Cushon Jennifer, Waldner Cheryl, Scott Christina, Neudorf Cordell
Population and Public Health, Saskatoon Health Region, Royal University Hospital, Box 67, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W8.
School of Public Health and Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 104 Clinic Place, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 2Z4.
J Sch Health. 2016 Aug;86(8):578-84. doi: 10.1111/josh.12410.
We assessed associations between key demographic risk factors and the outcome of depressed mood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to inform the planning and implementation of mental health promotion programming in schools.
In the 2008/2009 school year, 3958 students from grades 5 through 8 from 76 elementary schools completed questions regarding depressed mood on the Student Health Survey administered by the Saskatoon Health Region. The demographic risk factors for depressed mood considered in this study included age, sex, cultural status, and neighborhood income, as well as the role of school and age cohorts or grades within schools.
We found Aboriginal students were significantly more likely to report moderate/severe depressed mood than other students. We also found older female adolescents were significantly more likely to report moderate/severe depressed mood. Neighborhood income explained the largest proportion (40%) of depressed mood differences between schools.
These results can inform the planning and implementation of mental health promotion programming by the health sector in Saskatoon's elementary schools, including an appropriate balance between targeted and population-based interventions that address both the distal and proximal determinants of depressed mood in adolescents.
我们评估了萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通市关键人口统计学风险因素与抑郁情绪结果之间的关联，以为学校心理健康促进项目的规划和实施提供信息。
在2008/2009学年，来自76所小学5至8年级的3958名学生完成了萨斯卡通健康区域管理的学生健康调查中关于抑郁情绪的问题。本研究中考虑的抑郁情绪的人口统计学风险因素包括年龄、性别、文化状况、邻里收入，以及学校和学校内年龄组或年级的作用。
我们发现，原住民学生比其他学生更有可能报告中度/重度抑郁情绪。我们还发现，年龄较大的女性青少年更有可能报告中度/重度抑郁情绪。邻里收入解释了学校之间抑郁情绪差异的最大比例（40%）。
这些结果可为萨斯卡通市小学卫生部门心理健康促进项目的规划和实施提供信息，包括在针对青少年抑郁情绪的远端和近端决定因素的有针对性干预和基于人群的干预之间取得适当平衡。
