scholarly journals Independent contributions of family and neighbourhood indicators of socioeconomic status and migrant status to risk of mental health problems in 4–12 year old children

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 100675
Author(s):  
Mirte Boelens ◽  
Hein Raat ◽  
Junwen Yang-Huang ◽  
Gea M. Schouten ◽  
Amy van Grieken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Migrant Status

scholarly journals Net worth and Mental Health Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 095-096
Author(s):  
Jaewon Lee ◽  
Jennifer Allen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
Over Time

Assets and debts and other accumulated wealth should be considered to understand one’s mental health because they influence quality of life over time. Researchers acknowledge limitations of previous studies regarding mental health, which did not consider net worth [1]. Previous studies have mainly addressed Socioeconomic Status (SES) as an indicator influencing mental health [2,3], rather than considering net worth. As a result, the importance of net worth (Wealth and debt) has been growing, and these factors should be included to deeply understand mental health [1].

scholarly journals Adolescent Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health Inequalities in the Netherlands, 2001–2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Weinberg ◽  
Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens ◽  
Elisa L. Duinhof ◽  
Catrin Finkenauer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Subjective Ses

Even in wealthy countries there are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent mental health. Socioeconomic status (SES) indicators—parental SES, adolescent subjective SES and adolescent educational level—are negatively associated with adolescent mental health problems, but little is known about the interplay between these SES indicators and whether associations have changed over time. Using data from the Dutch Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) studies (n = 27,020) between 2001 and 2017, we examined associations between three SES indicators and six indicators of adolescent mental health problems. Linear regressions revealed that adolescent subjective SES and adolescent educational level were independently negatively associated with adolescent mental health problems and positively associated with adolescent life satisfaction, but parental SES had negligible independent associations with adolescent mental health problems and life satisfaction. However, when interactions between SES indicators were considered, high adolescent subjective SES was shown to buffer the negative association between parental SES and adolescent mental health problems and the positive association between parental SES and life satisfaction. Despite societal changes between 2001 and 2017, socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent mental health were stable during this period. Findings suggest that all three SES indicators—parental SES, adolescent subjective SES and adolescent educational level—are important for studying socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent mental health.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic status, stressful life situations and mental health problems in children and adolescents: Results of the German BELLA cohort-study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e0213700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Reiss ◽  
Ann-Katrin Meyrose ◽  
Christiane Otto ◽  
Thomas Lampert ◽  
Fionna Klasen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Stressful Life

scholarly journals Association Between Obstetric Violence and Symptoms Suggestive of Postpartum Depression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janini Cristina Paiz ◽  
Stela Maris Jezus Castro ◽  
Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani ◽  
Sarah Maria Santos Ahne ◽  
Camila Bonalume Dall'Aqua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Obstetric Violence ◽  
Maternity Hospitals ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
History Of

Abstract Background: Postpartum depression is a common condition in the pregnancy and postpartum cycle. The development of this condition is multifactorial and can be influenced by previous traumas. This study sought to verify whether there is an association between having been exposed to obstetric violence and presenting symptoms suggestive of postpartum depression.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, with the inclusion of 287 women without complications in childbirth, randomly selected from two maternity hospitals of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, in 2016. Four weeks after delivery, the postpartum women answered a face-to-face interview about socioeconomic aspects, obstetric history, health history, and childbirth experience (practices and interventions applied) and completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). From the perception of women regarding the practices performed in the context of childbirth care, a composite variable was created, using item response theory, to measure the level of obstetric violence. The items that made up this variable were: absence of a companion during delivery, feeling insecure and not welcome, lack of privacy, lack of skin-to-skin contact after delivery, not having understood the information shared with them, and not having felt comfortable to ask questions and make decisions about their care. To define symptoms suggestive of postpartum depression, reflecting on increased probability of this condition, the EPDS score was set at ≥8. Poisson Regression with robust variance estimation was used for modeling.Results: Women who experienced obstetric violence had a higher prevalence of symptoms suggestive of postpartum depression (PR 1.55 95% CI 1.07-2.25), as well as those with a history of mental health problems (PR 2.41 95% CI 1.15-5.05), while higher socioeconomic status (A and B) had an inverse association (PR 0.38 95% CI 0.19-0.78).Conclusions: Symptoms suggestive of postpartum depression seems to be more prevalent in women who have suffered obstetric violence, of low socioeconomic status, and with a history of mental health problems. Thus, qualifying care for women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum and reducing social inequalities are challenges to be faced in order to reduce the occurrence of postpartum depression.

scholarly journals Mental Health Problems and the Associated Family and School Factors in Adolescents: A Multilevel Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Hosseinkhani ◽  
Mahboubeh Parsaeian ◽  
Hamid-Reza Hassanabadi ◽  
Atefeh Khoshkchali ◽  
Zahra Alinesaei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Conduct Problem ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Peer Relationship ◽  
School Factors

