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| Title |
The influence of caregiver depression on adolescent mental health outcomes: findings from refugee settlements in Uganda
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12888-017-1566-x |
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| Authors |
Sarah R Meyer, Mara Steinhaus, Clare Bangirana, Patrick Onyango-Mangen, Lindsay Stark |
| Abstract |
Family-level predictors, including caregiver depression, are considered important influences on adolescent mental health. Adolescent depression and anxiety in refugee settings is known to be a significant public health concern, yet there is very limited literature from humanitarian settings focusing on the relationship between caregiver mental health and adolescent mental health. In the context of a larger study on child protection outcomes in refugee settings, researchers explored the relationship between caregiver depression and adolescent mental health in two refugee settlements, Kiryandongo and Adjumani, in Uganda. Adolescents between 13 and 17 and their caregivers participated in a household survey, which included measures of adolescent anxiety and depression, and caregiver depression. Analysis was conducted using multiple logistic regression models, and results were reported for the full sample and for each site separately. In Kiryandongo, a one-unit increase in a caregiver's depression score tripled the odds that the adolescent would have high levels of anxiety symptoms (AOR: 3.0, 95% CI: 1.4, 6.1), while in Adjumani, caregiver depression did not remain significant in the final model. Caregiver depression, gender and exposure to violence were all associated with higher symptoms of adolescent depression in both sites and the full sample, for example, a one unit increase in caregiver depression more than tripled the odds of higher levels of symptoms of adolescent depression (AOR: 3.6, 95% CI: 2.0, 6.2). Caregiver depression is a consistently significantly associated with adverse mental health outcomes for adolescents in this study. Adolescent well-being is significantly affected by caregiver mental health in this refugee context. Child protection interventions in humanitarian contexts do not adequately address the influence of caregivers' mental health, and there are opportunities to integrate child protection programming with prevention and treatment of caregivers' mental health symptoms. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 209 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 37 | 18% |
| Researcher | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 24 | 11% |
| Unknown | 68 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 9% |
| Unknown | 77 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 July 2022.
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#2,761,365
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#22
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