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School-Level Poverty and Persistent Feelings of Sadness or Hopelessness, Suicidality, and Experiences with Violence Victimization among Public High School Students
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2020
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Source: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 31(3):1248-1263
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Alternative Title:J Health Care Poor Underserved
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Description:Objectives.
To examine the association between school-level poverty status and students’ persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, suicidality, and experiences with violence victimization among U.S. high school students.
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Public schools captured in the 2015 and 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were categorized as high-, mid-, or low-poverty based on the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals (N=29,448).
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Students in high-poverty schools were signifi cantly more likely than students in low-poverty schools to experience persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, experience suicidal thoughts and attempts, not go to school because of safety concerns, be threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, be bullied on school property, be physically forced to have sexual intercourse, and be victims of sexual and physical dating violence.
Conclusions.
School and community approaches to address suicide and violence victimization may be especially important for students living in poverty.
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Pubmed ID:33416692
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11382096
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