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Common mental disorders in a young urban population in Colombia
- Authors:
- HARPHAM Trudy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 187(2), August 2005, pp.161-167.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study measures the prevalence of common mental disorders among low-income young people in the city of Cali, Colombia and to examine associations with violence and social capital. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire was administered to 1057 young people aged 15-25 years. Social capital, violence, alcoholism and socio-demographic variables were also measured. The results found 255 young people (24%) with common mental disorders. Being a woman, having limited education and experiencing high levels of violence were the main risk factors for common mental disorders. Social capital did not emerge as a risk factor. The study found a large burden of mental ill health among young people was found; this requires urgent interventions and more research on the mechanisms which link mental health and violence.
Participatory child poverty assessment in rural Vietnam
- Authors:
- HARPHAM Trudy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 19(1), January 2005, pp.27-41.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There are increasing calls for more child specific measures of poverty in developing countries and the need for such measures to be multi-dimensional (that is not just based on income) has been recognised. Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs) are now common in international development research. Most PPAs have been undertaken with adults and there are still relatively few PPAs with children. The objective of the current study was to understand adults' and children's perceptions of the causes and consequences of child poverty in rural Vietnam using a variety of participatory methods. Poor children are perceived by poor children as those who lack basic needs such as food, clothes, and safe shelter. Poor children feel they do not receive enough attention from their parents, have to work and have no safe place to play.