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Ushe J, Redd D, Nunez SG, Trujillo-Rivera EA, Tekle S, Nelson SJ, Zeng-Treitler Q. Healthy Lifestyle and Mood: A Biomedical Informatics Citizen Science Project in a High School Classroom. AMIA ... ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. AMIA SYMPOSIUM 2022; 2021:1169-1177. [PMID: 35308949 PMCID: PMC8861696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Mental health is an increasing concern in adolescents. Mental health disorders can affect academic performance, affect the cultivation of healthy relationships, and even lead to suicide. Healthy lifestyle can improve mental health, though there are gaps in the research, partly resulted from the lack of detailed longitudinal datasets on lifestyle and mental health. To inform and engage students in the research on adolescent lifestyle and mood, the George Washington University and the T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia teamed up in a citizen science project. Students generated questions, collected data on themselves, analyzed the data, and produced research reports relating to their mental health and lifestyle. Student feedbacks suggest that the students find the project to be generally interesting and some students (46%) reported that the participation in the project may influence their college and career plans. The anonymized dataset resulted from the project provides another contribution to science.
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- Jennifer Ushe
- Alexandria City Public Schools, Alexandria, VA 22302
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037 USA
- Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422 USA
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037 USA
- Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422 USA
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Kortas GT, Abrahão ABB, Malbergier A, Fidalgo TM, Moura H, de Andrade AG, Neto FL, Torales J, Ventriglio A, Castaldelli-Maia JM. Immigrants, refugees and cannabis use. Int Rev Psychiatry 2022; 34:59-77. [PMID: 35584015 DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2022.2039595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Immigration typically occurs from low- to high-income countries and regions. Unfortunately, these wealthier areas also have higher rates of cannabis use (e.g. European Union and the US). This systematic review aimed to summarize available studies on cannabis use among immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. In addition, evidence on the association between immigration and cannabis use was reviewed. The rates of cannabis use were lower among immigrants than natives. The risk and protective factors to cannabis use were quite similar to those of the native populations. The population at greatest risk for cannabis use were refugees, males, singles, non-religious, those with lower educational level, living in urban areas, with friends that use cannabis and/or other drugs. Cannabis use tend to increase over generations, and acculturation seems to play a pivotal role. First generation migrants report equal or lower consumption of cannabis when compared with the majority population with a subsequent increase in following generations, with a clear association with acculturation factors. A higher cannabis use was found among migrants with lower cultural congruity as well as a higher level of culture assimilation. This use seems to be unrelated to alcohol or illicit drugs consumption, but possibly associated with tobacco smoking.
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- Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Young Leaders Program from the National Academy of Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, FMABC University Center, Santo André, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, FMABC University Center, Santo André, Brazil
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Brault C, Thomas I, Moro MR, Benoit L. School Refusal in Immigrants and Ethnic Minority Groups: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents' and Young Adults' Experiences. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:803517. [PMID: 35479494 PMCID: PMC9035588 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.803517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND School refusal is one cause of school absenteeism along with truancy, and the two can be difficult to distinguish. School absenteeism behaviors among students in transcultural situations (immigrants or children of immigrants) and from ethnic minority groups are subject to misdiagnosis and decreased access to care. To improve the care provided, this exploratory study addresses the experience of adolescents and young adults engaging in school refusal, from immigrant and ethnic minority groups. METHODS Sixteen participants between the ages of 16 and 20 years old presenting with school refusal were interviewed for this qualitative study. All participants were either immigrants, children of immigrants, or from an ethnic minority group. We conducted a qualitative analysis based on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. RESULTS Participants experienced school refusal as a loss of identity and as a failure to achieve what was perceived as parental expectations of success, which triggered feelings of worthlessness, shame, and guilt. The loss of a peer group, namely their classmates, as a result of school absenteeism was experienced as a marginalization from the larger society. Although participants denied having personally experienced racism, some of them recalled their parents experiencing racism at school. CONCLUSION School refusal complicates identity construction, autonomy, and integration into society. For adolescents and young adults from immigrant and ethnic minority backgrounds, it also triggers guilt, transgenerational traumatic memories, and the fear of marginalization. In addition to validated therapies for school refusal, sociological, intersectional, and cross-cultural tools would be a valuable addition to treatment.
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- Camille Brault
- Etablissement Public de Santé Ville-Evrard, Neuilly sur Marne, Paris, France
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Maison des Adolescents-Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France.,University of Paris, Faculty of Psychology, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France.,Inserm U1018, Team DevPsy, CESP, Paris Saclay University, Paris, France
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- Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.,Maison des Adolescents-Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France.,Inserm U1018, Team DevPsy, CESP, Paris Saclay University, Paris, France
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Charbonneau S, deLeyer-Tiarks J, Caterino LC, Bray M. A meta-analysis of school-based interventions for student refugees, migrants, and immigrants. J Prev Interv Community 2021; 50:1-16. [PMID: 34107239 DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2021.1935190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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How do mental health practitioners and educators support child migrants, child immigrants, child refugees, and their families? This article examines the scope of current interventions for these populations. A meta-analysis of interventions used in schools over the last two decades is discussed to provide an overview of the current evidence base in this area worldwide. Recommendations are made to facilitate the application of these interventions to support child-migrants, child-immigrants, and child-refugees in the schools, and their families.
