Poverty, social inequality and mental health

Murali, Vijaya; Oyebode, Femi

doi:10.1192/apt.10.3.216

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“…Depression in poor children younger than 18 years has been linked to substance abuse, poor academic performance, teen childbearing, and unemployment. 132 Poor children also are more likely to be diagnosed with conduct disorders 133 and attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder. 134 Substance abuse, including alcohol and tobacco, is higher for poor adolescents, increasing the risk of emphysema and cirrhosis as well as cancer.…”

Section: Compromised Mental Health Behavioral Health and Relationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States

Pascoe¹,

Wood²,

Duffee³

et al. 2016

Pediatrics

134

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The link between poverty and children's health is well recognized. Even temporary poverty may have an adverse effect on children's health, and data consistently support the observation that poverty in childhood continues to have a negative effect on health into adulthood. In addition to childhood morbidity being related to child poverty, epidemiologic studies have documented a mortality gradient for children aged 1 to 15 years (and adults), with poor children experiencing a higher mortality rate than children from higher-income families. The global great recession is only now very slowly abating for millions of America's children and their families. At this diffi cult time in the history of our nation's families and immediately after the 50th anniversary year of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, it is particularly germane for the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is "dedicated to the health of all children, " to publish a research-supported technical report that examines the mediators associated with the longrecognized adverse effects of child poverty on children and their families. This technical report draws on research from a number of disciplines, including physiology, sociology, psychology, economics, and epidemiology, to describe the present state of knowledge regarding poverty's negative impact on children's health and development. Children inherit not only their parents' genes but also the family ecology and its social milieu. Thus, parenting skills, housing, neighborhood, schools, and other factors (eg, medical care) all have complex relations to each other and infl uence how each child's genetic canvas is expressed. Accompanying this technical report is a policy statement that describes specifi c actions that pediatricians and other child advocates can take to attenuate the negative effects of the mediators identifi ed in this technical report and improve the well-being of our nation's children and their families.There is no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. Although medical care and access to medical care are important factors in the health of children as well as adults, a broader perspective of the social determinants of health throughout the life cycle is critically important if significant gains are to be realized in our efforts to improve the health of this nation's children. -Nelson Mandela TECHNICAL REPORTResearch that examines mediators of health as well as the effects of poverty and other circumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age in childhood and throughout the life course is accumulating rapidly, and findings are providing critical insights that can inform these efforts. 4 The environment in which a child develops is influenced by parents' health, the immediate and extended family, housing, and community. All these factors are related to a family's social, economic, and health status. 5 These multiple factors in both the social and the physical domains have dynamic influences that link them to the long-t...

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Section: Compromised Mental Health Behavioral Health and Relationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States

Pascoe¹,

Wood²,

Duffee³

et al. 2016

Pediatrics

134

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“…From the broader health fi eld, studies have established an inverse relationship between income and psychological wellbeing (Adler et al, 1994;Murali and Oyebode, 2004) and have documented improvements in mental health following the alleviation of harsh economic conditions (Leventhal and Brooks-Gunn, 2003). A growing body of work also has revealed that, net of the effect of socioeconomic disadvantage, racial discrimination is associated with poorer mental health among minorities (Finch et al, 2000;Gee, 2002;Jackson et al, 1996;Williams et al, 1997).…”

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Social Disadvantage, Stress, and Alcohol Use Among Black, Hispanic, and White Americans: Findings From the 2005 U.S. National Alcohol Survey

Mulia

Zemore

et al. 2008

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

213

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“…Υπάξρεη κηα ζεηξά εξεπλώλ πνπ δείρλεη ηε ζπζρέηηζε αλάκεζα ζηελ ςπρηθή πγεία θαη ηνπο ρακεινύο θνηλσληθνύο -νηθνλνκηθνύο δείθηεο. Φακειά εηζνδήκαηα θαη δύζθνιεο θνηλσληθέο ζπλζήθεο ζε ζπλδπαζκό κε ηε κε πξόζβαζε ζε ππνζηεξηθηηθέο ππεξεζίεο απνηεινύλ παξάγνληεο άγρνπο θαη θξίζεσλ ζηελ νηθνγέλεηα θαη επεξεάδνπλ ηα παηδηά (Murali & Oyebode, 2004). Η θηώρεηα θαη ε θνηλσληθή αληζόηεηα είλαη ζεηηθά ζπλδεδεκέλα κε ηηο ρακειέο εθπαηδεπηηθέο επηδόζεηο θαη ειιείκκαηα ζηηο γλσζηηθέο δεμηόηεηεο ησλ παηδηώλ (Duncan, 1997).…”

