Resource Tag: LATIN AMERICA
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Analyzing 14-years of suicide rates in Chile: Impact of alcohol policy, domestic violence, and a suicide prevention program
Suicide is a major public health problem worldwide with far-reaching effects on families, communities, and societies. Influencing factors range from macro-level interventions like alcohol control policies and suicide prevention programs to individual contributors such as alcohol abuse and domestic violence. This study aimed to examine the relationship between Chile’s suicide rate changes from 2002 to […]
A systematic review of mental health in rural Andean populations in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
Background: COVID-19 has been causing mental health problems around the world, with rural and indigenous peoples likely to be the most affected. This systematic review synthesizes and critically analyzes the existing literature on mental disorders in the rural Andean population in Latin America. Methods: A systematic review with narrative synthesis was carried out following the PRISMA guidelines. […]
The engaged community action for preventing suicide (ECAPS) model in Latin America: Development of the ¡PEDIR! program
Purpose It is estimated that someone dies by suicide every 40 s globally and that 3000 people end their lives daily. Of these deaths, 79% occur in low-resource settings. The very nature of the low-resource settings often serves as a barrier to the adoption and implementation of evidence-based suicide prevention models that have demonstrated success in […]
Contextual factors associated with country-level suicide mortality in the Americas, 2000–2019: cross-sectional ecological study
Background The suicide mortality rate in the Region of the Americas has been increasing, while decreasing in all other World Health Organization regions; highlighting the urgent need for enhanced prevention efforts. Gaining a better understanding of population-level contextual factors associated with suicide may aid such efforts. We aimed to evaluate the contextual factors associated with […]
Suicide prevention in the Americas
The Americas encompass the entirety of the continents of North America and South America, representing 49 countries. Together, they make up most of Earth’s western hemisphere. The population is over 1 billion (2006 figure), with over 65 % living in one of the three most populated countries (the United States, Brazil, and Mexico). The Americas […]
Latina adolescent suicide ideations and attempts: associations with connectedness to parents, peers, and teachers.
Associations between suicidal behavior and social-ecological variables were examined among 1,618 Latina high school students (mean age = 15) from the nationally representative Add Health sample (68% were U.S.-born). Ideations were associated with having a suicidal friend, lower perceived father support, and overall parental caring. Attempts were associated with having a suicidal friend, and lower […]
Familism, family environment, and suicide attempts among Latina youth.
In this study, we examined the relationship between familism and family environment type as well as the relationship between family environment type and suicide attempts among Latina youth. Latina teen attempters (n = 109) and nonattempters (n = 107) were recruited from the New York City area. Latent class analysis revealed three family environment types: […]
Living Conditions of Elderly People in Developing Countries With Special Reference to Latin-America: Psychological and Sociological Aspects
This paper discusses the problems facing the elderly in developing nations. The situation of Latin American elderly is described, such as extreme poverty, loss of status, social isolation & increasing urbanization. States that living conditions are high loaded with suicidality for the elderly in Latin America. Discusses important aspects of the stress, biographic & personal […]
Mortality From Accidents and Violence in the Americas
The analysis in this article is based on mortality data from all countries in North America, Latin America, & the Carribean for various time periods since the early 1960s. Tables portray trends in the percentage of registered deaths due to external causes, trends in age-adjusted death rates from externa; mortality causes by sex; & percentage […]
The Effects on Children and Adolescents of Parents’ Excessive Drinking: an International Review
Reviews findings from several countries relative to the effect of parental alcoholism on children & adolescents. Evidence indicates that parental drinking markedly increases health risks including diminished intellectual capacity & development, increased neuroticism, & a wide range of psychological & behavioral disorders. Long-term adverse consequences include substance abuse, criminality, suicide, depression, personality disorders, & abstaining […]
The Public Image of Suicide: Attitudes Toward Suicide & Mental Illness
A research study on attitudes of the general population toward mental illness has been ongoing for over a 14 year period. The purpose was to help promote change, fight prejudice within family structures & hopefully promote positive attitudes within the community. The study consisted of interviews in which Questionnaire of Attitudes Toward Mental Illness (QAMI) […]