Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia
Purpose: Ongoing armed conflicts, like the one in Colombia, have forcibly displaced millions of people including many young children. This study aimed to assess the mental health of internally displaced preschoolers in Bogotá Colombia and to identify correlates of mental health in these children. Me...
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ir-10336-233072022-05-02T12:37:17Z Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia Flink, Ilse J. E. Restrepo-Espinosa, Maria Helena Blanco, Diana P. Ortegon, Mónica M. Enriquez, Carolina L. Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein Analysis of variance Article Behavior disorder Caregiver Checklist Colombia Cross-sectional study Demography Female Human Infant Male Mental disease Mental health Migration Preschool child Psychological aspect Socioeconomics Statistical model Statistics Analysis of variance Caregivers Checklist Child behavior disorders Colombia Cross-sectional studies Emigration and immigration Female Humans Infant Logistic models Male Mental disorders Mental health Residence characteristics Socioeconomic factors Armed conflict Child health Inequalities Mental health Poverty Violence preschool Child Purpose: Ongoing armed conflicts, like the one in Colombia, have forcibly displaced millions of people including many young children. This study aimed to assess the mental health of internally displaced preschoolers in Bogotá Colombia and to identify correlates of mental health in these children. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted among 279 children attending four kindergartens in a deprived neighbourhood in Bogotá. Child mental health was assessed with the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) 1.5-5 years, a parent-report. Univariate analyses and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to assess the association between displacement and child mental health and to identify correlates of mental health in displaced children. Results: Displaced children (n = 90) more often met borderline cut-off scores for the CBCL scales than non-displaced children (n = 189) (e.g. total problems 46.7 vs. 22.8 %; p less than 0.001). The association between displacement and presence of CBCL total problems remained after adjustment for socio-demographic factors (Adjusted OR 3.3, 95 % CI 1.5; 6.9). Caretaker's mental health partly explained the association. In displaced children, caretaker's mental health (p less than 0.01) and family functioning (p less than 0.01) were independently associated with child mental health. Exposure to traumatic events and social support was also associated with child mental health; however, associations were not independent. Conclusion: In this deprived neighbourhood in Bogotá, preschool children registered as internally displaced presented worse mental health than non-displaced peers. Family functioning and caretaker's mental health were strongly and independently associated with displaced children's mental health. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2013 2020-05-26T00:01:03Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 14339285 09337954 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23307 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-012-0611-9 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf instname:Universidad del Rosario |
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Analysis of variance Article Behavior disorder Caregiver Checklist Colombia Cross-sectional study Demography Female Human Infant Male Mental disease Mental health Migration Preschool child Psychological aspect Socioeconomics Statistical model Statistics Analysis of variance Caregivers Checklist Child behavior disorders Colombia Cross-sectional studies Emigration and immigration Female Humans Infant Logistic models Male Mental disorders Mental health Residence characteristics Socioeconomic factors Armed conflict Child health Inequalities Mental health Poverty Violence preschool Child |
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Analysis of variance Article Behavior disorder Caregiver Checklist Colombia Cross-sectional study Demography Female Human Infant Male Mental disease Mental health Migration Preschool child Psychological aspect Socioeconomics Statistical model Statistics Analysis of variance Caregivers Checklist Child behavior disorders Colombia Cross-sectional studies Emigration and immigration Female Humans Infant Logistic models Male Mental disorders Mental health Residence characteristics Socioeconomic factors Armed conflict Child health Inequalities Mental health Poverty Violence preschool Child Flink, Ilse J. E. Restrepo-Espinosa, Maria Helena Blanco, Diana P. Ortegon, Mónica M. Enriquez, Carolina L. Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia |
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Purpose: Ongoing armed conflicts, like the one in Colombia, have forcibly displaced millions of people including many young children. This study aimed to assess the mental health of internally displaced preschoolers in Bogotá Colombia and to identify correlates of mental health in these children. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted among 279 children attending four kindergartens in a deprived neighbourhood in Bogotá. Child mental health was assessed with the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) 1.5-5 years, a parent-report. Univariate analyses and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to assess the association between displacement and child mental health and to identify correlates of mental health in displaced children. Results: Displaced children (n = 90) more often met borderline cut-off scores for the CBCL scales than non-displaced children (n = 189) (e.g. total problems 46.7 vs. 22.8 %; p less than 0.001). The association between displacement and presence of CBCL total problems remained after adjustment for socio-demographic factors (Adjusted OR 3.3, 95 % CI 1.5; 6.9). Caretaker's mental health partly explained the association. In displaced children, caretaker's mental health (p less than 0.01) and family functioning (p less than 0.01) were independently associated with child mental health. Exposure to traumatic events and social support was also associated with child mental health; however, associations were not independent. Conclusion: In this deprived neighbourhood in Bogotá, preschool children registered as internally displaced presented worse mental health than non-displaced peers. Family functioning and caretaker's mental health were strongly and independently associated with displaced children's mental health. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. |
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Flink, Ilse J. E. Restrepo-Espinosa, Maria Helena Blanco, Diana P. Ortegon, Mónica M. Enriquez, Carolina L. Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein |
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Flink, Ilse J. E. Restrepo-Espinosa, Maria Helena Blanco, Diana P. Ortegon, Mónica M. Enriquez, Carolina L. Beirens, Tinneke M. J. Raat, Hein |
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Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia |
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Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia |
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Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia |
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Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia |
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Mental health of internally displaced preschool children: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia |
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mental health of internally displaced preschool children: a cross-sectional study conducted in bogotá, colombia |
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