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Klocke A, Stadtmüller S. Two generations later: New evidence on health equalisation in youth. Soc Sci Med 2024; 342:116522. [PMID: 38183934 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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In the 1990s, Patrick West argued that, in contrast to childhood and adulthood, youth was characterised by relative social equality in health. This equalisation hypothesis has since been empirically tested several times, but with inconclusive results. The objective of the present study was to provide an up-to-date contribution to the question of health equalisation in youth by drawing on data from the German longitudinal study Health Behaviour and Injuries at School Age (GUS). The target population of GUS comprised students who were in 5th grade at German public secondary schools in the school year 2014/15. Over 10,000 students from randomly selected schools participated in the initial survey wave and were followed up in annual surveys until 10th grade. As GUS included a variety of health-related variables as well as indicators for family affluence, we could examine how social inequalities affected the health and health behaviour of young people with increasing age. Our study goes beyond previous research in two ways. First, from a youth and health sociology perspective, we present reasons why we expect an increase in socially determined health inequalities in the present youth generation. Second, we fully exploit the potential of our panel data, and thus arrive at very reliable results. For self-rated general health, as well as for numerous mental health and health behaviour items, our data show that health inequalities emerged or increased during the observation period (ages 10-16 years). Despite some indications of equalisation, especially for the consumption of unhealthy food and beverages, most of our results contradict West's equalisation hypothesis and suggest that social inequalities play an increasing role in health disparities among youth in the process of growing up.
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- Andreas Klocke
- Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Nibelungenplatz 1, 60318 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
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- Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Nibelungenplatz 1, 60318 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
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Wang IKH. Toward an Ecological Understanding of Transnational Chinese Language Teachers' Professional Wellbeing in the United Kingdom. Front Psychol 2022; 13:877289. [PMID: 35558706 PMCID: PMC9087582 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Given the lack of reports of Chinese language teachers' wellbeing in the literature, this study aims to investigate the professional wellbeing of eight teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in the United Kingdom based on in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews. Interview data provided a rich picture of the rewarding aspects and challenges that they experienced in their professional lives. The main findings revealed the complex interplay of their professional wellbeing and different levels of ecology (i.e., cultural, institutional, classroom, and personal). The study also identified the specific strategies that the teachers deployed for (1) coping with work-related stress and for (2) maintaining wellbeing alongside professional productivity. The paper calls for further research to apply a close-up lens to the wellbeing of foreign language teachers across timescales. The implications for transnational language teachers' mentoring interventions are discussed.
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- Isobel Kai-Hui Wang
- English Language Teaching (ELT) Research and Methodology, Institute of English Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Shobeiri P, Kalantari A, Teixeira AL, Rezaei N. Shedding light on biological sex differences and microbiota-gut-brain axis: a comprehensive review of its roles in neuropsychiatric disorders. Biol Sex Differ 2022; 13:12. [PMID: 35337376 PMCID: PMC8949832 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-022-00422-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Women and men are suggested to have differences in vulnerability to neuropsychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), schizophrenia, eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa, neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease. Genetic factors and sex hormones are apparently the main mediators of these differences. Recent evidence uncovers that reciprocal interactions between sex-related features (e.g., sex hormones and sex differences in the brain) and gut microbiota could play a role in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders via influencing the gut–brain axis. It is increasingly evident that sex–microbiota–brain interactions take part in the occurrence of neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Accordingly, integrating the existing evidence might help to enlighten the fundamental roles of these interactions in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders. In addition, an increased understanding of the biological sex differences on the microbiota–brain may lead to advances in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders and increase the potential for precision medicine. This review discusses the effects of sex differences on the brain and gut microbiota and the putative underlying mechanisms of action. Additionally, we discuss the consequences of interactions between sex differences and gut microbiota on the emergence of particular neuropsychiatric disorders. The human microbiome is a unique set of organisms affecting health via the gut–brain axis. Neuropsychiatric disorders, eating disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders are regulated by the microbiota–gut–brain axis in a sex-specific manner. Understanding the role of the microbiota–gut–brain axis and its sex differences in various diseases can lead to better therapeutic methods.
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- Parnian Shobeiri
- School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children's Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, 14194, Tehran, Iran.,Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.,Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Gharib St, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Children's Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Blvd, 14194, Tehran, Iran.,Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Neuropsychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran. .,Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Gharib St, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran, Iran. .,Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Rajão SDDM, Zarzar PM, Ferreira RC, Ferreira EFE. The social capital among adolescent students of a brazilian municipality. CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA 2019; 24:4061-4070. [PMID: 31664379 DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320182411.14052017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The article aimed to verify the association of adolescent social capital with living conditions factors and participation in collective activities. In the cross-sectional study, a validated questionnaire (SCQ-AS) was used to measure the social capital of seventh grade students from public and private schools in a Brazilian city. The parents answered a questionnaire on living conditions and children's participation in collective activities. After chi-square test, multiple logistic regression was performed with social capital' domains, dependent variables and independent variables (p≤0.20). There was higher frequency of social cohesion at school in adolescents from private schools (OR=4.08, 95% CI 1.39-11.96) and who have a family income of 1 to 3 minimum wages, a larger network of friends among those with parents living together OR = 2.21, 95% CI 1.28 - 3.78) and higher school/neighborhood confidence in private school students (OR=2.71, 95% CI 1.16 - 6.32). There was no association with neighborhood social cohesion. Studying in private school and having a family income of 1 to 3 minimum wages can boost social cohesion in school, as well as practice sports. Parents living together can favor larger network of friends.
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- Stela Drumond de Menezes Rajão
- Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
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- Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
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- Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
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- Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
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Temam S, Billaudeau N, Vercambre MN. Overall and work-related well-being of teachers in socially disadvantaged schools: a population-based study of French teachers. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e030171. [PMID: 31488485 PMCID: PMC6731902 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES As a human service profession, teaching presents specific risk factors that could be intensified in socially disadvantaged schools and, ultimately, impact the service quality. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between school socioeconomic status and teachers' well-being. DESIGN Population-based postal survey 'Teachers' Quality of Life' (MGEN Foundation for Public Health/French Ministry of Education; 2013). To categorise the school socioeconomic status, we used the 'Education Priority Area (EPA)' administrative classification, which is chiefly based on the proportion of underprivileged students and is available for primary and lower secondary state schools. PARTICIPANTS In-service French teachers randomly selected from among the teaching staff administrative list of the French Ministry of Education after stratification by sex, age and type of school. OUTCOME MEASURES Indicators of well-being at work included a question on job satisfaction, job difficulty evolution and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The short version of the WHO Quality of Life questionnaire was used to evaluate overall well-being. Among primary and lower secondary school teachers, we evaluated cross-sectional associations between school EPA status and indicators of well-being, using logistic or linear regressions stratified by school level and adjusted for sociodemographic and work-related characteristics. RESULTS In the adjusted models, there was no significant difference in work-related well-being between teachers in EPA and non-EPA schools, both in primary school (n=154 vs n=788) and in lower secondary school (n=113 vs n=452). Regarding overall well-being, the only significant differences were seen among primary school teachers, with teachers in EPA schools reporting a worse perception of physical health and living environment than teachers in non-EPA schools. CONCLUSION Using a representative sample of French teachers, we did not observe substantial differences in work-related well-being between teachers in EPA and non-EPA schools.
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- Sofia Temam
- MGEN Foundation for Public Health, Paris, France
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Møller SP, Pisinger VSC, Christensen AI, Tolstrup JS. Socioeconomic position and alcohol-related harm in Danish adolescents. J Epidemiol Community Health 2019; 73:839-845. [PMID: 31221897 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND In adults, it has consistently been observed that with equal alcohol consumption levels, alcohol harms individuals with low socioeconomic position (SEP) more than individuals with high SEP. It is unknown if this so-called alcohol harm paradox is also present in adolescents. We aim to test the hypothesis that low SEP is associated with more alcohol-related harm as compared with higher SEP in Danish adolescents. METHODS We used survey data from the Danish National Youth Study 2014 including 70 566 students from 119 high schools. Alcohol-related harm was measured by self-report as having been in a fight, involved in an accident, had problems with parents or friends, had sex that was regretted afterwards and done drugs that was regretted afterwards, because of alcohol. Further, a combined measure was constructed defined as having experienced any harm more than once within the last year. SEP was measured as parents' educational level, family income, parents' employment status and experiencing financial strain in the family. Analyses were adjusted by age, sex, perceived ethnicity, class type and binge drinking. RESULTS Lower SEP was associated with higher odds of experiencing alcohol-related harm more than once as compared with highest SEP, and lower SEP was associated with higher odds of having been in a fight, problems with parents or friends, sex and regretting afterwards or drugs and regretting afterwards, as compared with highest SEP. These associations were statistically significant. Adjustment for the frequency of binge drinking did not change results. CONCLUSION The alcohol harm paradox exists in Danish adolescents, and this should be addressed in future prevention strategies to reduce the risk of alcohol-related harm among adolescents.
