Lack of mental well-being in 15-year-olds: an undisclosed iceberg?

Potts, Yvonne; Gillies, Marjorie L; Wood, Stuart F

doi:10.1093/fampra/18.1.95

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“…It has been found that adolescents might also experience resistance or hostility and bad attitudes from adults when they attempt to obtain the reproductive health information and services. These circumstances can be attributed to a number of social, religious, cultural, economic, and gender-related factors (Potts et al, 2001). It may not be misleading to state that these factors are present in Nigeria where this study was conducted.…”

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Care Seeking Determinants among Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Onajole¹,

Dolapo²,

Osunkalu³

et al. 2010

Sierra Leone j. biomed. res.

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Adolescents often lack basic reproductive health information, knowledge, and access to affordable confidential health services for reproductive health. This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to examine the care seeking determinants of adolescents accessing the adolescent friendly services at the Action Health Incorporated Adolescent Clinic in Lagos, Nigeria. A structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used to elicit information about demographics; past medical history; family history; reproductive/sexual history. The study was explained to the adolescents and their consent was obtained before interviewing them. Data analysis was done using SPSS Version 15. A multiple logistic regression was used to model the relationship between client facility-use status and selected individual characteristics. Odd ratio and confidence interval were computed, and a level of significance of 0.05 was chosen. The mean age of the adolescent was 16.3 ± 2.8 years. A high proportion (77.5%) of them reported not to be sexually active. The logistic regression model identified preferred/adopted contraceptive during last visit (OR = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.35 to 1.00), sexual status (OR = 0.40, 95% C.I= 0.27 to 0.60) and religion OR = 2.04, 95% C.I = 1.43 to 2.92) as determinants of adolescents' booking for a re-visit to the clinic. The determinants of adolescents' booking for re-visit to Action Health Incorporated clinic were preferred/adopted contraceptive during last visit, sexual status and religion. The implication of this may be that those who did not book for re-visits felt that they were not adequately benefiting from the services rendered at the clinic. More varieties of adolescent friendly services that meet the needs of all adolescents should be included at the clinic.

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confidence: 99%

Care Seeking Determinants among Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Onajole¹,

Dolapo²,

Osunkalu³

et al. 2010

Sierra Leone j. biomed. res.

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“…4,12,13 Only 10% of young people presented with psychological complaints. Despite not presenting for such reasons, a quarter of participants perceived they had a mental illness when asked to evaluate their mental health status.…”

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“…Studies indicate that despite the burden of disease attributable to mental and behavioral disorders, the majority of consultations to family doctors are for somatic health problems (respiratory and dermatological). 4,12,13 Although many of them would welcome a discussion on these themes, few receive counseling about health-related behaviors in the consultation. [14][15][16] In the US, about 8% of all ambulatory care encounters (specialist and primary care) are with patients in the age group 15 to 24 years.…”

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Toward Youth Friendly Services: A Survey of Young People in Primary Care

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BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization encourages the development of youth friendly services, yet little is known on how youth currently present in general practice. OBJECTIVE:To describe the perspectives, expectations, and service receipt of young people presenting to family doctors to inform the development of youth friendly services. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS:Consecutive young people attending 26 randomly selected practices were recruited in the waiting rooms. Standardized instruments were used to interview them before their consultation. RESULTS:Of 501 young people who were approached, 450 participated (91% participation rate). Most had respiratory (26%) or dermatological complaints (18%). When asked to assess their health status, 59% perceived they had neither a physical nor a mental illness. However, 43% stated they had fears about their health problem and 1 in 5 feared it could be life-threatening. Although only 10% presented with psychological complaints, 24% perceived they currently had a mental illness. The most common expectations were treatment (50%) and good communication (42%). Most youth were prescribed medication (60%), but 40% of those who received a prescription had not expected to receive a treatment. A follow-up appointment was offered to 57% of participants.CONCLUSIONS: This study identifies a gap between young people's perception of illness and their presentations to family doctors. It also highlights unexpected fears, and a mismatch between expectations and service receipt. These findings have implications for family medicine training and for clinical practice. They should inform the development of youth friendly services.

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“…Unfortunately, according to recent reports, this group of the society benefits the least from programs related to the prevention of psychological diseases (19,20).…”

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Prediction of Health Promoting Behaviors Through the Health Locus of Control in a Sample of Adolescents in Iran

2016

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Background: Health promoting behaviors are amongst the best methods through which people can maintain and control their health. Objectives: The aim of this study was the prediction of health promoting behaviors through the health locus of control in a sample of adolescents in Bandar Abbas, in the south of Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the Wallston questionnaire and adolescent health promoting scale were used for data collection. From the 378 distributed questionnaires among the students, 342 questionnaires were completed and returned (response rate = 90.5%). Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regressions were used to analyze the data by the SPSS 19 software.

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Lack of mental well-being in 15-year-olds: an undisclosed iceberg?

Cited by 39 publications

References 10 publications

Care Seeking Determinants among Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Care Seeking Determinants among Adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Toward Youth Friendly Services: A Survey of Young People in Primary Care

Prediction of Health Promoting Behaviors Through the Health Locus of Control in a Sample of Adolescents in Iran

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