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- Sarah Charbonneau
- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Lachal J, Moro MR, Carretier E, Simon A, Barry C, Falissard B, Rouquette A. Assessment of transcultural psychotherapy to treat resistant major depressive disorder in children and adolescents from migrant families: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial using mixed method and Bayesian approaches. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2020; 29:1-10. [PMID: 32918513 PMCID: PMC7723212 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Cultural variations complicate psychiatric care, especially for migrant children. Transcultural psychotherapy (TCP) is an original psychotherapeutic technique developed to address complex situations of resistant mental disorders in the context of migration. This research will aim to assess the efficacy, the acceptability, and describe the therapeutic processes of TCP for the treatment of depression in first or second generation of migration children and adolescents. METHOD Mixed method study using a multicenter, Bayesian randomized clinical trial with blinded evaluation of the primary outcome. Two parallel groups of 40 children or adolescents from 6 to 20 years old and their family will be included. In the experimental group, patients will attend six sessions of transcultural therapy in addition to usual care. RESULTS The improved Clinical Global Impression scale scores at 6 months will be compared across groups. Qualitative analysis of families and therapists' interviews will allow to specify the therapeutic processes and acceptability of the therapy. CONCLUSION The findings will encourage the development and routinization of TCP for second-line use and its adaption as a first-line technique in this population.
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- Jonathan Lachal
- AP-HP, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, PCPP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.,CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- AP-HP, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, PCPP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.,CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- AP-HP, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, PCPP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.,CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- AP-HP, Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.,CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- CESP, Fac. de Médecine - Université Paris-Sud, Fac. de Médecine - UVSQ, INSERM, DevPsy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France.,Public Health and Epidemiology Department, AP-HP, Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Saunders NR, Chiu M, Lebenbaum M, Chen S, Kurdyak P, Guttmann A, Vigod S. Suicide and Self-Harm in Recent Immigrants in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 2019; 64:777-788. [PMID: 31234643 PMCID: PMC6882076 DOI: 10.1177/0706743719856851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the rates of suicide and self-harm among recent immigrants and to determine which immigrant-specific risk factors are associated with these outcomes. METHODS Population-based cohort study using linked health administrative data sets (2003 to 2017) in Ontario, Canada which included adults ≥18 years, living in Ontario (N = 9,055,079). The main exposure was immigrant status (long-term resident vs. recent immigrant). Immigrant-specific exposures included visa class and country of origin. Outcome measures were death by suicide or emergency department visit for self-harm. Cox proportional hazards estimated adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS We included 590,289 recent immigrants and 8,464,790 long-term residents. Suicide rates were lower among immigrants (n = 130 suicides, 3.3/100,000) than long-term residents (n = 6,354 suicides, 11.8/100,000) with aHR 0.3, 95% CI, 0.2 to 0.3. Male-female ratios in suicide rates were attenuated in immigrants. Refugees had 2.1 (95% CI, 1.3 to 3.6; rate 6.1/100,000) and 2.8 (95% CI, 2.5 to 3.2) times the likelihood of suicide and self-harm, respectively, compared with nonrefugee immigrants. Self-harm rate was lower among immigrants (n = 2,256 events, 4.4/10,000) than long-term residents (n = 68,039 events, 9.7/10,000 person-years; aHR 0.3; 95% CI, 0.3 to 0.3). Unlike long-term residents, where low income was associated with high suicide rates, income was not associated with suicide among immigrants and there was an attenuated income gradient for self-harm. Country of origin-specific analyses showed wide ranges in suicide rates (1.4 to 9.9/100,000) and self-harm (1.8 to 14.9/10,000). CONCLUSION Recent immigrants have lower rates of suicide and self-harm and different sociodemographic predictors compared with long-term residents. Analysis of contextual factors including immigrant class, origin, and destination should be considered for all immigrant suicide risk assessment.