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- Sanne Pagh Møller
- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Joergensen AC, Kjaer Urhoj S, Nybo Andersen AM. Primary school achievement and socioeconomic attainment in individuals affected by parental cancer in childhood or adolescence: a Danish nationwide register-based study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2018; 72:982-989. [PMID: 30126977 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-210472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Children who experience parental cancer are at increased risk of developing emotional, social, cognitive and behavioural problems. Our aim was to investigate how experience of parental cancer in childhood or adolescence is associated with primary school achievement, educational attainment and income in early adult life. METHODS This is a register-linkage, prospective study of children born in Denmark from 1978 through 1999 and their parents. Parental cancer experience before the ages of 15 and 18 was identified in the Danish National Patient Registry. Final grade point average (GPA) in ninth grade, educational attainment and disposable personal income at the age of 30 were identified in Statistics Denmark registers. General linear models and multinomial logistic regression were used to estimate beta estimates of GPA, and relative risk ratios (RRR) for lower educational and income levels compared with children without parental cancer, taking parental educational status into account. RESULTS Children who had experienced parental cancer achieved a slightly lower final GPA in ninth grade and had a higher risk of low educational attainment (RRR: 1.20; 95% CI 1.14 to 1.25) and attenuated income at the age of 30 (RRR: 1.11; 95% CI 1.06 to 1.16). For all outcomes, analyses suggested substantial deterioration in achievements in subgroups of children whose parent had a severe cancer type (RRRLow education: 1.52; 95% CI 1.39 to 1.66) or if the parent died of cancer (RRRLow education: 1.61; 95% CI 1.49 to 1.75). CONCLUSION Educational and socioeconomic attainments in early adulthood were affected negatively in individuals who had experienced parental cancer as children or adolescents. The associations appeared stronger the more severe the cancer was.
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- Anne Cathrine Joergensen
- Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Wirback T, Möller J, Larsson JO, Engström K. Social differences in diagnosed depression among adolescents in a Swedish population based cohort. BMC Psychiatry 2018; 18:216. [PMID: 29970041 PMCID: PMC6029410 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-018-1765-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Population based research regarding social differences in diagnosed depression in adolescence is sparse. In this study unique material containing in-and outpatient data was used to determine if low social position in childhood increases the risk of diagnosed depression in adolescence. To further examine this association, gender differences and interactions were explored. METHODS The study population was extracted from the Stockholm Youth Cohort (SYC), a register based cohort containing psychiatric care for all young people in Stockholm County and information about social position. For the purpose of this study, all in the SYC who turned 13 years old during 2001-2007, in total 169,262 adolescents, were followed up in 2005-2011 for diagnoses of depression until age 18. Associations were estimated with Cox regression models and presented as Hazard Ratios (HR). RESULTS The risk of diagnosed depression was higher for adolescents with parents with low education (HR = 1.1, CI = 1.0-1.2) and medium education (HR = 1.1, CI = 1.1-1.2) compared to high as well as for those with lower household income (for example, medium low, HR = 1.2, CI = 1.1-1.3) and for those with parents who received an unemployment benefit (HR = 1.3, CI = 1.2-1.4). No differences were found for those with the lowest household income compared to those with the highest level. Adolescents with parents born outside the Nordic countries had a lower risk of diagnosed depression (HR = 0.7, CI = 0.6-0.7). An interaction effect was found between gender and parental education. CONCLUSIONS Social differences were found but the magnitude was modest and gender differences small.
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- Therese Wirback
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1E, 113 65, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- 0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1E, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- 0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- 0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1E, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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Rouxel P, Chandola T. Socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in oral health among children and adolescents living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2018; 46:426-434. [PMID: 29888400 PMCID: PMC6849874 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Objectives Although adolescence is a sensitive developmental period in oral health, the social equalization hypothesis that suggests health inequalities attenuate in adolescence has not been examined. This study analyses whether the socioeconomic gap and ethnic disadvantage in oral health among children aged 5 reduces among adolescents aged 15. Methods Data from the cross‐sectional Children's Dental Health Survey 2013 were analysed, comprising of 8541 children aged 5, 8, 12 and 15 attending schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Oral health indicators included decayed and filled teeth, plaque, gingivitis and periodontal health. Ethnicity was measured using the 2011 UK census ethnic categories. Socioeconomic position was measured by family, school and residential deprivation. Negative binomial and probit regression models estimated the levels of oral health by ethnicity and socioeconomic position, adjusted for demographic and tooth characteristics. Results The predicted rate of decayed teeth for White British/Irish children aged 5 was 1.54 (95%CI 1.30‐1.77). In contrast, the predicted rate for Indian and Pakistani children was about 2‐2.5 times higher. At age 15, ethnic differences had reduced considerably. Family deprivation was associated with higher levels of tooth decay among younger children but not among adolescents aged 15. The influence of residential deprivation on the rate of tooth decay and filled teeth was similar among younger and older children. Moreover, inequalities in poor periodontal health by residential deprivation was significantly greater among 15‐year‐old children compared to younger children. Conclusions This study found some evidence of smaller ethnic and family socioeconomic differences in oral health among British adolescents compared to younger children. However, substantial differences in oral health by residential deprivation remain among adolescents. Community levels of deprivation may be particularly important for the health of adolescents.
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- Patrick Rouxel
- CLOSER, Department of Social Science, University College London Institute of Education, London, UK.,UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
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Novak D, Štefan L, Emeljanovas A, Mieziene B, Milanović I, Janić SR, Kawachi I. Factors associated with good self-rated health in European adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study. Int J Public Health 2017; 62:971-979. [PMID: 28698897 DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate self-reported health status and associated factors. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the participants were 6501 adolescents (52% females) aged 14-19 years from three European countries: Croatia, Lithuania and Serbia. Self-rated health was assessed by using one item question: "How would you perceive your health?" The answers were arranged along a 5-point Likert-type scale: (1) very poor, (2) poor, (3) fair, (4) good and (5) excellent. The outcome was binarized as "good" (fair, good and excellent) and "poor" health (very poor and poor). Potential factors associated with self-rated health included demographic (age, gender, socioeconomic status and body-mass index), social (social capital) and lifestyle (physical activity and psychological distress) variables. RESULTS In both univariate and multivariate models, being older, being a boy, having higher level of family, neighbourhood and school social capital, participating in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity more frequently and having low psychological distress were associated with good self-rated health. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest strong associations between social and lifestyle factors and self-rated health. Other explanatory variables will require future research.
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- Dario Novak
- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Faculty of Sports Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Faculty of Sports Education, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Kjelgaard HH, Holstein BE, Due P, Brixval CS, Rasmussen M. Adolescent Weight Status: Associations With Structural and Functional Dimensions of Social Relations. J Adolesc Health 2017; 60:460-468. [PMID: 28110866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the associations between weight status and structural and functional dimensions of social relations among 11- to 15-year-old girls and boys. METHODS Analyses were based on cross-sectional data from the Danish contribution to the international Health Behavior in School-aged Children study 2010. The study population (n = 4,922) included students in the fifth, seventh, and ninth grade from a representative sample of Danish schools. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to study the associations between weight status and social relations, supported by a conceptual framework for the study of social relations. RESULTS Among girls, overweight/obese weight status was associated with spending less time with friends after school compared to normal-weight status (0 days/week: odds ratio: 6.25, 95% confidence interval: 2.18-17.95, 1 day/week: 2.81, 1.02-7.77, 2 days/week: 3.27, 1.25-8.56, 3 days/week: 3.32, 1.28-8.61, and 4 days/week: 3.23, 1.17-8.92, respectively vs. 5 days/week). Among girls, overweight/obese weight status was associated with being bullied (2.62, 1.55-4.43). Among boys, overweight/obese weight status was associated with infrequent (1 to 2 days vs. every day) communication with friends through cellphones, SMS messages, or Internet (1.66, 1.03-2.67). In the full population, overweight/obese weight status was associated with not perceiving best friend as a confidant (1.59, 1.11-2.28). No associations were found between weight status and number of close same-sex and opposite-sex friends, mother/father as confidant, and perceived classmate acceptance. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that overweight/obese adolescents have higher odds of numerous poor social relations than their normal-weight peers both in terms of structural and functional dimensions of social relations.