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Μελέτη Περίπτωσης Στη Συμβουλευτική Γονέων: Μια Βιωματική Προσέγγιση Της Σχέσης Γονέων Και Παιδιών Σε Ομάδες Γονέων Με Τα Παιδιά Τους

Ορφανίδου¹

2016

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ΠεξίιεςεΣθνπόο ηεο παξνύζαο έξεπλαο ήηαλ ε ζπκβνπιεπηηθή γνλέσλ λα επηηεπρζεί κέζα από κία ζεηξά ζπλεδξηώλ κε έκθαζε ζηελ αιιειεπίδξαζε ηνπ παηδηνύ κε ην γνλέα. Πξνζθέξζεθαλ 10 ζπλεδξίεο κία θνξά ηελ εβδνκάδα, κηάκηζεο ώξαο. Σπκκεηείραλ 9 κεηέξεο θαη 11 παηδηά. Φξεζηκνπνηήζεθαλ όια ηα κέζα πνπ πξνζθέξεη ε παηγληνζεξαπεία -εηθαζηηθά κέζα (δσγξαθηθή, ρεηξνηερλία, πειόο θ.α.) κνπζηθή, ρνξόο, παηρλίδη ξόισλ θαη δξακαηνπνίεζε. Μέζα από κία ζεηξά δξαζηεξηνηήησλ δεκηνπξγήζεθαλ νη ζπλζήθεο ώζηε ηα παηδηά θαη νη γνλείο λα γίλνπλ ελεξγνί αθξναηέο ησλ αλαγθώλ ηεο κεηαμύ ηνπο ζρέζεο, λα δηαπξαγκαηεπηνύλ ηα όξηα θαη ηνλ ηξόπν δηεθδίθεζεο ησλ αλαγθώλ ηνπο θαη λα εληζρπζεί ε εκπηζηνζύλε κεηαμύ ηνπο. Αλαπαξάρζεθαλ γνλετθέο ζπκπεξηθνξέο, εθθξάζηεθαλ ηα αηηήκαηα ησλ παηδηώλ θαη ησλ γνλέσλ, αλαγλσξίζηεθαλ ηα πξνβιήκαηα ζηελ κεηαμύ ηνπο επηθνηλσλία, εθθξάζηεθαλ νη πξνζδνθίεο θαη αλαγλσξίζηεθε ηη κπνξεί λα πξνζθέξεη ην θάζε κέινο ηεο ζρέζεο γηα ηελ αξκνληθή ζπλύπαξμε ηεο κεηαμύ ηνπο ζρέζεο. Η ζπκβνπιεπηηθή γνλέσλ κ' απηό ηνλ ηξόπν δίλεη ηελ επθαηξία ζηνπο γνλείο λα θαηαλνήζνπλ ηηο αλάγθεο ησλ παηδηώλ ηνπο θαη ην ξόιν ηνπο σο γνλέα πνπ θαιείηαη λα αληαπνθξηζεί ζ' απηέο ηηο αλάγθεο. Λέμεηο -Κιεηδηά: ζπκβνπιεπηηθή γνλέσλ, παηγληνζεξαπεία, ελζπλαίζζεζε, επηθνηλσληαθέο δεμηόηεηεο AbstractThe aim of this study was the parent training to be accomplished in a process of sessions in which the emphasis was on the interaction between children and their parents. Ten sessions were offered, once a week, with a duration of one and half hour. A wide range of Play Therapy means were used such as creative art (painting, crafts, clay), music, dance, role play and dramatisation. The sessions were in such way developed that children and parents became active listeners of one another needs in their relationship, learnt to deal with limits and the management of their needs and learnt how to enhance the trust between them. Parenting styles were represented, parents' and children's demands found an expression, difficulties in their communication were recognised, expectations were expressed and it was recognised what it could be done in order to establish a harmonic relationship between them. Parent counselling that includes parents and children in the training, give the opportunity to parents to understand the needs of their children and their role as a person who has to attune themselves to children's needs.

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Poverty, social inequality and mental health

Cited by 343 publications

References 33 publications

Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States

Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States

Social Disadvantage, Stress, and Alcohol Use Among Black, Hispanic, and White Americans: Findings From the 2005 U.S. National Alcohol Survey

Μελέτη Περίπτωσης Στη Συμβουλευτική Γονέων: Μια Βιωματική Προσέγγιση Της Σχέσης Γονέων Και Παιδιών Σε Ομάδες Γονέων Με Τα Παιδιά Τους

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