Ta Van M, Juon Hee-Soon, Gielen Andrea C, Steinwachs Donald, McFarlane Elizabeth, Duggan Anne
School of Medicine, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2009 Feb;45(1):42-55. doi: 10.1007/s10597-008-9177-0. Epub 2008 Dec 20.
This longitudinal study examined racial differences in depressive symptoms at three time points among Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) and white mothers at-risk for child maltreatment (n = 616). The proportion of mothers with depressive symptoms ranged from 28 to 35% at all time points. Adjusted analyses revealed that Asian and NHOPI mothers were significantly more likely than white mothers to have depressive symptoms but this disparity was present only among families at mild/moderate risk for child maltreatment. Future research should identify ways to reduce this disparity and involve the Asian and NHOPI communities in prevention and treatment program design and implementation.
这项纵向研究在三个时间点考察了有儿童虐待风险的亚洲、夏威夷原住民/其他太平洋岛民（NHOPI）和白人母亲（n = 616）在抑郁症状方面的种族差异。在所有时间点，有抑郁症状的母亲比例在28%至35%之间。经调整的分析显示，亚洲和NHOPI母亲比白人母亲更有可能出现抑郁症状，但这种差异仅存在于儿童虐待风险为轻度/中度的家庭中。未来的研究应确定减少这种差异的方法，并让亚洲和NHOPI社区参与预防和治疗项目的设计与实施。