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- Heidi Hjort Kjelgaard
- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ramezanian M, Soares J, Khankeh H, Macassa G. Socioeconomic inequalities in health among school-aged adolescents in Tehran. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2016; 30:447. [PMID: 28210612 PMCID: PMC5307625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background: Socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. This study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in Teheran, Iran. Methods: This was a cross- sectional study and carried out on 1,742 adolescences living in Tehran during 2011. Adolescences were selected, using proportional stratified sampling method and a questionnaire was filled over an interview for data gathering. Data were analyzed, using SPSS18 logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of psychological symptoms was more than 24% and had a large range (24%-93%), while physical symptoms showed a lower prevalence with a smaller range (12%-33%). Furthermore, there was a significant relation between the adolescences gender and feeling the need for others' help (p<0.001). Factors related to feeling the need for others help, anxiety, and worrying were the most prevalent among both boys and girls. In the section of family social relations, talking to the mother and talking to the father had the lowest and the highest prevalence among girls and boys, respectively. With respect to relations, the number of close friends and after school gathering time with close friends had the highest prevalence among girls, while the number of close friends and E-communication with close friends had the lowest and the highest prevalence among boys, respectively. Conclusion: The physical and psychological symptoms were common among adolescents from families with high socioeconomic status.
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- Maryam Ramezanian
- 1 PhD Candidate of Public Health, Department of Health Science, Mid-Sweden University, Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. ,(Corresponding author) PhD Candidate of Public Health, Department of Health Science, Mid-Sweden University, Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- 2 Professor of Public Health, Department of Health Science, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden, Joaquim.
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- 3 Professor, Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Clinical Sciences and education, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- 4 Professor, Department of Occupational and Public Health Science, University of Gavle, Sweden, Department of Health Science, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Instituted, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hoel S, Eriksen BM, Breidablik HJ, Meland E. Adolescent alcohol use, psychological health, and social integration. Scand J Public Health 2016; 32:361-7. [PMID: 15513669 DOI: 10.1080/14034940410027894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Aim: Alcohol use and intoxication are highly prevalent among adolescents and may be an important element of the socialization process in the teenage years. Significant short- and long-term health consequences seem evident. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and several aspects of psychological health and social integration in adolescents. Methods: The study is based on data from a 1997 cross-sectional survey of 828 Norwegian tertiary school students in Førde (91% of all students). Three hundred and eighty (46%) were female. The majority of students were aged 20 or younger, with 64% aged 15 - 17. Four groups were defined according to frequency of alcohol intoxication. Emotional health and social integration in the four groups are reported as means and the differences from the reference groups (with 95% confidence limits) were estimated. Control of confounding and interaction was performed. Results: The study reveals that alcohol intoxication is an established element of mid-teenage behaviour for both sexes. It was found that depressive complaints and psychosomatic problems increased with increasing frequency of intoxication. Alcohol use is not only associated with improving friendship quantity but also with an improved quality of friendships. Heavy consumers report greater problems with relations with school and with their parents, especially in early adolescence. Conclusions: Though adolescents with moderate and heavy alcohol consumption are more sociable with friends, abstainers and light drinkers appear emotionally healthier. They succeed to a greater extent in a wide variety of social arenas, particularly in comparison with heavy consumers.
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Albatti TH, Alawwad S, Aldueb R, Alhoqail R, Almutairi R. The self medication use among adolescents aged between 13-18 years old; Prevalence and behavior, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 2014-2015. Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med 2016; 4:19-25. [PMID: 30805495 PMCID: PMC6372571 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and objectives In Saudi Arabia, people have easy access to medication and can purchase prescribed medications, such as anti-acne medications and antibiotics, over the counter without the need for a prescription from a physician.Our research is focused on estimating the prevalence of self-medication and understanding the reason for self-medication because previous studies have shown an increase in the practice of self-medication globally and locally.The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of self-medication among adolescents aged 13-18 years of both genders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition, we aim to identify the indications and external and internal factors behind self-medication, including the effects of gender, peer influence and parental supervision on the decision of adolescents to self-medicate. Patients and Methods An observational and cross-sectional adolescent-based study was performed to estimate the degree of self-medication among 400 intermediate and high school students in private and governmental schools living in Riyadh between 2014 and 2015 using a multistage random sampling technique. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection, and data were tabulated and analyzed with the SPSS version 21 computer program. Results We found that the rate of self-medication among adolescents was high (94.5%). Analgesics were the most common medication used (87.3%), and the least common medication used was hormones (5%). A majority of the students reported that headache was the reason for using analgesics. The sources of the medications included the pharmacy (51.64%), followed by parents (34.33%). The results showed that self-medication was significantly associated with the type of school that the adolescents attended (P < 0.011) and the health status of the adolescents (P -value <0.035). Conclusion Self-medication is highly prevalent in Riyadh, particularly among adolescents. Easy access to pharmacies was found to be the leading cause for self-medication. The use of these drugs was associated with inappropriate drug use and the deterioration of health status. Self-medication should be closely monitored and awareness should be increased with educational programs among students.
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- Turki Homod Albatti
- Child and Adolescents Psychiatry Department, King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
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Novak D, Doubova SV, Kawachi I. Social capital and physical activity among Croatian high school students. Public Health 2016; 135:48-55. [PMID: 27112377 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine factors associated with regular physical activity in Croatian adolescents. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional survey among high school students was carried out in the 2013/14 school year. METHOD A survey was conducted among 33 high schools in Zagreb City, Croatia. Participants were students aged 17-18 years. The dependent variables were regular moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and overall physical activity measured by the short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire and defined as 60 min or more of daily physical activity. The independent variables included family, neighborhood, and high school social capital. Other study covariates included: socio-economic status, self-rated health, psychological distress and nutritional status. The associations between physical activity and social capital variables were assessed separately for boys and girls through multiple logistic regression and inverse probability weighting in order to correct for missing data bias. RESULTS A total of 1689 boys and 1739 girls responded to the survey. A higher percentage of boys reported performing regular vigorous and moderate physical activity (59.4%) and overall physical activity (83.4%), comparing with the girls (35.4% and 70%, respectively). For boys, high family social capital and high informal social control were associated with increased odds of regular MVPA (1.49, 95%CI: 1.18 - 1.90 and 1.26, 95%CI: 1.02 - 1.56, respectively), compared to those with low social capital. For girls, high informal social control was associated with regular overall physical activity (OR 1.38, 95% CI: 1.09 - 1.76). CONCLUSION High social capital is associated with regular MVPA in boys and regular overall activity in girls. Intervention and policies that leverage community social capital might serve as an avenue for promotion of physical activity in youth.
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- D Novak
- Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia; Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Takemi Program in International Health, Boston, United States.
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- Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Takemi Program in International Health, Boston, United States; Epidemiology and Health Services Research Unit, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Social and Behvioral Sciences, Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States
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Hong JS, Lee J, Espelage DL, Hunter SC, Patton DU, Rivers T. Understanding the Correlates of Face-to-Face and Cyberbullying Victimization Among U.S. Adolescents: A Social-Ecological Analysis. VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS 2016; 31:638-63. [PMID: 27506491 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-15-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Using a national sample of 7,533 U.S. adolescents in grades 6-10, this study compares the social-ecological correlates of face-to-face and cyberbullying victimization. Results indicate that younger age, male sex, hours spent on social media, family socioeconomic status (SES; individual context), parental monitoring (family context), positive feelings about school, and perceived peer support in school (school context) were negatively associated with both forms of victimization. European American race, Hispanic/Latino race (individual), and family satisfaction (family context) were all significantly associated with less face-to-face victimization only, and school pressure (school context) was significantly associated with more face-to-face bullying. Peer groups accepted by parents (family context) were related to less cyberbullying victimization, and calling/texting friends were related to more cyberbullying victimization. Research and practice implications are discussed.
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- Jun Sung Hong
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
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Paukste E, Harris N. Using rap music to promote adolescent health: pilot study of VoxBox. Health Promot J Austr 2015; 26:24-29. [PMID: 25832899 DOI: 10.1071/he14054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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ISSUE ADDRESSED Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATODs) usage among adolescents, particularly those living in lower socioeconomic communities, is a population health problem in Australia that requires innovative health promotion strategies. There is a growing recognition of the potential of arts-based approaches to engage youth in health promoting activities. This paper presents the process evaluation of the pilot VoxBox intervention that used rap to build adolescents' awareness of risks associated with ATODs. METHODS The VoxBox intervention was piloted in Logan, Queensland, at five high schools with 18 adolescents completing the intervention. Data collection methods included observation, focus groups, semi-structured interviews and a survey of adolescent participants. RESULTS The intervention was well received by participants and stakeholders. Three factors characterising the project's successful engagement of adolescents were: participate - go with the flow, learning from the real deal and resourced to make some noise. CONCLUSION In VoxBox, the emphasis on engaging adolescents in an activity of real interest that was appropriately resourced and delivered was central to credibility and success. SO WHAT?: The findings highlight the importance of interventions matching the interests of the targeted population group.
