Suicide among Adolescents in Jamaica: What Do We Know?

Holder-Nevins, D; James, Karen; Bridgelal-Nagassar, R; Bailey, Alan P; Thompson, E.; Eldemire, H.; Sewell, C. Mack; Abel, WD

doi:10.7727/wimj.2011.133

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“…Como se planteó, no se encontraron diferencias significativas (p = 0,877) con respecto a que la localidad de residencia de los adolescentes sea un factor predisponente para aumentar el riesgo de suicidio. Al comparar este aspecto de la investigación con publicaciones extranjeras, nuestro hallazgo no concuerda con lo descrito en estudios realizados en otros países, ya que en sus resultados demuestran una mayor prevalencia de suicidios en poblaciones rurales sobre las urbanas (7,30,35,36). Sin embargo, existen estudios cuyos resultados concuerdan con los nuestros, como el de Freuchen et al realizado en Noruega; el de Yao et al aplicado en China, y el de Husky et al en Estados Unidos, donde ninguno de estos autores encontró diferencias significativas entre la población urbana y la rural para distintas conductas suicidas (37)(38)(39).…”

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“…De acuerdo con los resultados actuales, estudios previos han demostrado que existe relación entre riesgo de suicidio adolescente y la localidad en países como Estados Unidos, China, Sudáfrica y Jamaica (7,30,35,36); sin embargo, esta investigación arroja que no existe relación con estos hallazgos (F = 0,024; p > 0,05), lo que coincide con otros estudios nacionales e internacionales (27,(31)(32)(33). Al hablar de género se establece que las mujeres, casi sin excepción, poseen mayor riesgo de suicidio que los hombres en casi la totalidad de las investigaciones (31,40,41,42), resultados que son coincidentes con los nuestros (F = 17,861; p > 0,05).…”

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Riesgo de suicidio adolescente en localidades urbanas y rurales por género, región de Coquimbo, Chile

Ardiles-Irarrazabal¹,

Alfaro-Robles²,

Díaz-Mancilla³

et al. 2018

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Objetivo: comparar el riesgo de suicidio de adolescentes de enseñanza media, residentes de localidades urbanas y rurales por género en la Región de Coquimbo, Chile. Material y método: la investigación es de tipo cuantitativo descriptivo no experimental, en una muestra no probabilística. En noviembre del 2016, de forma anónima, se aplicó el Cuestionario de Screening de Suicidalidad de Okasha, sobre tendencia suicida, a una muestra de 349 adolescentes de 14-19 años (48,7 % hombres-51,3 % mujeres), que asistían a establecimientos educativos urbanos y rurales, de la región de Coquimbo, en Chile. Se utilizó una ANOVA de dos vías para las variables localidad y género. Resultados: no existen diferencias en el riesgo de suicidio según localización geográfica, pero sí por género; se presentó un 15,76 % de adolescentes femeninas con riesgo suicida. Conclusiones: el suicidio es un problema de salud pública mundial, sobre el que no se ha abordado adecuadamente a nivel de prevención y promoción en salud; existe diversidad de factores que influyen en el riesgo suicida y el factor asociado al género femenino presenta un mayor riesgo; mientras que la ubicación geográfica de residencia no registra riesgo.

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Riesgo de suicidio adolescente en localidades urbanas y rurales por género, región de Coquimbo, Chile

Ardiles-Irarrazabal¹,

Alfaro-Robles²,

Díaz-Mancilla³

et al. 2018

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“…en Sudáfrica, ni por Holder-Nevins y cols. en Jamaica que demuestran una mayor prevalencia de suicidios en población rural 36,37 . Sin embargo, resultan parcialmente consistentes con lo descrito por Pillai y cols.…”

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Prevalencia de intento de suicidio adolescente y factores de riesgo asociados en una comuna rural de la provincia de Concepción

Valdivia¹,

Silva²,

Sanhueza³

et al. 2015

Rev. méd. Chile

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“…Specifically, students attending nursing programmes experienced moderately high levels of stress in clinical environments [111]. Notably, in one study students were also more likely than non-students to report suicidality [68]. As for the school environment, one study suggested that schools offering mental health interventions (e.g., whole school approaches) were not significantly beneficial to YP's mental health [121], but other studies suggested some improvements in behaviour problems like the use of profanity [122,123].…”

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“…In a large proportion of the studies (20 out of 43 or 46.5%) females were more likely than males to report depressive symptoms [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52], disordered eating/body image issues [53][54][55][56], psychiatric disorders [57] and other internalising problems [58]. Although females were more likely to have suicide ideation and non-fatal suicide attempts [59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67], males were more likely to be at risk of completing suicide [59,68]. Similarly, although older females were more likely than males to express significantly higher indirect aggression [69], younger males displayed more verbal and physical aggression [70].…”

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Factors associated with children and young people’s mental health in the English-speaking Caribbean region: Systematic review and narrative synthesis

Liverpool

Draoui²,

Tucker³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Studies conducted in regions consisting of low and middle income and developing countries often report high prevalence of mental health problems among children and young people (CYP). To identify some of the contributing factors we examined the available evidence from research in one such setting. Methods Multiple academic databases and grey literature sources were searched until January 2022. We then identified primary research focusing on CYP’s mental health in the English-speaking Caribbean region. Data was extracted and summarized to form a narrative synthesis of the factors associated with CYP’s mental health. The synthesis was then organised according to the social-ecological model. The Joanna Briggs Institute’s critical appraisal tools were used to examine the quality of the reviewed evidence. The study protocol was registered with PROSPERO, CRD42021283161. Results From 9684 records, 83 publications representing CYP ages 3 to 24 years from 13 countries met our inclusion criteria. The evidence was varied in quality, quantity and consistency for 21 factors associated with CYP’s mental health. Adverse events and negative peer to peer and sibling relationships were consistently associated with mental health problems, while helpful coping strategies were associated with better mental health. There were mixed findings for age, sex/gender, race/ethnicity, academic level, comorbidity, positive affect, health risks behaviours, religion/prayer, parent history, parent to parent and parent to child relationships, school/employment, geography and social status. There was also some limited evidence for associations between sexuality, screen time and policies/procedures and CYP’s mental health. At least 40% of the evidence contributing to each of the factors was judged as high quality. Conclusion Individual, relationship, community and societal factors may influence CYP’s mental health outcomes in the English-speaking Caribbean. Knowledge of these factors is useful to inform early identification and early interventions. More research is needed to explore inconsistent findings and understudied areas.

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Suicide among Adolescents in Jamaica: What Do We Know?

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Riesgo de suicidio adolescente en localidades urbanas y rurales por género, región de Coquimbo, Chile

Riesgo de suicidio adolescente en localidades urbanas y rurales por género, región de Coquimbo, Chile

Prevalencia de intento de suicidio adolescente y factores de riesgo asociados en una comuna rural de la provincia de Concepción

Factors associated with children and young people’s mental health in the English-speaking Caribbean region: Systematic review and narrative synthesis

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