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Table 6 Factors that would enable starting to provide additional services

From: The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and substance use health (MHSUH) workforce in Canada: a mixed methods study

What would enable starting to provide additional services?

% of sample (n = 821)

% of women (n = 639)

% of men (n = 147)

1

If there was funding/If you were paid to provide those services

37.8

38.7

34.7

2

If you could provide care virtually

21.9

21.9

23.8

3

If you were provided with additional training, including refresher training

22.0

21.0

26.5

4

If regulatory barriers were removed

23.5

23.5

22.4

5

If your organization enabled you to practice to optimal scope

24.2

23.9

27.2

6

If you were provided with additional coping resources and supports

26.8

27.9

21.8

  1. Values for n are the number of participants who indicated in a previous question that they could start to provide additional services that they were not currently providing. Percentages for men and women did not differ significantly based on Pearson's Chi-squared test of independence