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- Natasha Ruth Saunders
- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,These authors contributed equally, acting as co-first authors
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- ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,These authors contributed equally, acting as co-first authors
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- ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Gatt JM, Alexander R, Emond A, Foster K, Hadfield K, Mason-Jones A, Reid S, Theron L, Ungar M, Wouldes TA, Wu Q. Trauma, Resilience, and Mental Health in Migrant and Non-Migrant Youth: An International Cross-Sectional Study Across Six Countries. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:997. [PMID: 32210844 PMCID: PMC7073329 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Resilience is a dynamic process of positive adaptation to significant adversity. While there has been substantial focus on risks and negative outcomes associated with youth migrancy, there is limited evidence of the relationship between the adversity of migration, and resilience, wellbeing, and positive mental health in adolescents. This international study aimed to explore the differences in resilience, wellbeing, and mental health behaviors in migrant and non-migrant adolescents tested across six countries (Australia, New Zealand, UK, China, South Africa, and Canada) with varying levels of trauma exposure. The study was a cross-sectional survey design with a convenience sample of 194 10-17 year old migrants and non-migrants. The migrant sample included both "internal" migrants (change of residence within a country) and "external" migrants (change of residence across national borders) for comparison. Across the sites, migrants reported a higher mean number of traumatic events for the past year than non-migrants, with internal migrants reporting more events than external migrants overall. South African adolescents reported a higher mean number of traumatic events for the past year than all other sites. External migrants reported higher resilience scores yet reduced prosocial behaviors relative to internal migrants and non-migrants, whereas both internal and external migrants reported higher peer problems than non-migrants. When considering the interacting effects of trauma, the presence or absence of trauma did not appear to impact migrant scores in terms of resilience, wellbeing, or conduct problems. In comparison, trauma-exposed non-migrants showed detriments relative to trauma-exposed migrant peers for all of these measures. In conclusion, the survey tool was found to be reliable and acceptable for use in international studies of different samples of adolescent migrants. Overall, migrant adolescents showed greater resilience resources than non-migrants and, although the migrants experienced more traumatic events, the impact of trauma on mental health outcomes was greater in the non-migrants. There is a need for further research with larger prospective sample sizes to investigate how levels of resilience and wellbeing vary over time and across countries, and the ways resilience can be promoted in adolescents exposed to trauma, regardless of migrancy status.
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- Justine M Gatt
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia.,School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia.,School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Academic Child Health, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Primary Health Care Directorate, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Rosenthal L, Moro MR, Benoit L. Migrant Parents of Adolescents With School Refusal: A Qualitative Study of Parental Distress and Cultural Barriers in Access to Care. Front Psychiatry 2019; 10:942. [PMID: 31998159 PMCID: PMC6962236 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Introduction: School refusal is an important problem in adolescent psychiatry. However, little is known about the experience of school refusal among minority youth (migrants and minority ethnic groups). This study assesses how parents of various cultural backgrounds experience their adolescents' school refusal. Method: This qualitative study is based on interviews of 11 parents of teenagers diagnosed with school refusal at three adolescent outpatient mental health units in Paris and its suburbs. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used for the thematic investigation. Results: The analysis found four themes: (i) confronting school and school refusal distresses parental representations; (ii) school refusal as a failure of the family's obligation to succeed after migration; (iii) representations of school that fluctuate with time since arrival: idealization, followed by mistrust and disappointment in the inequalities, even the racism; (iv) solutions envisioned for school refusal, confronting the healthcare system, stigma, and, again, inequality. Conclusion: All parents question their parenting choices when their children become school refusers. However, when families belong to minority groups, school refusal calls into question parents' relations with the French school system and their immigration choices. At the same time, the construction of a multicultural identity for children and adolescents in transcultural situations requires them to strike a balance between two worlds, and school refusal endangers this delicate negotiation. Subsequent misunderstandings can lead clinicians to misdiagnose school refusal as truancy. Clinicians must take the parents' culture and migration history into account to minimize the risk of complete failure of treatment for school refusal and the ensuing inequality of care and opportunity that can result.
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- Lucie Rosenthal
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Toulouse University Hospital (CHU de Toulouse), Toulouse, France.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Pierre-Jamet, Fondation Bon-Sauveur d'Alby, Albi, France
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- Maison des Adolescents - Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France.,Dept of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Paris, PCPP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.,Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Paris-Sud and UVSQ Medical Schools, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Villejuif, France
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- Maison des Adolescents - Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France.,Dept of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Paris, PCPP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.,Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Paris-Sud and UVSQ Medical Schools, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Villejuif, France
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Wehrmeister FC, Buffarini R, Wendt A, Costa CDS, Neves RG, Flores TR, Lopes J, Gonçalves H, Menezes AM. Association between leisure-time activities and school failure in adolescents: The 1993 Birth Cohort. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205793. [PMID: 30403675 PMCID: PMC6221260 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aim To evaluate the relationship between leisure-time activities at 11 years old and the incidence of school failures from 11 to 15 years in adolescents. Methods The sample comprised 4,090 adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Brazil. The outcome was measured as the number of school failures from 11 to 15 years, based on reported information from cohort participants and their parents. The exposures were collected at 11 years old, as follows: reading; meeting friends; talking to parents; and dating. Results In the group from 11 to 15 years old, 53.3% failed at school at least once. Meeting friends 4–7 times/week (RR = 1.15) and dating 1–3 times/week (RR = 1.22) were associated with high risk for school failure. Reading showed an inverse relationship with school failures (1–3 times/week RR = 0.83; 4–7 times/week RR = 0.71). Reading at least once a week could prevent around 16% of school failures. Conclusion The context in which adolescents are inserted plays a relevant role in school performance. Understanding these factors may help to propose actions to reduce school failure rates even further.
