Socio demographic characteristics of women who leave their babies to social services after giving birth in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Aysegul Donmez ◽  
SakineKarabulut Gencay ◽  
Zekiye Karaçam
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Demographic Characteristics

scholarly journals P083: Demographic characteristics of people experiencing homelessness presenting to emergency departments

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S94-S94
Author(s):  
I. Burcul ◽  
J. Dai ◽  
Z. Ma ◽  
S. Jamani ◽  
R. Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Postal Code ◽  
Administrative Health Data ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Age Category

Introduction: Despite the visibility of the homeless population, there is limited data on the information of this patient population. Point-in-time counts and survey data from selected samples (such as those admitted to emergency shelter) have primarily been used. This literature suggests that this hard-to-reach population has high rates of presentation at emergency departments (EDs), and as such, EDs often become their main point of contact for health and social services. Leveraging this fact and administrative data we construct a crude census of homeless persons within Ontario. We further examine demographic characteristics of patients experiencing homelessness, and compare this data to findings from previous literature. Methods: All routinely collected administrative health data from EDs located within Ontario, Canada from 2010-2017 were analyzed to examine patient characteristics. Individuals experiencing homelessness were identified by a marker that was adopted in 2009 replacing their recorded postal code with an XX designation. s. Aggregating by LHIN, date and week of year, we examine the overall number of patients experiencing homelessness and number by LHIN location and seasonality. Demographic outcomes examined include age and sex. Results: 640,897 visits to the ED over 7 years were made by 39,525 unique individuals experiencing homelessness. Number of ED visits has steadily increased over 10 years in all of Ontario, despite decline in shelter use for individuals. Presentations were concentrated in large urban centres like Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton. Fewer presentations occur in the spring and summer months and rise in the winter. Male patients presented older and in greater numbers than female patients. The modal female age of presentation is in the 20-24 age category. The modal male age of presentation is in the 25-29 age category. Older male patients were more likely to have multiple presentations. Conclusion: The utilization of administrative health data offers a novel, cost-effective method to measure demographic characteristics of people experiencing homelessness. Identifying characteristics of homeless patients through this method allows for a more complete understanding of the characteristics of a hard-to-reach population, which will allow policy makers to develop appropriate services for this sub-group. Furthermore, through analysis of trends of demographics over time, changes in the homeless population can be tracked in real-time to allow for coordination and implementation of services in a time-sensitive manner.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the neighborhoods and depression

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 2121-2121
Author(s):  
M. Bassi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Large City ◽  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Leisure Facilities

Over the 50% of the world's population now is living in the cities and particularly in the large metropolitan areas. Empirical evidence again and again confirms that some features of the context of a large city can influence the mental health of citizens. Faris and Dunham in 1939 were the first to show that the environmental and social disorganization in neighborhoods of Chicago was one of the most important factors to undermine the mental health of residents. This evidence was confirmed by a study carried out in midtown Manhattan, New York City. It suggests that the urban characteristics, such as social and environmental disorganization, could affect the mental health of the residents. Substantial evidence links structural inequalities to health and mental health and the researchers suggest that the disproportionate concentration of recent immigrants in urban neighborhoods contributes to racial and ethnic health disparities. While most part of the studies has examined the relationships between neighbourhood characteristics (e.g. socio-demographic characteristics, stability and mobility of the residents, ethnic composition, public transport, availability of green areas and parks, meeting places for social and cultural events, sport and leisure facilities, shopping centres, health and social services, etc.) and mental health, few studies have examined the factors that contribute to increase the incidence and the prevalence of the depressive disorders. Our research in Milan, Italy, is carrying out at the neighborhoods level, in analysis of intercity comparison, typically focused on the evaluation between environmental characteristics, neighbourhood-specific, and the incidence and prevalence of depression in residents.

The clinical and demographic characteristics of elderly patients of Polish origin newly referred to a geriatric psychiatry service

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirish Bhatkal ◽  
Ajit Shah
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Geriatric Psychiatry ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
Indigenous Elders

Objective: To compare the clinical, demographic, social and service utilization characteristics of elderly Poles with indigenous elders.Setting: A geriatric psychiatry service in an urban area.Methods: All newly referred patients to a West London geriatric psychiatry service were studied. The uptake of service and clinical, demographic, social and service utilization characteristics of elderly Poles and indigenous elders were compared after extracting information from case-notes.Results: Twelve percent of all referrals were of Polish origin. This figure is considerably higher than 4% of all community-dwelling elderly being of Polish origin in Ealing. There were no differences in clinical, demographic, social and service utilization characteristics between Polish and indigenous patients with a few exceptions. Elderly Poles were more likely to be married (p<0.005) and indigenous elders were more likely to be single (p<0.05). Elderly Poles were more likely to be advised to take out power of attorney (p<0.014). Elderly Poles were less fluent in English (p<0.0005).Conclusions: Newly referred elderly Poles accessed and utilized the geriatric psychiatry service resources and social services at least as equitably as indigenous elders.

Referral Patterns for Youths Identified at Risk for Suicide by Trained Gatekeepers

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Rodi ◽  
Lucas Godoy Garraza ◽  
Christine Walrath ◽  
Robert L. Stephens ◽  
D. Susanne Condron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Referral Patterns ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Prevention Behavior ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
And Gender ◽  
To Receive

Background: In order to better understand the posttraining suicide prevention behavior of gatekeeper trainees, the present article examines the referral and service receipt patterns among gatekeeper-identified youths. Methods: Data for this study were drawn from 26 Garrett Lee Smith grantees funded between October 2005 and October 2009 who submitted data about the number, characteristics, and service access of identified youths. Results: The demographic characteristics of identified youths are not related to referral type or receipt. Furthermore, referral setting does not seem to be predictive of the type of referral. Demographic as well as other (nonrisk) characteristics of the youths are not key variables in determining identification or service receipt. Limitations: These data are not necessarily representative of all youths identified by gatekeepers represented in the dataset. The prevalence of risk among all members of the communities from which these data are drawn is unknown. Furthermore, these data likely disproportionately represent gatekeepers associated with systems that effectively track gatekeepers and youths. Conclusions: Gatekeepers appear to be identifying youth across settings, and those youths are being referred for services without regard for race and gender or the settings in which they are identified. Furthermore, youths that may be at highest risk may be more likely to receive those services.

The Relationship Between Interoception and Metacognition

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Meessen ◽  
Verena Mainz ◽  
Siegfried Gauggel ◽  
Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou ◽  
Stefan Sütterlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
Interoceptive Awareness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Heartbeat Perception ◽  
Interoceptive Accuracy ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Recently, Garfinkel and Critchley (2013) proposed to distinguish between three facets of interoception: interoceptive sensibility, interoceptive accuracy, and interoceptive awareness. This pilot study investigated how these facets interrelate to each other and whether interoceptive awareness is related to the metacognitive awareness of memory performance. A sample of 24 healthy students completed a heartbeat perception task (HPT) and a memory task. Judgments of confidence were requested for each task. Participants filled in questionnaires assessing interoceptive sensibility, depression, anxiety, and socio-demographic characteristics. The three facets of interoception were found to be uncorrelated and interoceptive awareness was not related to metacognitive awareness of memory performance. Whereas memory performance was significantly related to metamemory awareness, interoceptive accuracy (HPT) and interoceptive awareness were not correlated. Results suggest that future research on interoception should assess all facets of interoception in order to capture the multifaceted quality of the construct.

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