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Vahedi L, Seff I, Meinhart M, Roa AH, Villaveces A, Stark L. The association between youth violence and mental health outcomes in Colombia: A cross sectional analysis. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2024; 150:106336. [PMID: 37442669 PMCID: PMC10896151 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Violence against children and youth poses public health risks regarding mental health symptoms and substance use. Less studied is the relationship between violence and mental health/substance abuse in the Latin American context. This study explored sex-stratified relationships between violence and mental health/substance use among Colombian youth. METHODS We analyzed the 2018 Colombian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, which collected cross-sectional data from Colombian youth (13-24 years) (n = 2705). Exposure variables were (i) binary sexual, emotional, and physical victimization and (ii) poly-victimization. The outcomes were binary suicidal thoughts, self-harm, past-month psychological distress, binge drinking, smoking, and drug use. Sex-stratified, logistic regressions were adjusted for age, primary school, parental presence, relationship status, and witnessing community violence. RESULTS For females, (i) emotional violence (compared to being unexposed) was associated with greater odds of suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and psychological distress and (ii) sexual violence was associated with suicidal thoughts and self-harm. For males, (i) emotional violence (compared to being unexposed) was associated with greater odds of suicidal thoughts and psychological distress, but not self-harm and (ii) sexual violence exposure was associated with suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Physical violence was generally not associated with internalized mental health outcomes for females/males, when emotional and sexual violence were held constant. Poly-victimization was consistently and positively associated with internalized mental health symptoms among females, and to a lesser degree for males. Substance use outcomes for males or females were not associated with violence. CONCLUSIONS Findings highlight the internalized mental health burden of emotional and sexual violence.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luissa Vahedi
- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Violence Prevention, NCIPC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Wolfe DM, Hutton B, Corace K, Chaiyakunapruk N, Ngorsuraches S, Nochaiwong S, Presseau J, Grant A, Dowson M, Palumbo A, Suschinsky K, Skidmore B, Bartram M, Garner G, DiGioacchino L, Pump A, Peters B, Konefal S, Eves AP, Thavorn K. Service-level barriers to and facilitators of accessibility to treatment for problematic alcohol use: a scoping review. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1296239. [PMID: 38106884 PMCID: PMC10722420 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1296239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Services to treat problematic alcohol use (PAU) should be highly accessible to optimize treatment engagement. We conducted a scoping review to map characteristics of services for the treatment of PAU that have been reported in the literature to be barriers to or facilitators of access to treatment from the perspective of individuals with PAU. Methods A protocol was developed a priori, registered, and published. We searched MEDLINE®, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and additional grey literature sources from 2010 to April 2022 to identify primary qualitative research and surveys of adults with current or past PAU requiring treatment that were designed to identify modifiable characteristics of PAU treatment services (including psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions) that were perceived to be barriers to or facilitators of access to treatment. Studies of concurrent PAU and other substance use disorders were excluded. Study selection was performed by multiple review team members. Emergent barriers were coded and mapped to the accessibility dimensions of the Levesque framework of healthcare access, then descriptively summarized. Results One-hundred-and-nine included studies reported an extensive array of unique service-level barriers that could act alone or together to prevent treatment accessibility. These included but were not limited to lack of an obvious entry point, complexity of the care pathway, high financial cost, unacceptably long wait times, lack of geographically accessible treatment, inconvenient appointment hours, poor cultural/demographic sensitivity, lack of anonymity/privacy, lack of services to treat concurrent PAU and mental health problems. Discussion Barriers generally aligned with recent reviews of the substance use disorder literature. Ranking of barriers may be explored in a future discrete choice experiment of PAU service users. The rich qualitative findings of this review may support the design of new or modification of existing services for people with PAU to improve accessibility. Systematic Review Registration Open Science Framework doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/S849R.
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders Program, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at the Royal, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Analytics Sciences (IDEAS) Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistics Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders Program, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Mental Health Commission of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Community Addictions Peer Support Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Community Addictions Peer Support Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Community Addictions Peer Support Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistics Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Kokole D, Mercken L, Anderson P, Mejía-Trujillo J, Perez-Gomez A, Bustamante I, Piazza M, Natera Rey G, Arroyo M, Pérez De León A, Bautista Aguilar N, Medina Aguilar PS, Schulte B, O'Donnell A, de Vries H, Jané-Llopis E. Country and policy factors influencing the implementation of primary care-based alcohol screening: A comparison of Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Glob Public Health 2023; 18:2207410. [PMID: 37156224 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2207410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Researchers and practitioners recognise the importance of context when implementing healthcare interventions, but the influence of wider environment is rarely mapped. This paper identifies the country and policy-related factors potentially explaining the country differences in outcomes of an intervention focused on improving detection and management of heavy alcohol use in primary care in Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Qualitative data obtained through interviews, logbooks and document analysis are used to explain quantitative data on number of alcohol screenings and screening providers in each of the countries. Existing alcohol screening standards in Mexico, and policy prioritisation of primary care and consideration of alcohol as a public health issue in Colombia and Mexico positively contributed to the outcome, while the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact. In Peru, the context was unsupportive due to a combination of: political instability amongst regional health authorities; lack of focus on strengthening primary care due to the expansion of community mental health centres; alcohol considered as an addiction rather than a public health issue; and the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare. We found that wider environment-related factors interacted with the intervention implemented and can help explain country differences in outcomes.