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- Fernando C. Wehrmeister
- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Sul-rio-grandense Federal Institute, Pelotas, Department of Languages, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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Yi Y, Kim JS. Korean Adolescents' Health Behavior and Psychological Status according to Their Mother's Nationality. Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2018; 8:377-383. [PMID: 29354395 PMCID: PMC5749486 DOI: 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.6.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objectives This study was conducted to compare adolescents’ health behaviors and psychological status according to whether or not their mother was born in Korea. Methods This secondary analysis used nationally representative data from the 2015 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. The self-administered questionnaire included computer measured socio-demographic variables, 15 health behaviors, and psychological status. Data from 65,426 middle school and high school students were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression, adjusting for socio-demographic variables, was used to analyze differences in health behaviors and psychological status between adolescents with a foreign-born mother and those with a Korean mother. Results Adolescents who have foreign-born mothers had a lower level of current drinking and subjective happiness, but a higher stress level. Conclusion The stress levels of the adolescents with foreign-born mothers could be affected by their multicultural background. It is necessary to analyze stress-influencing factors of multicultural adolescents by comparing them to adolescents from Korean parents. Additionally, our society should pay more attention to the mental health of multicultural adolescents. Schools should also make various efforts to protect multicultural adolescents by adopting mental health management programs led by school nurses and counselors.
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- Yunjeong Yi
- Department of Nursing, Kyung-In Women's University, Incheon, Korea
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- College of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea
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Cho HW, Chu C. Adolescents in Multi-Ethnic Families under Korean Ethnic Nationalism. Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2017; 8:367-368. [PMID: 29354392 PMCID: PMC5749482 DOI: 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.6.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Hae-Wol Cho
- Editor-in-Chief, Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Korea.,Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea
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- Managing Editor, Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Korea
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Chau K, Kabuth B, Chau N. Association between Suicide Ideation and Attempts and Being an Immigrant among Adolescents, and the Role of Socioeconomic Factors and School, Behavior, and Health-Related Difficulties. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2016; 13:ijerph13111070. [PMID: 27809296 PMCID: PMC5129280 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The risk of suicide behaviors in immigrant adolescents varies across countries and remains partly understood. We conducted a study in France to examine immigrant adolescents' likelihood of experiencing suicide ideation in the last 12 months (SI) and lifetime suicide attempts (SA) compared with their native counterparts, and the contribution of socioeconomic factors and school, behavior, and health-related difficulties. Questionnaires were completed by 1559 middle-school adolescents from north-eastern France including various risk factors, SI, SA, and their first occurrence over adolescent's life course (except SI). Data were analyzed using logistic regression models for SI and Cox regression models for SA (retaining only school, behavior, and health-related difficulties that started before SA). Immigrant adolescents had a two-time higher risk of SI and SA than their native counterparts. Using nested models, the excess SI risk was highly explained by socioeconomic factors (27%) and additional school, behavior, and health-related difficulties (24%) but remained significant. The excess SA risk was more highly explained by these issues (40% and 85%, respectively) and became non-significant. These findings demonstrate the risk patterns of SI and SA and the prominent confounding roles of socioeconomic factors and school, behavior, and health-related difficulties. They may be provided to policy makers, schools, carers, and various organizations interested in immigrant, adolescent, and suicide-behavior problems.
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- Kénora Chau
- Département de Médecine Générale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine, 9 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, CS50184, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54505, France.
- INSERM Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, UMR 1116, CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54511, France.
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- Service de Pédopsychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine, Hôpital d'Enfants de Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54500, France.
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- INSERM, U1178, Paris F-75014, France.
- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR-S1178, Paris F-75014, France.
- Univ Paris Descartes, UMR-S1178, Paris F-75014, France.
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Chau K, Vauthier JC, Kabuth B. Variations in perceived primary healthcare access across family structures and their predictors in adolescents. Aust J Prim Health 2016; 23:132-139. [PMID: 27531636 DOI: 10.1071/py15159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Families have greatly changed over time and little is known about primary care access barriers for adolescents associated with family type. We assessed family disparities in lack of listening and treatment explanations (LLTE) by general practitioners (GP), lack of treatment adherence (LTA) and GP change and the confounding roles of socioeconomic factors, school, behaviour and health difficulties among 1559 middle-school-aged (9.9-18.8 years old) adolescents who completed a questionnaire on sex, age, socioeconomic characteristics (family structure, nationality, parents' occupation, education and income), school performance, substance use, physical health, psychological health, social relationships, living environment, LLTE by GPs, LTA and GP change. Data were analysed using logistic regression models. LLTE, LTA and GP change affected 22.3, 38.0 and 7.3% of subjects respectively. Compared with the adolescents living in intact families, and controlling for sex and age, those with separated or divorced parents or reconstructed families and those with single parents respectively had 1.58- and 1.96-times higher LLTE risk and 1.48- and 1.72-times higher LTA risk. Adolescents with separated or divorced parents or reconstructed families had 1.92-times higher GP-change risk. Socioeconomic factors explained 16-36% of LLTE or LTA risks, but not GP-change risk. Further considering school, behaviour and health difficulties explained 55-87% of LLTE or LTA risks and 27% of GP-change risk. In conclusion, changes in family situations may have produced more non-intact families and adolescents with greater socioeconomic, school, behaviour and health difficulties. These factors are strong barriers to primary care access and may warrant prevention targets for adolescents, their parents, schools and GP.