Objective: Mental health is one of the most important issues in adolescents’ life. Adolescents’ health is highly important, because of their role in the future. This study was conducted using multilevel analysis to investigate the risk factors at student and school levels. Method: This was a cross sectional study for which 1740 students and 53 schools were selected between February and March 2018 in Qazvin, Iran. Multistage stratified cluster sampling was used for data collection. Mental health problems were measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Emotional symptom, conduct problem, hyperactivity, peer relationship problem, and prosocial behavior were the subscales. This study used multilevel analysis to determine the association between each of the questionnaire scales and students and schools variables. Results: The prevalence of the mental health problems was 16.2%. Conduct problem was more prevalent than others (21.1%). Overall, the score of mental health problems was significantly lower in boys’ schools, in adolescents with physical activity, and in families with high socioeconomic status. Hyperactivity and emotional symptoms were significantly higher in girls’ schools. While prosocial behavior and peer relationship problems were significantly higher in boys’ schools. The association between variables and the scales of mental health problems was different. Conclusion: Results indicated desirable physical activity and socioeconomic status are effective components in the adolescents’ mental health, and, mostly girls’ schools were more vulnerable than boys’ schools. Therefore, the educational authorities and health policymakers should consider this diversity to design interventional programs and pay more attention to the high-risk adolescents in different schools.

scholarly journals Urbanicity, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning, and behavioral and emotional problems in children: a path analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Evans ◽  
J. van der Ende ◽  
K. Greaves-Lord ◽  
A. C. Huizink ◽  
R. Beijers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Hpa Axis ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Family Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal ◽  
Hpa Axis Functioning

Abstract Background Urbanization is steadily increasing worldwide. Previous research indicated a higher incidence of mental health problems in more urban areas, however, very little is known regarding potential mechanisms underlying this association. We examined whether urbanicity was associated with mental health problems in children directly, and indirectly via hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis functioning. Methods Utilizing data from two independent samples of children we examined the effects of current urbanicity (n = 306, ages seven to 12 years) and early childhood urbanicity (n = 141, followed from birth through age 7 years). Children’s mothers reported on their mental health problems and their family’s socioeconomic status. Salivary cortisol samples were collected during a psychosocial stress procedure to assess HPA axis reactivity to stress, and at home to assess basal HPA axis functioning. Neighborhood-level urbanicity and socioeconomic conditions were extracted from Statistics Netherlands. Path models were estimated using a bootstrapping procedure to detect indirect effects. Results We found no evidence for a direct effect of urbanicity on mental health problems, nor were there indirect effects of urbanicity through HPA axis functioning. Furthermore, we did not find evidence for an effect of urbanicity on HPA axis functioning or effects of HPA axis functioning on mental health problems. Conclusions Possibly, the effects of urbanicity on HPA axis functioning and mental health do not manifest until adolescence. An alternative explanation is a buffering effect of high family socioeconomic status as the majority of children were from families with an average or high socioeconomic status. Further studies remain necessary to conclude that urbanicity does not affect children’s mental health via HPA axis functioning.

scholarly journals Sleep problems among immigrants

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Øien-Ødegaard ◽  
M Straiton ◽  
M K R Kjøllesdal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Strong Increase ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Majority Population

Abstract Background The prevalence of insomnia has increased from 11.9% to 15.5% between 2001 and 2011. At the same time, there has been a strong increase in immigration, and today immigrants constitute about 14% of the population. However, we do not know if these increases are related. There is limited information about immigrants’ mental health problems, and more specifically, their sleep problems. There is an established association between low socioeconomic status and higher chance of experiencing sleep problems, and we aim to investigate if this also is the case for immigrants in Norway, and whether being an immigrant is a risk factor. Methods Using the Living Conditions Survey for Immigrants 2016, we conducted logistic regression analyses to investigate associations between sleep problems and socioeconomic status among immigrant groups. We also preformed analyses comparing the results for immigrants as a whole and the majority population. Preliminary results The analysis indicates a strong relationship between socioeconomic status and sleep problems for immigrants and the majority alike, but also a strong moderating effect of being in the majority population. Women have higher odds of experiencing sleep problems than men, but the odds are much higher for immigrant women than for majority women. When taking origin country into the analysis, we see that only 3 of 12 countries have significantly different odds than the majority. Men from Iraq and Iran have particularly higher odds, while Eritrean women have lower. Conclusions Sleep problems are associated with other mental health problems, unemployment, substance abuse and increased mortality. Our finding, that immigrants have higher odds of sleep problems, is something medical professional and teachers should be aware of. Several barriers need to be addressed to increase the level of help seeking. This includes enhanced access of health information, and availability of mental health services. Key messages Immigrants have higher odds than the majority population for experiencing sleep problems, also when controlling for socioeconomic status. Immigrant women are particularly exposed to sleep problems, although there are considerable variations according to country of origin.

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