Immigration, Suicidal Ideation and Deliberate Self-Injury in the Boston Youth Survey 2006

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• Alternative Title:
  Suicide Life Threat Behav
• Personal Author:
  Borges, Guilherme ; Azrael, Deborah ; Almeida, Joanna ; Johnson, Renee M. ; Molnar, Beth E. ; Hemenway, David ; Miller, Matthew
• Description:
  The prevalence and immigration-related correlates of deliberate self-injury (DSI) and suicidal ideation (SI) were estimated in a sample of Boston public high school students in 2006. Compared with U.S.-born youth, immigrant youth were not at increased risk for DSI or SI, even if they had experienced discrimination due to their ancestry. By contrast, U.S.-born youth who reported having been discriminated against because of their ancestry had an increased risk of deliberate self-injury (odds ratio [OR] = 3.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6-5.9) and suicidal ideation (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.2-3.8). The combination of being U.S.-born and experiencing ancestry-based discrimination identifies youth at increased risk for suicidal behavior.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Confidence Intervals Emigrants And Immigrants Female Health Surveys Humans Male Odds Ratio Prejudice Prevalence Racial Groups Risk Factors Self-Injurious Behavior Suicidal Ideation Young Adult

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• Source:
  Suicide Life Threat Behav. 41(2):193-202.
• Pubmed ID:
  21470295
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5929125
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R25 DA026401/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; U49CE00740/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Boston, MA
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:aac4df01736c32dd7022c1222532ef0e86b997992ebd84db4d44fc5fa00403ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53697/cdc_53697_DS1.pdf
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