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- Kénora Chau
- Département de Médecine Générale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine, 9 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, CS50184, F-54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, Faculté de Médecine, Service de Pédopsychiatrie, Hôpital d'Enfants de Nancy-Brabois, rue du Morvan, F-54511 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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VEIGA FH, ROBU V, CONBOY J, ORTIZ A, CARVALHO C, GALVÃO D. Students' engagement in school and family variables: A literature review. ESTUDOS DE PSICOLOGIA (CAMPINAS) 2016. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-02752016000200002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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"Students' engagement in school" is regarded in the literature as a current and valued construct despite the lack of empirical studies on its relationship with specific family variables. The present research aimed to survey studies on the correlation between students' engagement in school and family contexts, specifically in terms of the following variables: perceived parental support, socioeconomic and sociocultural levels, perceived rights, and parental educational styles. In order to describe the state of the art of student's "engagement in school" and "family variables", a narrative review was conducted. The studies reviewed highlight the role of family as a context with significance in student's engagement in school. However, further research is needed to deepen the knowledge of this topic considering potential mediator variables, either personal or school variables. It was also found the need for a psychosocial intervention aimed at providing support for the students coming from adverse family contexts who exhibit low level of engagement associated with poor academic achievement and a higher probability of dropping out.
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Chau K. Impact of sleep difficulty on single and repeated injuries in adolescents. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2015; 81:86-95. [PMID: 25956610 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Injuries are frequent and may be caused by sleep difficulty in youth. This study assessed the impact of sleep difficulty on single and repeated school and out-of-school injuries and the confounding role of socioeconomic factors and school, behaviour and health-related difficulties among adolescents. The study population included 1559 middle-school adolescents from north-eastern France (mean age 13.5, SD 1.3) who completed at the end of school year a self-administered questionnaire to gather school and out-of-school injuries during the school year, and to assess sleep difficulty and previous injury risk factors which were socioeconomic factors (family structure, parents' education, father's occupation, and family income), school performance, obesity, alcohol/tobacco/cannabis/hard drugs use, health status, psychological health, and involvement-in-violence. For sleep difficulty and behaviour and health-related difficulties their first occurring over adolescent's life course was gathered. Multinomial logistic regression models were used retaining only sleep difficulty and other risk factors which had started before the school year (thus before the injuries studied). School and out-of-school injuries and sleep difficulty were frequent. The adolescents with sleep difficulty without medical treatment had a higher risk of single school and out-of-school injuries (gender-age-adjusted odds ratio gaOR 1.86 and 1.76, respectively) and a much higher risk of repeated school and out-of-school injuries (≥2 injuries; gaOR 2.43 and 3.73, respectively). The adolescents with persistent sleep difficulty despite a medical treatment also had a higher risk of single school and out-of-school injury (gaOR 2.31 and 1.78, respectively), and a much higher risk of repeated school and out-of-school injuries (gaOR 4.92 and 4.36, respectively). Socioeconomic factors had a moderate contribution (<27%) while school, behaviour and health-related difficulties had a high contribution (reaching 71%) to the association between sleep difficulty and single/repeated injuries. The role of these factors differed between single/repeated school/out-of-school injuries. Injury prevention should focus on screening and monitoring sleep difficulty and previous difficulties, especially among adolescents with socioeconomic difficulties, via physician-parent-school-adolescent collaborations.
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- Kénora Chau
- Lorraine University, Faculty of Medicine, Département de Médecine Générale, 9 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, CS 50184, F-54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France.
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Mental health predicts better academic outcomes: a longitudinal study of elementary school students in Chile. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2015; 46:245-56. [PMID: 24771270 PMCID: PMC4443903 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-014-0464-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The world's largest school-based mental health program, Habilidades para la Vida [Skills for Life (SFL)], has been operating on a national scale in Chile for 15 years. SFL's activities include using standardized measures to screen elementary school students and providing preventive workshops to students at risk for mental health problems. This paper used SFL's data on 37,397 students who were in first grade in 2009 and third grade in 2011 to ascertain whether first grade mental health predicted subsequent academic achievement and whether remission of mental health problems predicted improved academic outcomes. Results showed that mental health was a significant predictor of future academic performance and that, overall, students whose mental health improved between first and third grade made better academic progress than students whose mental health did not improve or worsened. Our findings suggest that school-based mental health programs like SFL may help improve students' academic outcomes.