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- Ernesta Paukste
- School of Medicine, Gold Coast campus, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, Qld 4222, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Gold Coast campus, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, Qld 4222, Australia
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Novak D, Suzuki E, Kawachi I. Are family, neighbourhood and school social capital associated with higher self-rated health among Croatian high school students? A population-based study. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e007184. [PMID: 26056122 PMCID: PMC4466611 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We investigated the associations between self-rated health and social capital among Croatian high school students. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey among high school students was carried out in the 2013-2014 school year. SETTING High schools in Croatia. PARTICIPANTS Subjects were 3427 high school students (1688 males and 1739 females), aged 17-18 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Self-rated health was assessed by the single item: "How do you perceive your health?". Possible responses were arranged along a five-item Likert-type scale: 1 very poor, 2 poor, 3 fair, 4 good, 5 excellent. The outcome was binarised as 'good health' (excellent, good or fair) versus 'poor health' (poor or very poor). METHODS We calculated ORs and 95% CIs for good self-rated health associated with family, neighbourhood and school social capital, while adjusting for gender, self-perceived socioeconomic status, psychological distress, physical activity and body mass index. We used generalised estimating equations using an exchangeable correlation matrix with robust SEs. RESULTS Good self-rated health was significantly associated with higher family social capital (OR 2.43; 95% CI 1.55 to 3.80), higher neighbourhood trust (OR 2.02; 95% CI 1.48 to 2.76) and higher norms of reciprocity at school (OR 1.79; 95% CI 1.13 to 2.84). When all of the social capital variables were entered simultaneously, good self-rated health remained significantly associated with higher family social capital (OR 1.98; 95% CI 1.19 to 3.30), neighbourhood trust (OR 1.77; 95% CI 1.25 to 2.51) and reciprocity at school (OR 1.71; 95% CI 1.08 to 2.73). CONCLUSIONS Higher levels of social capital were independently associated with higher self-rated health among youth. Intervention and policies that leverage community social capital might serve as an avenue for health promotion in youth.
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- Dario Novak
- Department of General and Applied Kinesiology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
- Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Takemi Program in International Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Ardic A, Esin MN. Factors Associated With Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in a Sample of Turkish Adolescents: A School-Based Study. J Transcult Nurs 2015; 27:583-592. [PMID: 26002620 DOI: 10.1177/1043659615587585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This was a descriptive-correlational study designed to determine factors associated with the healthy lifestyle behaviors of high school students in Turkey. DESIGN The study sample consisted of 812 high school adolescents. The Adolescent Lifestyle Profile scale was used to identify the healthy lifestyle behaviors of adolescents. RESULTS The total Adolescent Lifestyle Profile mean score of 2.75 ± 0.33 and the mean score on the Interpersonal relations subscale were found to be the highest scores while the mean score on the Health responsibility subscale was found to be the lowest. Significant predictors of healthy lifestyle behaviors of adolescents were good relationships with family and friends, having a father who was a college graduate, and good health perception. CONCLUSIONS The study revealed similar results among adolescents of different cultures. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE These findings can be used as a guide in developing an adolescent health promotion program for school nurses.
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Chaux E, Castellanos M. Money and age in schools: Bullying and power imbalances. Aggress Behav 2015; 41:280-93. [PMID: 25219327 DOI: 10.1002/ab.21558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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School bullying continues to be a serious problem around the world. Thus, it seems crucial to clearly identify the risk factors associated with being a victim or a bully. The current study focused in particular on the role that age and socio-economic differences between classmates could play on bullying. Logistic and multilevel analyses were conducted using data from 53,316 5th and 9th grade students from a representative sample of public and private Colombian schools. Higher age and better family socio-economic conditions than classmates were risk factors associated with being a bully, while younger age and poorer socio-economic conditions than classmates were associated with being a victim of bullying. Coming from authoritarian families or violent neighborhoods, and supporting beliefs legitimizing aggression, were also associated with bullying and victimization. Empathy was negatively associated with being a bully, and in some cases positively associated with being a victim. The results highlight the need to take into account possible sources of power imbalances, such as age and socio-economic differences among classmates, when seeking to prevent bullying. In particular, interventions focused on peer group dynamics might contribute to avoid power imbalances or to prevent power imbalances from becoming power abuse. Aggr. Behav. 41:280-293, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Bergström M, Fransson E, Modin B, Berlin M, Gustafsson PA, Hjern A. Fifty moves a year: is there an association between joint physical custody and psychosomatic problems in children? J Epidemiol Community Health 2015; 69:769-74. [PMID: 25922471 PMCID: PMC4516006 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND In many Western countries, an increasing number of children with separated parents have joint physical custody, that is, live equally much in their parent's respective homes. In Sweden, joint physical custody is particularly common and concerns between 30% and 40% of the children with separated parents. It has been hypothesised that the frequent moves and lack of stability in parenting may be stressful for these children. METHODS We used data from a national classroom survey of all sixth and ninth grade students in Sweden (N=147839) to investigate the association between children's psychosomatic problems and living arrangements. Children in joint physical custody were compared with those living only or mostly with one parent and in nuclear families. We conducted sex-specific linear regression analyses for z-transformed sum scores of psychosomatic problems and adjusted for age, country of origin as well as children's satisfaction with material resources and relationships to parents. Clustering by school was accounted for by using a two-level random intercept model. RESULTS Children in joint physical custody suffered from less psychosomatic problems than those living mostly or only with one parent but reported more symptoms than those in nuclear families. Satisfaction with their material resources and parent-child relationships was associated with children's psychosomatic health but could not explain the differences between children in the different living arrangements. CONCLUSIONS Children with non-cohabitant parents experience more psychosomatic problems than those in nuclear families. Those in joint physical custody do however report better psychosomatic health than children living mostly or only with one parent. Longitudinal studies with information on family factors before and after the separation are needed to inform policy of children's postseparation living arrangements.
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- Malin Bergström
- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Holmberg K. The Association of Bullying and Health Complaints in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Postgrad Med 2015; 122:62-8. [DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2010.09.2202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Kirsten Holmberg
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Section for Paediatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Tsuno K, Kawakami N, Tsutsumi A, Shimazu A, Inoue A, Odagiri Y, Yoshikawa T, Haratani T, Shimomitsu T, Kawachi I. Socioeconomic determinants of bullying in the workplace: a national representative sample in Japan. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119435. [PMID: 25751252 PMCID: PMC4353706 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bullying in the workplace is an increasingly recognized threat to employee health. We sought to test three hypotheses related to the determinants of workplace bullying: power distance at work; safety climate; and frustration related to perceived social inequality. A questionnaire survey was administered to a nationally representative community-based sample of 5,000 residents in Japan aged 20–60 years. The questionnaire included questions about employment, occupation, company size, education, household income, and subjective social status (SSS). We inquired about both the witnessing and personal experience of workplace bullying during the past 30 days. Among 2,384 respondents, data were analyzed from 1,546 workers. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to examine the social determinants of workplace bullying. Six percent and 15 percent of the total sample reported experiencing or witnessing workplace bullying, respectively. After adjusting for gender and age, temporary employees (Odds Ratio [OR]: 2.45 [95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.03–5.85]), junior high school graduates (OR: 2.62 [95%CI: 1.01–6.79]), workers with lowest household income (OR: 4.13 [95%CI:1.58–10.8]), and workers in the lowest SSS stratum (OR: 4.21 [95%CI:1.66–10.7]) were at increased risk of experiencing workplace bullying. When all variables were entered simultaneously in the model, a significant inverse association was observed between higher SSS and experiencing bullying (p = 0.002). Similarly in terms of witnessing bullying; SSS was significantly inversely associated (p = 0.017) while temporary employees reported a significantly higher risk of witnessing bullying compared to permanent workers (OR: 2.25 [95%CI:1.04 to 4.87]). The significant association between SSS and experiencing/witnessing workplace bullying supports the frustration hypothesis. The power distance hypothesis was also partly supported by the finding that temporary employees experienced a higher prevalence of workplace bullying.
