Psychosocial problems among immigrant and non-immigrant children--ethnicity plays a role in their occurrence and identification.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry
; 14(3): 145-52, 2005 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study aims to examine a) the prevalence of psychosocial problems and b) the association between parent-reported problems and the identification by doctors and nurses (child health professionals, CHP) working in preventive child health care, among immigrant and non-immigrant children.METHODS:
CHPs examined 4,098 children aged 5 through 15 years (response 90.1%) and interviewed parents and children during their routine health assessments in 19 Child Healthcare Services across the Netherlands, serving nearly all school-aged children routinely. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was completed by the parents. We compared five ethnic groups indigenous Dutch, economic immigrants, immigrants from (former) Dutch colonies, from other non-industrialised, and from other industrialised countries.RESULTS:
The prevalence of parent-reported problems on the CBCL is higher among children from former Dutch colonies and economic immigrant children than among indigenous children, especially regarding internalizing problems (odds ratios (OR); 95% confidence interval 1.84; 1.03 to 3.29, and 2.52; 1.46 to 4.34). CHPs identified more problems among economic immigrant children (OR 1.62; 1.01 to 2.60). Regarding associations, rates of CHP-identified problems were higher among indigenous children with clinical compared with normal CBCL Total Problems scores (OR 6.90; 5.27 to 9.03), but not among economic immigrant children (OR 0.73; 0.16 to 3.21).CONCLUSIONS:
Psychosocial problems occur more frequently among some immigrant groups. CHP identification of psychosocial problems is poorly associated with parent report regarding economic immigrant children. This needs to be improved in order to provide better care.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Servicios Preventivos de Salud
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Conducta Social
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Etnicidad
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Servicios de Salud del Niño
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Emigración e Inmigración
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
PEDIATRIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos