Resilience amongst Australian Aboriginal Youth: An Ecological Analysis of Factors Associated with Psychosocial Functioning in High and Low Family Risk Contexts

Summary Objectives: to analyze factors that might indicate familial predisposition for ovarian cancer in patients diagnosed with this disease. Methods: in a prospective single center cohort study at the Institute of Cancer of the State of São Paulo (ICESP), 51 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer were included. Familial predisposition for ovarian cancer was defined as having a higher than 10% chance of having a BRCA1/2 mutation according to the Manchester scoring system, a validated method to assess the likelihood of mutation detection. Each patient was interviewed with a standardized questionnaire on established risk factors for ovarian cancer and other factors that might influence the risk to develop ovarian cancer. Logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate the impact of the evaluated factors on the likelihood of mutation detection, by calculating odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Results: seventeen out of 51 patients had a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, four patients had a history of breast or endometrial cancer, 11 were diagnosed before the age of 50, and 12 presented a risk of familial predisposition to ovarian cancer higher than 10%. Patients with comorbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes, hormonal disorders, dyslipidemia and psychiatric conditions, presented a lower chance of having a familial predisposition for ovarian cancer (OR: 0.22; 95% CI: 0.06-0.88; p=0.03). Conclusion: in this study, having comorbidities was associated with a lower risk of having a familial predisposition for ovarian cancer. Other factors associated with the risk of ovarian cancer did not have an impact on this predisposition.

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Young Offenders in Custody: Risk and Adjustment

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854804274370 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 251-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Carla Cesaroni ◽

Michele Peterson-Badali

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Psychosocial Functioning ◽

Young Person ◽

Young Offenders ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Institutional Risk ◽

The Relationship

This article explored results from a study of 113 incarcerated male youths, who were age 12 to 15 at the time of their indexed offense. Using a widely used, normed measure of psychosocial functioning, the study examined the relationship between preexisting risk factors and/or institutional risk factors and adjustment in custody. Preexisting risk or vulnerability significantly predicted adjustment to custody, as did several risk factors within facilities (worry about victimization, perceiving victimization as likely, and experiencing conflicts with inmates as difficult). Risk factors associated with institutional life appeared to contribute to a young person’s adjustment beyond the risk factors a young person may walk into an institution with. One commonly used measure of institutional functioning, number of custodial rule infractions, did not appear to be a valid indicator of how a youth felt or adjusted to a facility. Limitations and implications of the findings are discussed.

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Timeliness and factors associated with rotavirus vaccine uptake among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children: A record linkage cohort study

Vaccine ◽

10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.013 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (39) ◽

pp. 5835-5843 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Parveen Fathima ◽

Heather F. Gidding ◽

Thomas L. Snelling ◽

Peter B. McIntyre ◽

Christopher C. Blyth ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Record Linkage ◽

Vaccine Uptake ◽

Rotavirus Vaccine ◽

Australian Aboriginal ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Aboriginal Children

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A Pessimistic Attitude Towards the Future and Low Psychosocial Functioning Predict Psychiatric Diagnosis Among Treatment-Seeking Adolescents

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00875.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 160-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eila Laukkanen ◽

Veijo Korhonen ◽

Sirkka Peiponen ◽

Marjatta Nuutinen ◽

Heimo Viinamäki

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorder ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Psychosocial Functioning ◽

Psychiatric Diagnosis ◽

Diagnostic Interview ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Self Image ◽

Service Staff ◽

The Future ◽

Pessimistic Attitude

Objective: The objective was to study factors associated with psychiatric diagnosis among adolescents (n = 164) seeking psychiatric care for mental symptoms. Method: Psychiatric diagnosis was confirmed by a structured diagnostic interview. Psychosocial functioning was assessed with the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, and the Beck Depression Inventory and Offer Self-Image Questionnaire were also used. Background data were gathered. Results: A majority (76%) of the adolescents met DSM-III-R criteria for psychiatric diagnosis. The self-image was more negative and the Beck score was higher among these adolescents than the others. All who had attempted suicide had a psychiatric disorder. Those diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder consumed alcohol in order to get drunk more often than others. Continual conflicts with parents and smoking were not associated with the existence of a psychiatric disorder. In logistic regression analysis, low psychosocial functioning (OR = 3.9) and an uncertain or pessimistic attitude towards the future (OR = 9.1) proved to be independent risk factors for psychiatric disorders. Conclusions: Health service staff should be aware of factors associated with psychiatric disorders in adolescents so that they can identify those at high risk.

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