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Sharifi V, Dimitropoulos G, Williams JVA, Rao S, Pedram P, Bulloch AGM, Patten SB. Neighborhood material versus social deprivation in Canada: different patterns of associations with child and adolescent mental health problems. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2024:10.1007/s00127-024-02681-7. [PMID: 38704797 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-024-02681-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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PURPOSE In a nationwide study, we aimed to study the association of neighborhood deprivation with child and adolescent mental health problems. METHODS We used data from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (N = 47,871; age range: 1-17 years) and linked these to Neighborhood Material and Social Deprivation data calculated using Canada's Census of Population. Using a series of logistic regressions, we studied the association between living in deprived areas and mental health problems among children and youth. We used bootstrap replicate weights for all analyses and adjusted them for individual sociodemographic characteristics. RESULTS In the adjusted model, the parent-reported developmental disorder was associated with more socially deprived neighborhoods (OR 1.29; 95% CI 1.07, 1.57 for most vs. least deprived quintiles). However, mental health service need or use was associated with living in less materially deprived areas (OR 0.78; 95% CI 0.63, 0.96 for most vs. least deprived quintiles). Among mental health problems reported by the youth (12-17 years old), poor/fair general mental health, alcohol drinking, and cannabis use were associated with neighborhood social deprivation in the adjusted models. In contrast, poor/fair general mental health, suicide ideas, alcohol drinking, and cannabis use were all negatively associated with higher materially deprived quintiles. CONCLUSION Our study provides further support for the existing evidence on the association between neighborhood deprivation, particularly social deprivation, and the mental health of children and adolescents. The findings can help public health policymakers and service providers better understand and address children's mental health needs in their neighborhoods.
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- Vandad Sharifi
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, D10, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, D10, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, D10, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, D10, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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White RMB, Witherspoon DP, Wei W, Zhao C, Pasco MC, Maereg TM. Adolescent Development in Context: A Decade Review of Neighborhood and Activity Space Research. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2021; 31:944-965. [PMID: 34820958 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Over the last decade, two lines of inquiry have emerged from earlier investigations of adolescent neighborhood effects. First, researchers began incorporating space-time geography to study adolescent development within activity spaces or routine activity locations and settings. Second, cultural-developmental researchers implicated neighborhood settings in cultural development, to capture neighborhood effects on competencies and processes that are salient or normative for minoritized youth. We review the decade's studies on adolescent externalizing, internalizing, academic achievement, health, and cultural development within neighborhoods and activity spaces. We offer recommendations supporting decompartmentalization of cultural-developmental and activity space scholarship to advance the science of adolescent development in context.
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- Pennsylvania State University
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