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Kim H, Han MA, Park J, Ryu SY, Choi SW. Health behavior of North Korean, multicultural and Korean family adolescents in Korea: the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, 2011-2013. HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT 2015. [DOI: 10.4332/kjhpa.2015.25.1.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Gauffin K, Vinnerljung B, Hjern A. School performance and alcohol-related disorders in early adulthood: a Swedish national cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2015; 44:919-27. [PMID: 25797580 PMCID: PMC4521124 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Alcohol misuse is an important global health determinant and a major contributor to health inequalities. We aimed to investigate the association between school performance and alcohol-related disorders in early adulthood in a longitudinal register-based national cohort study. Methods We followed a register-based national cohort of Swedish citizens born 1973–1984 (N = 948 440) from compulsory school graduation at age 15–16 to 2009. We divided the population into five groups: high school marks (> mean + 1 SD); high average (between mean and mean + 1 SD); low average (between mean and mean − 1 SD); low (< mean – 1SD); and missing. Cox proportional hazard models were used to investigate the relation between school marks at time of graduation and hospital care for alcohol-related disorders in early adulthood. Results There was a steep gradient in the risk of alcohol-related disorders related to school performance. In comparison with peers in the top category of school marks, students with low marks had adjusted hazard ratios of 8.02 [95% confidence interval (CI) 7.20 to 8.91], low average 3.02 (2.72 to 3.35) and high average 1.55 (1.39 to 1.73). The risk associated with low school marks was stronger in the male population and in the group from high socioeconomic background. Conclusions The study demonstrated a strong graded relation between low school performance and alcohol-related disorders in young adulthood. School performance should be taken into account when developing prevention programmes/policies targeting alcohol misuse among teenagers and young adults, especially if the aim is to reach high-risk groups.
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- Karl Gauffin
- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,
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- Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden and
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Clinical Epidemiology / Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gender and family disparities in suicide attempt and role of socioeconomic, school, and health-related difficulties in early adolescence. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:314521. [PMID: 25136577 PMCID: PMC4127271 DOI: 10.1155/2014/314521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Suicide attempt (SA) is common in early adolescence and the risk may differ between boys and girls in nonintact families partly because of socioeconomic, school, and health-related difficulties. This study explored the gender and family disparities and the role of these covariates. Questionnaires were completed by 1,559 middle-school adolescents from north-eastern France including sex, age, socioeconomic factors (family structure, nationality, parents' education, father's occupation, family income, and social support), grade repetition, depressive symptoms, sustained violence, sexual abuse, unhealthy behaviors (tobacco/alcohol/cannabis/hard drug use), SA, and their first occurrence over adolescent's life course. Data were analyzed using Cox regression models. SA affected 12.5% of girls and 7.2% of boys (P < 0.001). The girls living with parents divorced/separated, in reconstructed families, and with single parents had a 3-fold higher SA risk than those living in intact families. Over 63% of the risk was explained by socioeconomic, school, and health-related difficulties. No family disparities were observed among boys. Girls had a 1.74-time higher SA risk than boys, and 45% of the risk was explained by socioeconomic, school, and mental difficulties and violence. SA prevention should be performed in early adolescence and consider gender and family differences and the role of socioeconomic, school, and health-related difficulties.
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Belhadj Kouider E, Koglin U, Petermann F. Emotional and behavioral problems in migrant children and adolescents in Europe: a systematic review. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2014; 23:373-91. [PMID: 24132833 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0485-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Based on findings of Stevens and Vollebergh [69], who analyzed cross-cultural topics, this review considers the current prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems of native children and adolescents in comparison with children with a migration background in European countries. 36 studies published from 2007 up to 2013 chosen from a systematic literature research were included and analyzed in their perspective design in detail. Previous studies showed great differences in their results: Especially in Germany, many studies compare the heterogeneous group of immigrant children with native children to analyze an ethnic minority or migration process effect. Only a British and Turkish study demonstrates the selection effect in migration. Most Dutch or British studies examined different ethnic groups, e.g. Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese, Pakistani, Indian or Black migrant children and adolescents. Migrant childhood in Europe could be declared a risk in increasing internalizing problem behavior while the prevalent rate in externalizing problem behavior was comparable between native and migrant children. A migration status itself can often be postulated as a risk factor for children's mental condition, in particular migration in first generation. Furthermore, several major influence factors in migrant children's mental health could be pointed out, such as a low socio-economic status, a Non-European origin, an uncertain cultural identity of the parents, maternal harsh parenting or inadequate parental occupation, a minority status, the younger age, gender effects or a specific culture declaration in diseases.
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- Esmahan Belhadj Kouider
- Center for Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, University Bremen, Grazer Str. 6, 28359, Bremen, Germany,
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Association between health-related quality of life and being an immigrant among adolescents, and the role of socioeconomic and health-related difficulties. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2014; 11:1694-714. [PMID: 24487457 PMCID: PMC3945562 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110201694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To develop satisfactorily, adolescents require good health-related quality of life (QOL, including physical health, psychological health, social relationships and living environment). However, for poorly understood reasons, it is often lacking, especially among immigrants with lower family and socioeconomic resources. This study assessed health-related QOL of European and non-European immigrant adolescents and the contributions of socioeconomic difficulties, unhealthy behaviors, and violence. It included 1,559 middle-school adolescents from north-eastern France (mean age 13.5, SD 1.3; 1,451 French adolescents, 54 European immigrants and 54 non-European immigrants), who completed a self-administered questionnaire including sex, age, socioeconomic characteristics (family structure, parents’ education, occupation, and income), unhealthy behaviors (uses of tobacco/alcohol/cannabis/hard drugs, obesity, and involvement in violence), having sustained violence, sexual abuse, and the four QOL domains measured with the World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF (poor: score < 25th percentile). Data were analyzed using logistic regression models. Poor physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and living environment affected more European immigrants (26% to 35%) and non-European immigrants (43% to 54%) than French adolescents (21% to 26%). European immigrants had a higher risk of poor physical health and living environment (gender-age-adjusted odds ratio 2.00 and 1.88, respectively) while non-European immigrants had a higher risk for all poor physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and living environment (3.41, 2.07, 3.25, and 3.79, respectively). Between 20% and 58% of these risks were explained by socioeconomic difficulties, parts of which overlapped with unhealthy behaviors and violence. The associations between the two sets of covariates greatly differed among French adolescents and immigrants. Poor QOL was more common among European and non-European immigrants due to socioeconomic difficulties and associated unhealthy behaviors and violence. The different risk patterns observed between French adolescents and immigrants may help prevention.