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- Kanami Tsuno
- Department of Hygiene, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
- Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Mental Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Research, The Institute for Science of Labour, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Health Administration and Psychosocial Factor Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States of America
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Wirback T, Möller J, Larsson JO, Galanti MR, Engström K. Social factors in childhood and risk of depressive symptoms among adolescents--a longitudinal study in Stockholm, Sweden. Int J Equity Health 2014; 13:96. [PMID: 25384415 PMCID: PMC4243322 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0096-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background In Sweden, self-reported depressive symptoms have increased among young people of both genders, but little is known about social differences in the risk of depressive symptoms among adolescents in welfare states, where such differences can be less pronounced. Therefore, the aim was to investigate whether multiple measures of low social status in childhood affect depressive symptoms in adolescence. A secondary aim was to explore potential gender effect modification. Methods Participants were recruited in 1998 for a longitudinal study named BROMS. The study population at baseline consisted of 3020 children, 11–12 years-old, from 118 schools in Stockholm County, followed up through adolescence. This study is based on 1880 adolescents answering the follow-up survey in 2004, at age 17–18 (62% of the initial cohort). Parental education, occupation, country of birth, employment status and living arrangements were reported at baseline, by parents and adolescents. Depressive symptoms were self-reported by the adolescents in 2004, using a 12-item inventory. The associations between childhood social status and depressive symptoms in adolescence are presented as Odds Ratios (OR), estimated through logistic regression. Gender interaction with social factors was estimated through Synergy Index (SI). Results Increased risk of depressive symptoms was found among adolescents whose parents had low education (OR 1.8, CI = 1.1-3.1), were unskilled workers (OR 2.1, CI = 1.2-3.7), intermediate non-manual workers (OR 1.8, CI = 1.0-3.0), or self-employed (OR 2.2, CI = 1.2-3.7), compared to parents with high education and high non-manual work. In addition, adolescents living exclusively with one adult had an increased risk compared to those living with two (OR 2.8, CI = 1.1-7.5), while having foreign-born parents was not associated with depressive symptoms. An interaction effect was seen between gender and social factors, with an increased risk for girls of low-educated parents (SI = 3.4, CI = 1.3-8.9) or living exclusively with one adult (SI = 4.9, CI = 1.4-6.8). Conclusions The low social position in childhood may increase the risk of depressive symptoms among adolescents even in countries with small social differences and a highly developed welfare system, such as Sweden. Girls with low educated parents or living exclusively with one adult may be particularly vulnerable. This knowledge is of importance when planning preventive interventions or treatment. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12939-014-0096-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Therese Wirback
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, FoUU BUP, q3:4 Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm County Council, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm County Council, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
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De Clercq B, Pfoertner TK, Elgar FJ, Hublet A, Maes L. Social capital and adolescent smoking in schools and communities: A cross-classified multilevel analysis. Soc Sci Med 2014; 119:81-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bugge A, Tarp J, Østergaard L, Domazet SL, Andersen LB, Froberg K. LCoMotion - Learning, Cognition and Motion; a multicomponent cluster randomized school-based intervention aimed at increasing learning and cognition - rationale, design and methods. BMC Public Health 2014; 14:967. [PMID: 25236478 PMCID: PMC4192295 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background The aim of the study; LCoMotion – Learning, Cognition and Motion was to develop, document, and evaluate a multi-component physical activity (PA) intervention in public schools in Denmark. The primary outcome was cognitive function. Secondary outcomes were academic skills, body composition, aerobic fitness and PA. The primary aim of the present paper was to describe the rationale, design and methods of the LCoMotion study. Methods/Design LCoMotion was designed as a cluster-randomized controlled study. Fourteen schools from all five regions in Denmark participated. All students from 6th and 7th grades were invited to participate (n = 869) and consent was obtained for 87% (n = 759). Baseline measurements were obtained in November/December 2013 and follow-up measurements in May/June 2014. The intervention lasted five months and consisted of a “package” of three main components: PA during academic lessons, PA during recess and PA homework. Furthermore a cycling campaign was conducted during the intervention period. Intervention schools should endeavor to ensure that students were physically active for at least 60 min every school day. Cognitive function was measured by a modified Eriksen flanker task and academic skills by a custom made mathematics test. PA was objectively measured by accelerometers (ActiGraph, GT3X and GT3X+) and aerobic fitness assessed by an intermittent shuttle-run test (the Andersen intermittent running test). Furthermore, compliance with the intervention was assessed by short message service (SMS)-tracking and questionnaires were delivered to students, parents and teachers. Discussion LCoMotion has ability to provide new insights on the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention on cognitive function and academic skills in 6th and 7th grade students. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02012881 (10/10/2013)
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- Anna Bugge
- Centre of Research in Childhood Health, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Kjærulff TM, Rivera F, Jiménez-Iglesias A, Moreno C. Perceived quality of social relations and frequent drunkenness: a cross-sectional study of Spanish adolescents. Alcohol Alcohol 2014; 49:466-71. [PMID: 24694679 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIM The aim of the study was to examine, for female and male students separately, whether perceived quality of relationships with peers and parents and relations in school predict self-reported frequent drunkenness among Spanish adolescents. METHODS The Spanish data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC) 2010 survey were used including 1177 female and 1126 male students aged between 15 and 16 years. RESULTS For both genders, students reporting low school satisfaction had increased odds of frequent drunkenness. Among females, low and medium levels of classmate support were associated with decreased odds of frequent drunkenness, whereas low perceived maternal knowledge as well as medium and low satisfaction with the family increased odds of being frequently drunk. The proportion of male students reporting medium satisfaction with friendships had significantly lower odds of frequent drunkenness compared with those with high level of satisfaction with friendships. CONCLUSION We found different associations between perceived quality of social relations and frequent drunkenness among male and female students. Results showed that social relations seemed to better predictors of frequent drunkenness among female than male students and that other factors than social relations may contribute to explain excessive alcohol use among Spanish adolescents.
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- Thora M Kjærulff
- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 2., DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela s/n, 41018 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela s/n, 41018 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela s/n, 41018 Seville, Spain
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School effects on risk of non-fatal suicidal behaviour: a national multilevel cohort study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2014; 49:609-18. [PMID: 24158314 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0782-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Research has demonstrated school effects on health, over and above the effects of students' individual characteristics. This approach has however been uncommon in mental health research. The aim of the study was to assess whether there are any school-contextual effects related to socioeconomic characteristics and academic performance, on the risk of hospitalization from non-fatal suicidal behaviour (NFSB). METHODS A Swedish national cohort of 447,929 subjects was followed prospectively in the National Patient Discharge Register from the completion of compulsory school in 1989-93 (≈16 years) until 2001. Multilevel logistic regression was used to assess the association between school-level characteristics and NFSB. RESULTS A small but significant share of variation in NFSB was accounted for by the school context (variance partition coefficient <1%, median odds ratio = 1.26). The risk of NFSB was positively associated with the school's proportion of students from low socioeconomic status (SES), single parent household, and the school's average academic performance. School effects varied, in part, by school location. CONCLUSION NFSB seems to be explained mainly by individual-level characteristics. Nevertheless, a concentration of children from disadvantaged backgrounds in schools appears to negatively affect mental health, regardless of whether or not they are exposed to such problems themselves. Thus, school SES should be considered when planning prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents.
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Låftman SB, Bergström M, Modin B, Östberg V. Joint physical custody, turning to parents for emotional support, and subjective health: A study of adolescents in Stockholm, Sweden. Scand J Public Health 2014; 42:456-62. [PMID: 24662307 DOI: 10.1177/1403494814526798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIMS Among children with separated parents, the arrangement of joint physical custody, i.e. children living equally much in both parents' homes, has increased substantially during the last decades in Sweden. To date, empirical research on the living conditions of this group is limited. This study analyses family type differences in turning to parents for emotional support and in subjective health among adolescents. The focus of the study is adolescents in joint physical custody, who are compared with those living with two original parents in the same household; those living (only) in a single-parent household; and those living (only) in a reconstituted family. METHODS The data come from the Stockholm School Survey of 2004, a total population survey of students in grade 9 (15-16 years) in Stockholm (n=8,840). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions were conducted. RESULTS Turning to both parents about problems is most commonly reported by adolescents in intact families, followed by those in joint physical custody. Adolescents in non-traditional family types report worse subjective health than adolescents in intact families, but the difference is smaller for those in joint physical custody than for those living with a single parent. The slightly poorer health of adolescents in joint physical custody than those in intact families is not explained by their lower use of parents as a source of emotional support. CONCLUSIONS The study suggests that joint physical custody is associated with a higher inclination to use parents as a source of emotional support and better subjective health than other post-divorce family types.
