Social determinants of GHQ score by postal survey

Harrison, Judy A.; Barrow, Steve; Gask, Linda; Creed, Francis

doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.3.283

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“…A score of four or greater was used to indicate poor mental health. 30,31 Our main independent variable was an index of cultural capital. Given the multidimensionality of this concept, we used several indicators to tap it.…”

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Cultural Capital and Self-Rated Health in Low Income Women: Evidence from the Urban Health Study, Beirut, Lebanon

Khawaja

Mowafi²

2006

J Urban Health

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This paper examines the association between cultural capital and self-rated psychosocial health among poor, ever-married Lebanese women living in an urban context. Both self-rated general and mental health status were assessed using data from a cross-sectional survey of 1,869 women conducted in 2003. Associations between self-rated general and mental health status and cultural capital were obtained using chi (2) tests and odds ratios from binary logistic regression models. Cultural capital had significant associations with self-perceived general and mental health status net of the effects of social capital, SES, demographics, community and health risk factors. For example, the odds ratios for poor general and mental health associated with low cultural capital were 4.5 (CI: 2.95-6.95) and 2.9 (CI: 2.09-4.05), respectively, as compared to participants with high cultural capital. As expected, health risk factors were significantly associated with both measures of health status. However, demographic and community variables were associated with general health but not with mental health status. The findings pertaining to social capital and measures of SES were mixed. Cultural capital was a powerful and significant predictor of self-perceived general and mental health among women living in poor urban communities.

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Cultural Capital and Self-Rated Health in Low Income Women: Evidence from the Urban Health Study, Beirut, Lebanon

Khawaja

Mowafi²

2006

J Urban Health

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“…De manera general, la comorbilidad y la situación socioeconómica son los factores más importantes a nivel individual [5][6][7][8][9]21 mientras que los factores económicos y demográficos lo son a nivel de grupo 6,7,19 . La asociación de un número importante de trastornos crónicos con depresión, ansiedad y otros trastornos mentales, se justifica en gran medida por el hecho de que estas personas han de adaptar sus aspiraciones, estilos de vida, situación laboral, etc.…”

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“…Todas estas variables explicativas se han seleccionado con el fin de representar el conjunto de factores que según la literatura revisada pueden tener una influencia en el desarrollo de trastornos mentales [5][6][7][8][9] , agrupados en los conceptos siguientes: comorbilidad, factores estresantes, sociodemográficos y económicos y de recursos sanitarios. En el anexo 1 se describen las variables utilizadas en el estudio.…”

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“…Los factores a los que se atribuyen estas diferencias se relacionan con características sociodemográficas del territorio, con la oferta de servicios sanitarios [5][6] y con distintos indicadores de necesidad que señalan aspectos individuales, como las variables demográficas y socioeconómicas, antecedentes de factores estresantes y enfermedades orgáni-cas [7][8][9] . Por tanto, la distinta distribución de estos factores a nivel del territorio podría explicar, al menos en parte, las diferencias observadas entre áreas geográficas.…”

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Factores individuales y del entrono asociados a la variabilidad geográfica de los trastornos psicológicos entre áreas pequeñas: un análisis multinivel

Magarolas¹,

Puig²,

Fanegas³

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Rev. Esp. Salud Publica

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“…Unemployment has been widely regarded as a major risk factor for mental health problems (Comino, Harris, Silove, Manicavasagar, & Harris, 2000;Breslin & Mustard, 2003;Harrison, Barrow, & Creed, 1998;Harrison, Barrow, Gask, & Creed, 1999;Lewis & Sloggett, 1998). The completed suicide rate for men was consistently higher than that of women across all developed countries/ cities (World Health Organization [WHO], 2002).…”

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Family relations and mental health of unemployed middle-aged Chinese men

Chiu

2006

Journal of Mental Health

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Background: The over-representation of middle-age men among completed suicides had raised concerns over the mental health issues of unemployed Chinese men. Aims: The relation between family relations and mental health was explored. Method: 190 unemployed men attending the job centres were interviewed with a structured questionnaire.Results: Almost three-quarters (73.2%) of the participants had common mental disturbances as defined by GHQ caseness. Low household income group (OR ¼ 3.47, 95% CI 1.40 -8.61) and high emotion families (OR ¼ 10.34, 95% CI 3.55 -30.09) were found to have increased risks. Conclusions: There were some indications that worsening family relations and communication might have triggered off a culturally constrained appraisal of man's own role and subsequent mental health disturbances. Implications were discussed with reference to the need of an early coordinated intervention approach that was both gender and culturally sensitive rather than mere occupational retraining.

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Social determinants of GHQ score by postal survey

Cited by 51 publications

References 31 publications

Cultural Capital and Self-Rated Health in Low Income Women: Evidence from the Urban Health Study, Beirut, Lebanon

Cultural Capital and Self-Rated Health in Low Income Women: Evidence from the Urban Health Study, Beirut, Lebanon

Factores individuales y del entrono asociados a la variabilidad geográfica de los trastornos psicológicos entre áreas pequeñas: un análisis multinivel

Family relations and mental health of unemployed middle-aged Chinese men

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