lives and has this resulted in increased labor participation (a problem explored for rural Dominican women as well as for Jamaican and Barbadian women) or in the migration to metropolitan centers, with its psychosocial consequences (an issue raised for Puerto Rican women living in the United ...
Mental health problems have consistently been identified as one of the main causes of overall disease burden and one of the primary drivers of disability worldwide [1,2,3]. Among children and young people (CYP), 10–20% experience mental health problems [4,5,6]. The evidence also suggests...
Rubin and Kelly International Journal for Equity in Health (2015) 14:87 DOI 10.1186/s12939-015-0227-2 RESEARCH Open Access A cross-sectional investigation of parenting style and friendship as mediators of the relation between social class and mental health in a university community Mark Rubin* ...
Growth retardation is associated with changes in the stress response system and behavior in school-aged jamaican children. In the developing world, 39% of children <5 y old are short for their age (stunted, defined as height-for-age less than -2 SD of National Center for Health... C Lia...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Psychological Health and Life Experiences of Pregnant Adolescent Mothers in Jamaica A recent Jamaican school-based survey revealed that 23.1% of 13鈥 15 year-olds, had attempted suicide one or more times during the last 12 months. Rese...
a higher social class were expected to have experienced more authoritative and less authoritarian parenting styles; these parenting styles were expected to lead to greater friendship and social integration at university; and greater friendship and integration were expected to lead to better mental health...
At baseline, 57.6% of women had clinically significant mental health risk scores, 24.3% of women had probable minor depression, and mild to moderate levels of anxiety were reported in 23.2% of women. Borderline personality disorder was reported by 12.5% of women. Conclusions Overall, this sample...
Later that day I went home to ask my mum what a paki was, then she explained I have a different color skin to everyone else in my school because my dad is Jamaican. The word they used was supposed to be an insult towards people from Pakistan. ...
“These cards will help children in crisis get the support they need quickly,” said Attorney General Kaul. “Wisconsin DOJ’s Office of School Safety is proud to be partnering with the Office of Children’s Mental Health on this important resource.” ...
John brings a multifaceted approach to the mental aspects of sports and health. Combined with his expertise in clinical and applied sports psychology, John has extensive experience coaching high school and college teams, teaching, and consulting with professional, elite, college, high school, and ...