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- Sara Brolin Låftman
- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Harder VS, Mutiso VN, Khasakhala LI, Burke HM, Rettew DC, Ivanova MY, Ndetei DM. Emotional and Behavioral Problems among Impoverished Kenyan Youth: Factor Structure and Sex-Differences. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 2014; 36:580-590. [PMID: 25419046 DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9419-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Data on youth emotional and behavioral problems from societies in Sub-Saharan Africa are lacking. This may be due to the fact that few youth mental health assessments have been tested for construct validity of syndrome structure across multicultural societies that include developing countries, and almost none have been tested in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Youth Self-Report (YSR), for example, has shown great consistency of its syndrome structure across many cultures, yet data from only one developing country in Sub-Saharan Africa have been included. In this study, we test the factor structure of YSR syndromes among Kenyan youth ages 11-18 years from an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya and examine sex-differences in levels of emotional and behavioral problems. We find the eight syndrome structure of the YSR to fit these data well (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation=.049). While Kenyan girls have significantly higher internalizing (Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic) problem scores than boys, these differences are of similar magnitude to published multicultural findings. The results support the generalizability of the YSR syndrome structure to Kenyan youth and are in line with multicultural findings supporting the YSR as an assessment of emotional and behavioral problems in diverse societies.
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- Valerie S Harder
- University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, 1 S. Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont, USA ; Africa Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, KENYA
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- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, KENYA ; University of Nairobi, Department of Psychiatry, Nairobi, KENYA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Disease Detection, Nairobi, KENYA
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- University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, 1 S. Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, 1 S. Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Africa Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, KENYA ; University of Nairobi, Department of Psychiatry, Nairobi, KENYA
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Petanidou D, Daskagianni E, Dimitrakaki C, Kolaitis G, Tountas Y. The role of perceived well-being in the family, school and peer context in adolescents' subjective health complaints: evidence from a Greek cross-sectional study. Biopsychosoc Med 2013; 7:17. [PMID: 24283390 PMCID: PMC4175490 DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-7-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During adolescence children are usually confronted with an expanding social arena. Apart from families, schools and neighbourhoods, peers, classmates, teachers, and other adult figures gain increasing importance for adolescent socio-emotional adjustment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the extent to which Greek adolescents' perceived well-being in three main social contexts (family, school and peers) predicted self-reported Subjective Health Complaints. METHODS Questionnaires were administered to a Greek nation-wide, random, school-based sample of children aged 12-18 years in 2003. Data from 1.087 adolescents were analyzed. A hierarchical regression model with Subjective Health Complaints as the outcome variable was employed in order to i) control for the effects of previously well-established demographic factors (sex, age and subjective economic status) and ii) to identify the unique proportion of variance attributed to each context. Bivariate correlations and multicollinearity were also explored. RESULTS As hypothesized, adolescents' perceived well-being in each of the three social contexts appeared to hold unique proportions of variance in self-reported Subjective Health Complaints, after controlling for the effects of sex, age and subjective economic status. In addition, our final model confirmed that the explained variance in SHC was accumulated from each social context studied. The regression models were statistically significant and explained a total of approximately 24% of the variance in Subjective Health Complaints. CONCLUSIONS Our study delineated the unique and cumulative contributions of adolescents' perceived well-being in the family, school and peer setting in the explanation of Subjective Health Complaints. Apart from families, schools, teachers and peers appear to have a salient role in adolescent psychosomatic adjustment. A thorough understanding of the relationship between adolescents' Subjective Health Complaints and perceived well-being in their social contexts could not only lead to more effective tailored initiatives, but also to promote a multi- and inter-disciplinary culture in adolescent psychosomatic health.
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- Dimitra Petanidou
- Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, 25 Alexandroupoleos str., Athens 11527, Greece
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, 25 Alexandroupoleos str., Athens 11527, Greece
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- Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, 25 Alexandroupoleos str., Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Greece. Thivon and Papadiamantopoulou, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, 25 Alexandroupoleos str., Athens 11527, Greece
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Franchini B, Poínhos R, Klepp KI, Vaz de Almeida MD. Fruit and vegetables: intake and sociodemographic determinants among Portuguese mothers. ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 2013; 63:131-8. [PMID: 23969424 DOI: 10.1159/000351987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fruit and vegetable intake is crucial in health promotion and disease prevention. Inadequate intake is found among adult populations worldwide. AIMS To assess fruit and vegetable intake among Portuguese mothers and to examine its association with sociodemographic determinants. METHODS A national cross-sectional survey was performed in Portugal as part of the Pro Children study. Data from self-administrated precoded 24-hour recall and food frequency questionnaires answered by 1,853 mothers of 11- to 13-year-old children were analyzed. Descriptive analysis of the data was followed by logistic regression to assess associations between daily fruit and vegetable intake and sociodemographic determinants. RESULTS The mean fruit and vegetable intake was 221.2 and 170.0 g/day, respectively. Only 46% of the mothers met the WHO recommendations (≥400 g fruit and vegetables/day). Daily fruit intake was significantly higher among mothers who live with a spouse/partner, and who belong to a higher social class. For vegetables, daily intake was significantly higher among mothers with a higher education and social class. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that the mean intake of fruit and vegetables among Portuguese mothers is far below international recommendations. Effective strategies to promote fruit and vegetable intake are needed, especially for mothers belonging to lower social classes and educational levels.
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- Bela Franchini
- Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Gauffin K, Vinnerljung B, Fridell M, Hesse M, Hjern A. Childhood socio-economic status, school failure and drug abuse: a Swedish national cohort study. Addiction 2013; 108:1441-9. [PMID: 23489245 DOI: 10.1111/add.12169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Revised: 09/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIM To investigate whether socio-economic status (SES) in childhood and school failure at 15 years of age predict illicit drug abuse in youth and young adulthood. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Register study in a Swedish national cohort born 1973-88 (n = 1,405,763), followed from age 16 to 20-35 years. Cox regression analyses were used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) for any indication of drug abuse. MEASUREMENTS Our outcomes were hospital admissions, death and criminality associated with illicit drug abuse. Data on socio-demographics, school grades and parental psychosocial problems were collected from censuses (1985 and 1990) and national registers. School failure was defined as having mean school grades from the final year in primary school lower than -1 standard deviation and/or no grades in core subjects. FINDINGS School failure was a strong predictor of illicit drug abuse with an HR of 5.87 (95% CI: 5.76-5.99) after adjustment for age and sex. Childhood SES was associated with illicit drug abuse later in life in a stepwise manner. The lowest stratum had a HR of 2.28 (95% CI: 2.20-2.37) compared with the highest stratum as the reference, when adjusted for other socio-demographic variables. In the fully adjusted model, the effect of SES was greatly attenuated to an HR of 1.23 (95% CI: 1.19-1.28) in the lowest SES category, while the effect of school failure remained high with an HR of 4.22 (95% CI: 4.13-4.31). CONCLUSIONS School failure and childhood socio-economic status predict illicit drug abuse independently in youth and young adults in Sweden.
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- Karl Gauffin
- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Institutet/Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Glasscock DJ, Andersen JH, Labriola M, Rasmussen K, Hansen CD. Can negative life events and coping style help explain socioeconomic differences in perceived stress among adolescents? A cross-sectional study based on the West Jutland cohort study. BMC Public Health 2013; 13:532. [PMID: 23724872 PMCID: PMC3679909 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Previous research suggests that perceived stress in adolescence is socially patterned, but that this relationship may depend on the measure of socioeconomic status (SES) used. This study examines if social gradients in perceived stress, negative life events, and coping exist amongst Danish adolescents, and, if life events and coping strategies can partly account for an association between SES and perceived stress. These relationships are studied separately for two different measures of SES. Methods Questionnaire data were collected from 3054 14–15 year old youths (83% response rate) during baseline measurement in the West Jutland birth cohort study. Parents were identified via the Central Office of Civil Registration in which the respondents are linked to their parents or guardians via their CPR-number, a personal identification number given to everyone in Denmark. The study employs data from two independent sources, adolescent self-report data (stress, life events and coping) and national registers (parental educational level, household income and confounder variables). Ordinary Least Squares regression estimated the effects of parental SES, negative life events and coping on perceived stress. Analyses were stratified by gender. Results Girls reported more perceived stress than boys. SES accounted for a small but significant amount of the variance in perceived stress. Lower parental education and lower household income were associated with higher stress levels irrespective of gender, but the social gradient was strongest amongst girls when parents’ education was used to measure SES, and strongest for boys when income was used. Life events and coping were also found to be associated with SES and both mediated part of the SES-perceived stress relationship. In general, the social gradient in perceived stress was accounted for by the study variables to a higher degree among girls than among boys. Conclusions Lower parental education and household income are associated with higher levels of perceived stress amongst Danish adolescents. Furthermore, both life events and coping appear to mediate this relation. Gender differences in the ways SES and stress are related may exist.
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- David J Glasscock
- Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Regional Hospital Herning, Herning, Denmark.
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Reiss F. Socioeconomic inequalities and mental health problems in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Soc Sci Med 2013; 90:24-31. [PMID: 23746605 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 922] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health are an important topic in social sciences and public health research. However, little is known about socioeconomic disparities and mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. This study systematically reviews publications on the relationships between various commonly used indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and mental health outcomes for children and adolescents aged four to 18 years. Studies published in English or German between 1990 and 2011 were included if they reported at least one marker of socioeconomic status (an index or indicators, e.g., household income, poverty, parental education, parental occupation status, or family affluence) and identified mental health problems using validated instruments. In total, 55 published studies met the inclusion criteria, and 52 studies indicated an inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and mental health problems in children and adolescents. Socioeconomically disadvantaged children and adolescents were two to three times more likely to develop mental health problems. Low socioeconomic status that persisted over time was strongly related to higher rates of mental health problems. A decrease in socioeconomic status was associated with increasing mental health problems. The strength of the correlation varied with age and with different indicators of socioeconomic status, whereas heterogeneous findings were reported for gender and types of mental health problems. The included studies indicated that the theoretical approaches of social causation and classical selection are not mutually exclusive across generations and specific mental health problems; these processes create a cycle of deprivation and mental health problems. The review draws attention to the diversity of measures used to evaluate socioeconomic status, which might have influenced the comparability of international epidemiological studies. Furthermore, the review highlights the need for individual-level early childhood interventions as well as a reduction in socioeconomic inequalities at a societal level to improve mental health in childhood and adolescence.
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- Franziska Reiss
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Martinistr. 52, W29, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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García-Moya I, Rivera F, Moreno C. School context and health in adolescence: The role of sense of coherence. Scand J Psychol 2013; 54:243-9. [DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- I. García-Moya
- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology; University of Seville; Spain
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- University of Huelva; Spain; FABIS Foundation; Andalusian Public Health Service (SSPA); Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology; University of Seville; Spain
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Elstad JI, Pedersen AW. The impact of relative poverty on Norwegian adolescents’ subjective health: a causal analysis with propensity score matching. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2012; 9:4715-31. [PMID: 23249858 PMCID: PMC3546786 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9124715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2012] [Revised: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Studies have revealed that relative poverty is associated with ill health, but the interpretations of this correlation vary. This article asks whether relative poverty among Norwegian adolescents is causally related to poor subjective health, i.e., self-reported somatic and mental symptoms. Data consist of interview responses from a sample of adolescents (N = 510) and their parents, combined with register data on the family’s economic situation. Relatively poor adolescents had significantly worse subjective health than non-poor adolescents. Relatively poor adolescents also experienced many other social disadvantages, such as parental unemployment and parental ill health. Comparisons between the relatively poor and the non-poor adolescents, using propensity score matching, indicated a negative impact of relative poverty on the subjective health among those adolescents who lived in families with relatively few economic resources. The results suggest that there is a causal component in the association between relative poverty and the symptom burden of disadvantaged adolescents. Relative poverty is only one of many determinants of adolescents’ subjective health, but its role should be acknowledged when policies for promoting adolescent health are designed.
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- Jon Ivar Elstad
- NOVA-Norwegian Social Research, P.O. Box 3223 Elisenberg, Oslo 0208, Norway
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +47-225-412-88; Fax: +47-225-412-01
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- Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 3233 Elisenberg, Oslo 0208, Norway; E-Mail:
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Jansen PW, Verlinden M, Berkel ADV, Mieloo C, van der Ende J, Veenstra R, Verhulst FC, Jansen W, Tiemeier H. Prevalence of bullying and victimization among children in early elementary school: do family and school neighbourhood socioeconomic status matter? BMC Public Health 2012; 12:494. [PMID: 22747880 PMCID: PMC3575320 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bullying and victimization are widespread phenomena in childhood and can have a serious impact on well-being. Children from families with a low socioeconomic background have an increased risk of this behaviour, but it is unknown whether socioeconomic status (SES) of school neighbourhoods is also related to bullying behaviour. Furthermore, as previous bullying research mainly focused on older children and adolescents, it remains unclear to what extent bullying and victimization affects the lives of younger children. The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence and socioeconomic disparities in bullying behaviour among young elementary school children. METHODS The study was part of a population-based survey in the Netherlands. Teacher reports of bullying behaviour and indicators of SES of families and schools were available for 6379 children aged 5-6 years. RESULTS One-third of the children were involved in bullying, most of them as bullies (17%) or bully-victims (13%), and less as pure victims (4%). All indicators of low family SES and poor school neighbourhood SES were associated with an increased risk of being a bully or bully-victim. Parental educational level was the only indicator of SES related with victimization. The influence of school neighbourhood SES on bullying attenuated to statistical non-significance once adjusted for family SES. CONCLUSIONS Bullying and victimization are already common problems in early elementary school. Children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, rather than children visiting schools in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, have a particularly high risk of involvement in bullying. These findings suggest the need of timely bullying preventions and interventions that should have a special focus on children of families with a low socioeconomic background. Future studies are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs.
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- Pauline W Jansen
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, PO-BOX 2060, 3000, CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, PO-BOX 2060, 3000, CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, PO-BOX 2060, 3000, CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, PO-BOX 2060, 3000, CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, PO-BOX 2060, 3000, CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Jablonska B, Lindblad F, Ostberg V, Lindberg L, Rasmussen F, Hjern A. A national cohort study of parental socioeconomic status and non-fatal suicidal behaviour--the mediating role of school performance. BMC Public Health 2012; 12:17. [PMID: 22230577 PMCID: PMC3268709 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A link between low parental socioeconomic status and mental health problems in offspring is well established in previous research. The mechanisms that explain this link are largely unknown. The present study investigated whether school performance was a mediating and/or moderating factor in the path between parental socioeconomic status and the risk of hospital admission for non-fatal suicidal behaviour. METHODS A national cohort of 447 929 children born during 1973-1977 was followed prospectively in the National Patient Discharge Register from the end of their ninth and final year of compulsory school until 2001. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards and linear regression analyses were performed to test whether the association between parental socioeconomic status and non-fatal suicidal behaviour was mediated or moderated by school performance. RESULTS The results of a series of multiple regression analyses, adjusted for demographic variables, revealed that school performance was as an important mediator in the relationship between parental socioeconomic status and risk of non-fatal suicidal behaviour, accounting for 60% of the variance. The hypothesized moderation of parental socioeconomic status-non-fatal suicidal behaviour relationship by school performance was not supported. CONCLUSIONS School performance is an important mediator through which parental socioeconomic status translates into a risk for non-fatal suicidal behaviour. Prevention efforts aimed to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in non-fatal suicidal behaviour among young people will need to consider socioeconomic inequalities in school performance.
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- Beata Jablonska
- Division of Applied Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Torsheim T, Samdal O, Rasmussen M, Freeman J, Griebler R, Dür W. Cross-National Measurement Invariance of the Teacher and Classmate Support Scale. SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH 2012; 105:145-160. [PMID: 22207777 PMCID: PMC3229697 DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9770-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The cross-national measurement invariance of the teacher and classmate support scale was assessed in a study of 23202 Grade 8 and 10 students from Austria, Canada, England, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Slovenia, participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2001/2002 study. A multi-group means and covariance analysis supported configural and metric invariance across countries, but not full scalar equivalence. The composite reliability was adequate and highly consistent across countries. In all seven countries, teacher support showed stronger associations with school satisfaction than did classmate support, with the results being highly consistent across countries. The results indicate that the teacher and classmate support scale may be used in cross-cultural studies that focus on relationships between teacher and classmate support and other constructs. However, the lack of scalar equivalence indicates that direct comparison of the levels support across countries might not be warranted.
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- Torbjørn Torsheim
- Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Christiesgt 12, 5015 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Christiesgt 13, 5015 Bergen, Norway
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Canada
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research, Vienna, Austria
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Furuta M, Ekuni D, Takao S, Suzuki E, Morita M, Kawachi I. Social capital and self-rated oral health among young people. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2011; 40:97-104. [PMID: 21995413 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES A few studies have revealed the impact of neighborhood social capital on oral health among young people. We sought to examine the associations of social capital in three settings (families, neighborhoods, and schools) with self-rated oral health among a sample of college students in Japan. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of 967 students in Okayama University, aged 18 and 19 years, was carried out. Logistic regression was used to examine the associations of poor self-rated oral health with perceptions of social capital, adjusting for self-perceived household income category and oral health behaviors. RESULTS The prevalence of subjects with poor self-rated oral health was 22%. Adjusted for gender, self-perceived household income category, dental fear, toothbrush frequency, and dental floss use, poor self-rated oral health was significantly associated with lower level of neighborhood trust [odds ratio (OR) 2.22; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.40-3.54] and lower level of vertical trust in school (OR 1.71; 95% CI: 1.05-2.80). Low informal social control was unexpectedly associated with better oral health (OR 0.54; 95% CI: 0.34-0.85). CONCLUSIONS The association of social capital with self-rated oral health is not uniform. Higher trust is associated with better oral health, whereas higher informal control in the community is associated with worse oral health.