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Sagatun Å, Heyerdahl S, Wentzel-Larsen T, Lien L. Mental health problems in the 10th grade and non-completion of upper secondary school: the mediating role of grades in a population-based longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 2014; 14:16. [PMID: 24406098 PMCID: PMC3905670 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND School drop-out is a problem all over the world with adverse life-course consequences. The aim of this paper is to study how internalising and externalising problems in the 10th grade are associated with non-completion of upper secondary school, and to examine the mediating role of grade points in the 10th grade across general academic and vocational tracks in upper secondary school. We also study the impact of health behaviour. METHODS Population-based health surveys were linked with Norwegian registries on education and sociodemographic factors (n = 10 931). Mental health was assessed by the self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to analyse the relations between mental health and health behaviour in 10th grade and non-completion of upper secondary school. The mediating effect of grade points was studied by causal mediation analysis. RESULTS Adolescents not completing upper secondary school reported more externalising problems and girls more internalising problems in the 10th grade, after adjustments. Smoking and physical inactivity increased the odds of non-completion of upper secondary school. Causal mediation analyses showed that a reduction in externalising problems of 10 percentage points led to lower rates of non-completion of 4-5 percentage points, and about three-quarters of this total effect was mediated by grades. For internalising problems the total effect was significant only for girls (1 percentage point), and the mediated effect of grades was about 30%. The effect of mental health problems on school dropout was mainly the same in both vocational and general tracks. CONCLUSIONS Assuming a causal relationship from mental health problems to school performance, this study suggests that externalising problems impair educational attainment. A reduction of such problems may improve school performance, reduce school drop-out and reduce the adverse life-course consequences.
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- Åse Sagatun
- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Dual Diagnosis, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Sanderud, Brumundal, Norway
- Faculty of Public Health, Hedmark University College, Elverum, Norway
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Schoenmaker NJ, Haverman L, Tromp WF, van der Lee JH, Offringa M, Adams B, Bouts AHM, Collard L, Cransberg K, van Dyck M, Godefroid N, van Hoeck K, Koster-Kamphuis L, Lilien MR, Raes A, Taylan C, Grootenhuis MA, Groothoff JW. Children of non-Western origin with end-stage renal disease in the Netherlands, Belgium and a part of Germany have impaired health-related quality of life compared with Western children. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013; 29:448-57. [PMID: 24235076 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) living in Western Europe are of non-Western European origin. They have unfavourable somatic outcomes compared with ESRD children of Western origin. In this study, we compared the Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of both groups. METHODS All children (5-18 years) with ESRD included in the RICH-Q project (Renal Insufficiency therapy in Children-Quality assessment and improvement) or their parents were asked to complete the generic version of the Paediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory 4.0 (PedsQL). RICH-Q comprises the Netherlands, Belgium and a part of Germany. Children were considered to be of non-Western origin if they or at least one parent was born outside Western-European countries. Impaired HRQoL for children with ESRD of Western or non-Western origin was defined as a PedsQL score less than fifth percentile for healthy Dutch children of Western or non-Western origin, respectively. RESULTS Of the 259 eligible children, 230 agreed to participate. One hundred and seventy-four children responded (response rate 67%) and 55 (32%) were of non-Western origin. Overall, 31 (56%) of the ESRD children of non-Western origin, and 58 (49%) of Western origin had an impaired total HRQoL score. Total HRQoL scores of children with ESRD of Western origin and non-Western origin were comparable, but scores on emotional functioning and school functioning were lower in non-Western origin (P=0.004 and 0.01, respectively). The adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for ESRD children of non-Western origin to have impaired emotional functioning and school functioning, compared with Western origin, were 3.3(1.5-7.1) and 2.2(1.1-4.2), respectively. CONCLUSION Children with ESRD of non-Western origin in three Western countries were found to be at risk for impaired HRQoL on emotional and school functioning. These children warrant special attention.
