptions of young people about the effective elements and strategies associated with these outcomes, including for those who receive continuing care and those who do not | X |