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- Daša Kokole
- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Health Psychology, Open University, Heerlen, Netherlands
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
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- School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
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- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- ESADE, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
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Kokole D, Jané-Llopis E, Natera Rey G, Aguilar NB, Medina Aguilar PS, Mejía-Trujillo J, Mora K, Restrepo N, Bustamante I, Piazza M, O’Donnell A, Solovei A, Mercken L, Schmidt CS, Lopez-Pelayo H, Matrai S, Braddick F, Gual A, Rehm J, Anderson P, de Vries H. Training primary health care providers in Colombia, Mexico and Peru to increase alcohol screening: Mixed-methods process evaluation of implementation strategy. IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2022; 3:26334895221112693. [PMID: 37091075 PMCID: PMC9924276 DOI: 10.1177/26334895221112693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Initial results from the SCALA study demonstrated that training primary health care providers is an effective implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening in Colombia, Mexico and Peru, but did not show evidence of superior performance for the standard compared to the shorter training arm. This paper elaborates on those outcomes by examining the relationship of training-related process evaluation indicators with the alcohol screening practice. Methods A mix of convergent and exploratory mixed-methods design was employed. Data sources included training documentation, post-training questionnaires, observation forms, self-report forms and interviews. Available quantitative data were compared on outcome measure - providers' alcohol screening. Results Training reach was high: three hundred fifty-two providers (72.3% of all eligible) participated in one or more training or booster sessions. Country differences in session length reflected adaptation to previous topic knowledge and experience of the providers. Overall, 49% of attendees conducted alcohol screening in practice. A higher dose received was positively associated with screening, but there was no difference between standard and short training arms. Although the training sessions were well received by participants, satisfaction with training and perceived utility for practice were not associated with screening. Profession, but not age or gender, was associated with screening: in Colombia and Mexico, doctors and psychologists were more likely to screen (although the latter represented only a small proportion of the sample) and in Peru, only psychologists. Conclusions The SCALA training programme was well received by the participants and led to half of the participating providers conducting alcohol screening in their primary health care practice. The dose received and the professional role were the key factors associated with conducting the alcohol screening in practice.Plain Language Summary: Primary health care providers can play an important role in detecting heavy drinkers among their consulting patients, and training can be an effective implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening and detection. Existing training literature predominantly focuses on evaluating trainings in high-income countries, or evaluating their effectiveness rather than implementation. As part of SCALA (Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders in Latin America) study, we evaluated training as implementation strategy to increase alcohol screening in primary health care in a middle-income context. Overall, 72.3% of eligible providers attended the training and 49% of training attendees conducted alcohol screening in practice after attending the training. Our process evaluation suggests that simple intervention with sufficient time to practice, adapted to limited provider availability, is optimal to balance training feasibility and effectiveness; that booster sessions are especially important in context with lower organizational or structural support; and that ongoing training refinement during the implementation period is necessary.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daša Kokole
- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health
Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health
Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Univ. Ramon Llull, ESADE, Avenida de Pedralbes, 60, 62, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Mental Health Policy
Research, CAMH, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
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- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón
de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, 14370 Ciudad de México,
CDMX, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón
de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, 14370 Ciudad de México,
CDMX, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón
de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, 14370 Ciudad de México,
CDMX, Mexico
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- Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Calle 108 A # 4-15, Bogotá,
Colombia
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- School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano
Heredia, Ave. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb. Ingeniería, S.M.P. Lima -
Perú
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- School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano
Heredia, Ave. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb. Ingeniería, S.M.P. Lima -
Perú
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AX, UK
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health
Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health
Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Health Psychology, Open University, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419 AT Heerlen, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), Department of
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre
Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Dept, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Red de Trastornos Adictivos, Instituto Carlos III, Sinesio Delgado, 4, 28029 – Madrid, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques
August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Rosselló, 149-153, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Dept, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Dept, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Dept, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Red de Trastornos Adictivos, Instituto Carlos III, Sinesio Delgado, 4, 28029 – Madrid, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques
August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Rosselló, 149-153, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Mental Health Policy
Research, CAMH, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Dalla Lana School of Public
Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7,
Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8,
Canada
- Department of International Health Projects, Institute for
Leadership and Health Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical
University, Trubetskaya str., 8, b. 2, 119992, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health
Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AX, UK
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health
Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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