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- Nikki J Schoenmaker
- Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Emma Children's Hospital Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Chau N, Chau K, Mayet A, Baumann M, Legleye S, Falissard B. Self-reporting and measurement of body mass index in adolescents: refusals and validity, and the possible role of socioeconomic and health-related factors. BMC Public Health 2013; 13:815. [PMID: 24011121 PMCID: PMC3846114 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Body mass index assessment using self-reported height and weight (BMIsr) can encounter refusals and under/over-reporting while for assessment with measured data (BMIm) refusals can be more frequent. This could relate to socioeconomic and health-related factors. We explored these issues by investigating numerous potential factors: gender, age, family structure, father’s occupation, income, physical/sports activity, subjective weight perception, school performance, unhealthy behaviours, physical/psychological health, social relationships, living environment, having sustained violence, sexual abuse, and involvement in violence. Methods The sample included 1559 adolescents from middle schools in north-eastern France. They completed a questionnaire including socioeconomic and health-related data, self-reported height/weight, measured height/weight, and weight perception (participation rate 94%). Data were analysed using logistic regression models. Results BMIsr encountered under-reporting (with change in BMI category, 11.8%), over-reporting (6.0%), and reporting refusals (3.6%). BMIm encountered more numerous refusals (7.9%). Reporting refusal was related to living with a single parent, low school performance, lack of physical/sports activity, sustained violence, poor psychological health, and poor social relationships (gender/age-adjusted odds ratios 1.95 to 2.91). Further to these factors, measurement refusal was related to older age, having divorced/separated parents, a father being a manual worker/inactive, insufficient family income, tobacco/cannabis use, involvement in violence, poor physical health, and poor living environment (1.30 to 3.68). Under-reporting was related to male gender, involvement in violence, poor psychological health, and overweight/obesity (as assessed with BMIm) (1.52 to 11). Over-reporting was related to male gender, younger age, alcohol consumption, and underweight (1.30 to 5.35). Weight perception was linked to reporting refusals and under/over-reporting, but slightly linked to measurement refusal. The contributions of socioeconomic and health-related factors to the associations of weight perception with reporting refusal and under/over-reporting ranged from −82% to 44%. There were substantial discrepancies in the associations between socioeconomic/health-related factors and overweight/obesity assessed with BMIsr and BMIm. Conclusions BMIsr and BMIm were affected by numerous biases related to vulnerability which were also obesity risk factors. BMIsr encountered under/over-reporting which were related to some socioeconomic and health-related factors, weight perception, and BMIm. BMIm was more affected by refusals than BMIsr due to socioeconomic and health-related factors. Further research is needed.
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Chau K, Baumann M, Chau N. Socioeconomic inequities patterns of multi-morbidity in early adolescence. Int J Equity Health 2013; 12:65. [PMID: 23962097 PMCID: PMC3765191 DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Multi-morbidity such as cumulating mental health, behavioral, and school difficulties (consumptions of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and hard drugs, obesity, depressive symptoms, suicide attempts, involvement in violence, and low school performance) is common in early adolescence and can be favored by a number of socioeconomic factors (gender, age, nationality, family structure, parents' education, father' occupation, and income). This study assessed the concurrent roles of various socioeconomic factors in multi-morbidity defined as cumulated number of difficulties (CD) which has been partially documented. METHODS Adolescents from middle schools in north-eastern France (N = 1,559) completed a questionnaire measuring socioeconomic characteristics and mental health, behavioral, and school difficulties. Data were analyzed using logistic regression models. RESULTS Alcohol use affected 35.2% of subjects, tobacco use 11.2%, cannabis use 5.6%, hard drugs use 2.8%, obesity 10.6%, depressive symptoms 13.3%, suicide attempts 9.9%, involvement in violence 10.3%, and low school performance 8.2%. Insufficient income and non-intact families impacted most mental health, behavioral, and school difficulties with adjusted odds ratios (ORa) between 1.51 and 3.72. Being immigrant impacted illicit drugs use and low school performance (ORa 2.31-4.14); low parents' education depressive symptoms (1.42) and school performance (3.32); and manual-worker/inactive offspring low school performance (2.56-3.05). Multi-morbidity was very common: CD0 44.1%, CD1 30.8%, CD2-3 18.4%, and CD ≥ 4 6.7%. Insufficient income, divorced/separated parents, reconstructed families, and single parents played impressive roles with strong ORa gradients (reaching 4.86) from CD1 to CD ≥ 4. Being European immigrant, low parents' education, and low fathers' occupations had significant gender-age-adjusted odds ratios for CD2-3 and CD ≥ 4, but these became non-significant when adjusted for all socioeconomic factors. Older adolescents had higher risks for multi-morbidity which did not change when adjusting for all socioeconomic factors. CONCLUSIONS Multi-morbidity including a wide range of mental health, behavioral, and school difficulties was common in early adolescence. Insufficient income and non-intact families played impressive roles. Being immigrant, low parents' education, and low fathers' occupations also played strong roles but these were explained by insufficient income and non-intact families. Prevention against multi-morbidity should be designed to help adolescents to solve their difficulties, especially among adolescents with socioeconomic difficulties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kénora Chau
- Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- University of Luxembourg, INtegrative research unit on Social and Individual DEvelopment (INSIDE), Walferdange, Luxembourg
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- University of Luxembourg, INtegrative research unit on Social and Individual DEvelopment (INSIDE), Walferdange, Luxembourg
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- INSERM, U669, Paris F-75014, France
- Univ Paris-Sud and Univ Paris Descartes, UMR-S0669, Paris, France
- Inserm, U669, 8 rue du Breuil, F-54180 Heillecourt, France
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