Social determinants of psychological wellness for children and adolescents in rural NSW
| Autor: | Tonelle Handley, Sarah Lutkin, Ingrid Peters, David Perkins, Karen L. Oakley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Rural Population Gerontology Adolescent Social Determinants of Health Sense of community Poison control Rural Health Mental wellness 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rurality SDQ Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Rural Family 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health Child Poverty Children Demography business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Rural health Child Health 1. No poverty Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Mental health 3. Good health 030227 psychiatry Mental Health Neurodevelopmental Disorders Child Preschool Female New South Wales Rural area business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-019-7961-0 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe mental wellness of children and adolescents in rural Australia is under researched and key to understanding the long-term mental health outcomes for rural communities. This analysis used data from the Australian Rural Mental Health Study (ARMHS), particularly the parent report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) measure for children under 18 years old and their reporting parent’s demographic information to compare this sample’s mental wellness scores to the Australian norms and to identify what personal, family, community and rurality factors contribute to child mental wellness as pertaining to the SDQ total and subdomain scores.MethodFive hundred thirty-nine children from 294 families from rural NSW were included. SDQ scores for each child as well as personal factors (sex and age), family factors (employment status, household income and sense of community of responding parent), community SES (IRSAD) and rurality (ASCG) were examined.ResultsChildren and adolescents from rural areas had poorer mental wellness when compared to a normative Australian sample. Further, personal and family factors were significant predictors of the psychological wellness of children and adolescents, while after controlling for other factors, community SES and level of rurality did not contribute significantly.ConclusionsEarly intervention for children and families living in rural and remote communities is warranted particularly for low income families. There is a growing need for affordable, universal and accessible services provided in a timely way to balance the discrepancy of mental wellness scores between rural and urban communities. |
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