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- Michiko Furuta
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Siponen SM, Ahonen RS, Savolainen PH, Hämeen-Anttila KP. Children's health and parental socioeconomic factors: a population-based survey in Finland. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:457. [PMID: 21658272 PMCID: PMC3135536 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequalities in health are a global problem, not only among the adult population but also among children. However, studies concerning young children especially are rare. The aim of this study was to describe the health of Finnish children under 12 years of age, and the socioeconomic factors associated with health. The socioeconomic factors were parental education level, household net income, and working status. METHODS A population-based survey among Finnish children aged under 12 years (n = 6,000) was conducted in spring 2007. A questionnaire was sent to parents, and a response rate of 67% was achieved. Each child's health was explored by asking a parent to report the child's health status on a 5-point Likert scale, current symptoms from a symptoms list, and current disease(s) diagnosed by a physician. The final three outcome measures were poor health, the prevalences of psychosomatic symptoms, and long-term diseases. Data were analysed using Pearson's Chi-Square tests, and logistic regression analysis with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). P-values ≤ 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. RESULTS In total, 3% of parents reported that their child's health status was poor. The prevalences of psychosomatic symptoms and long-term diseases were both 11%. The probability for poor health status was lowest among children aged 3-6 and 7-11 years, and for psychosomatic symptoms among 3-6-year-old children, whereas the odds ratios for long-term diseases was highest among children aged 7-11 years. Parental socioeconomic factors were not associated with the children's health. CONCLUSIONS Most of the children were reported by their parent to have good health status, and approximately one tenth had experienced some psychosomatic symptoms or long-term diseases. Our study suggests that parental socioeconomic factors are not associated with the health of children aged under 12 years in Finland.
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- Sanna M Siponen
- School of Pharmacy/Social Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy/Social Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy/Social Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Almquist YM. Childhood friendships and adult health: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Cohort study. Eur J Public Health 2011; 22:378-83. [PMID: 21498559 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Social relations are known to influence morbidity and mortality but few have studied this association from a life-course perspective specifically targeting the importance of social relations in childhood for adult health. In childhood, a key aspect of children's relationships is the number of friendships a child has in the school class, i.e. friendship quantity. The overall aim of this study was to examine the association between childhood friendships and adult self-rated health. METHODS Data from a longitudinal study of children born in Aberdeen, Scotland, between 1950 and 1956 was used. Information on friendship quantity (1964) was derived from sociometric nominations among classmates and defined as mutual choices. The health outcome was based on self-ratings derived from a questionnaire in 2001-03. The study included various childhood and adult circumstances as possible explanatory factors. The analysis was based on ordinal logistic regression, producing odds ratios (n = 5814). RESULTS The results demonstrated a gradient in women's self-rated health according to the number of friendships in the school class. A number of circumstances in childhood and adulthood were partial explanations. For men, only those without friends reported poorer self-rated health in adulthood. This finding was explained by adult socioeconomic status. CONCLUSION It is concluded that childhood friendships are linked to health disparities in middle age, underlining the importance of such relationships and the need for a life-course perspective on health that integrates a variety of mechanisms as they interact across life.
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- Ylva M Almquist
- Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Due P, Krølner R, Rasmussen M, Andersen A, Trab Damsgaard M, Graham H, Holstein BE. Pathways and mechanisms in adolescence contribute to adult health inequalities. Scand J Public Health 2011; 39:62-78. [PMID: 21382850 DOI: 10.1177/1403494810395989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIMS This paper presents a model that encompasses pathways and mechanisms working over adolescence that contribute to adult health inequalities. We review evidence on the four mechanisms: socially differential exposure, tracking, socially differential tracking, and socially differential vulnerability. METHODS We conducted literature searches in English-language peer-reviewed journals using PubMed (from 1966 to May 2009) and PsycINFO, and combined these with hand-searches of reference lists, journals, and authors of particular relevance. RESULTS Most health indicators are socially patterned in adolescence and track into adulthood, with higher risks of adverse outcomes among individuals from lower socioeconomic positions. Adolescent health behaviours track into adulthood. Smoking, physical activity, and especially fruit and vegetable intake are socially patterned, while evidence for social patterning of alcohol use is less consistent. Relational dimensions like lone parenthood and bullying are socially patterned and track over time, and there are indications of a socially differential vulnerability to the effects of these types of relational strain. Very little research has investigated the social patterning of the above indicators over time or studied social vulnerability of these indicators from adolescence to adulthood. However, all four mechanisms seem to be active in establishing social differences in adult educational attainment. CONCLUSIONS We find the Adolescent Pathway Model useful for providing an overview of what elements and mechanisms in adolescence may be of special importance for adult health inequalities. There is a lack of knowledge of how social patterns of health, health behaviours, and social relations in adolescence transfer into adulthood and to what extent they reflect themselves in adult health.
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- Pernille Due
- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Matthews KA, Gallo LC. Psychological perspectives on pathways linking socioeconomic status and physical health. Annu Rev Psychol 2011; 62:501-30. [PMID: 20636127 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.031809.130711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a reliable correlate of poor physical health. Rather than treat SES as a covariate, health psychology has increasingly focused on the psychobiological pathways that inform understanding why SES is related to physical health. This review assesses the status of research that has examined stress and its associated distress, and social and personal resources as pathways. It highlights work on biomarkers and biological pathways related to SES that can serve as intermediate outcomes in future studies. Recent emphasis on the accumulation of psychobiological risks across the life course is summarized and represents an important direction for future research. Studies that test pathways from SES to candidate psychosocial pathways to health outcomes are few in number but promising. Future research should test integrated models rather than taking piecemeal approaches to evidence. Much work remains to be done, but the questions are of great health significance.
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- Karen A Matthews
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Santinello M, Vieno A, De Vogli R. Bullying in Italian schools: the role of perceived teacher unfairness. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10212-010-0050-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bergh D, Hagquist C, Starrin B. Social relations in school and psychosomatic health among Swedish adolescents--the role of academic orientation. Eur J Public Health 2010; 21:699-704. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Borup IK, Holstein BE. Overweight children's response to an annual health dialogue with the school nurse. Int J Nurs Pract 2010; 16:359-65. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2010.01852.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Simetin IP, Kuzman M, Franelic IP, Pristas I, Benjak T, Dezeljin JD. Inequalities in Croatian pupils' unhealthy behaviours and health outcomes: role of school, peers and family affluence. Eur J Public Health 2010; 21:122-8. [PMID: 20159771 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To examine the influence of family affluence (measure of socioeconomic status), school environment (liking school, school pressure, academic achievement and classmates support) and peer group (size of the peer group and frequency of peer contact) on unhealthy behaviours (smoking, drunkenness, physical inactivity, irregular breakfast and soft drink consumption) and health outcomes (self-rated health, multiple health complaints and life satisfaction) in Croatian pupils. METHODS The Croatian data from Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/06 (HBSC) were used (1666 11-year-olds, and 1630 15-year-olds). Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted (95% confidence intervals, P < 0.05 and P < 0.01). RESULTS School environment and peer group were connected to more unhealthy behaviours along with greater differences in those behaviours than family affluence. The only exception was physical inactivity at age 11 (compared to high family affluence, low family affluence increased 80% odds for physical inactivity, whereas, compared to favourable school environment, poor school environment increased 50% odds). Compared to favourable school environment, poor school environment was the most consistent and strongest predictor of poor health outcomes (all three measures). No influence of peer group to health outcomes was found. Compared to high-affluent families, low-affluent families were associated to higher odds for poor self-rated health and life dissatisfaction, and, for 11-year-olds, medium-affluent families to lower odds for multiple health complaints. Gender differences in unhealthy behaviours and health outcomes were also found. CONCLUSIONS Compared to socioeconomic inequalities, greater inequalities in unhealthy behaviours were connected to school environment and peer group, and in health outcomes to school environment.
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- Ivana Pavic Simetin
- Youth Health and Drug Prevention Service, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
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