Mental health, quality of life, and nutritional status of adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Comparison between an urban slum and a non-slum area

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1477-1488

  Izutsu, Takashi ^a   Tsutsumi, Atsuro ^b   Islam, Akramul Md ^c   Kato, Seika ^d   Wakai, Susumu ^e   Kurita, Hiroshi ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Developing countries; Gender; Mental health; Quality of life; Slum; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GATED COMMUNITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746323585     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Achenbach T.M., and Rescorla L.A. Manual for the ASEBA school-age forms & profiles (2001), University of Vermonts. Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families, Burlington
2. Ahmed S.M., Rana A.K., Chowdhury M., and Bhuiya A. Measuring perceived health outcomes in non-Western culture: does SF-36 have a place?. Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition 20 (2002) 334-342
3. American Psychiatric Association (APA). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fourth edition text revision (2000), APA, Washington, DC
4. Awasthi S., Nichter M., and Pande V.K. Developing an interactive STD-prevention program for youth: Lessons from a north Indian slum. Studies in Family Planning 31 (2000) 138-150
5. Backmann M., London L., and Barron P. Infant mortality rate inequalities in the Western Cape province of South Africa. International Journal of Epidemiology 25 (1996) 966-972
6. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2000 Statistical yearbook of Bangladesh. 21st ed. (2002), Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka
7. Barnett E., Strogatz D., Armstrong D., and Wing S. Urbanization and coronary heart disease mortality among African Americans in the US south. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 50 (1996) 252-257
8. Chattopadhyay O., Gill J.S., Bali P., and Wig N.N. Psychotic disorders in the adult population of an urban slum. Indian Journal of Public Health 33 (1989) 37
9. Cheng T.A. Urbanization and minor psychiatric morbidity. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology 24 (1989) 309-316
10. Flisher A.J., and Chalton D.O. Urbanisation and adolescent risk behavior. South African Medical Journal 91 (2001) 243-249
11. Gillis L.S., Welman M., Kock A., and Joyi M. Psychological distress and depression in urbanizing elderly black persons. South African Medical Journal 79 (1991) 490-495
12. Goodman R., Renfrew D., and Mullick M. Predicting type of psychiatric disorder from Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores in child mental health clinics in London and Dhaka. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 9 (2000) 129-134
13. Harpham T. Urbanization and mental health in developing countries: a research role for social scientists, public health professionals and social psychiatrists. Social Science and Medicine 39 (1994) 233-245
14. Hussain A., Ali S.M.K., and Kvale G. Determinants of mortality among children in the urban slums of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health 4 (1999) 758-764
15. Islam M.M., Ali M., Ferroni P., Underwood P., and Alam F.A. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in an urban community in Bangladesh. General Hospital Psychiatry 25 (2003) 353-357
16. Izutsu T., Tsutsumi A., Islam M.A., Firoz A.H.M., Wakai S., and Kurita H. Reliability and validity of the youth self-report, Bangladesh version. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 14 (2005) 213-220
17. Izutsu T., Tsutsumi A., Islam M.A., Matsuo Y., Yamada H.S., Kurita H., et al. Validity and reliability of the Bangla version of WHOQOL-BREF on an adolescent population in Bangladesh. Quality of Life Research 14 (2005) 1783-1789
18. Kaufman J.S., Owoaje E.E., James S.A., Rotimi C.N., and Cooper R.S. Determinants of hypertension in West Africa: contribution of anthropometric and dietary factors to urban-rural and socioeconomic gradients. American Journal of Epidemiology 143 (1996) 1203-1218
19. Khan M.M. Suicide on the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Crisis Intervention & Suicide 23 (2002) 104-107
20. Kora A.T., Kaur J., and Gill K.J. Childhood psychopathology and temperament among slum dwelling children. Nursing Journal of India 82 (1991) 335-339
21. Kuate Defo B. Areal and socioeconomic differential in infant and child mortality in Cameroon. Social Science and Medicine 42 (1996) 399-420
22. Lovik M., Dybing E., and Smith E. Environmental chemicals and respiratory hypertension: A synopsis. Toxicology Letters 86 (1996) 211-222
23. Mueller D.P. The current status of urban-rural differences in psychiatric disorder: An emerging trend for depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 169 (1981) 18-27
24. Mufundu J., Sigola L.B., Chifamba J., and Vengesa P.M. Aspects of Insulin resistance in urbanization-related hypertension in Zimbabwe: A preliminary report. Journal of Human Hypertension 8 (1994) 481-484
25. Mullick M.S., and Goodman R. Questionnaire screening for mental health problems in Bangladeshi children: A preliminary study. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology 36 (2001) 94-99
26. Pandit D.D., Angadi S.A., Chvan M.K., and Pai N.P. Prevalence of VDRL Sero-Positivity in women in reproductive age group in an urban slum community in Bombay. Indian Journal of Public Health 39 (1995) 4-7
27. Rabbani M.G., and Hossain M.M. Behaviour disorders in urban primary school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Public Health 113 (1999) 233-236
28. Rahim S.I.A., and Cederblad M. Effects on rapid urbanization on child behaviour and health in a part of Khartoum, Sudan: II. Psycho-social influences on behaviour. Social Science and Medicine 22 (1986) 723-730
29. Ruiz P., and Saiger G.. Partial hospitalization within an urban slum. American Journal of Psychiatry 129 (1972) 89-92
30. Sastry N. What explains rural-urban differentials in child mortality in Brazil. Social Science and Medicine 44 (1997) 989-1002
31. Schouten L.J., Meijer H., Huveneers J.A.M., and Kiemeney L.A.L.M. Urban-rural differences in cancer incidence in the Netherlands, 1989-1991. International Journal of Epidemiology 25 (1996) 729-736
32. Shepherd M. Urban factors in mental disorders-an epidemiological approach. British Medical Bulletin 40 (1984) 401-404
33. SIDRIA (Italian Studies on Respiratory Disorders in Childhood and the Environment). Asthma and respiratory symptoms in 6-7 years old Italian children: Gender, latitude, urbanization and socioeconomic factors. European Respiratory Journal 10 (1997) 1780-1786
34. Sijuwade P.O. Urbanization and mental health problems in Nigeria: implications for social policy. International Review of Sociology 25 (1995) 43-54
35. Singh N., and Mishra C.P. Nutritional status of adolescent girls of a slum community of Varanasi. Indian Journal of Public Health 45 (2001) 128-134
36. Takano T., Nakamura K., and Watanabe M. Increased female drinking in accordance with post-industrial urbanization in Japan. Alcohol and Alcoholism 31 (1996) 41-49
37. United Nations. The challenge of urbanization: The world's large cities (1995), United Nations Publication, New York
38. United Nations. World urbanization prospects: The 1994 revision: Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations and of urban agglomerations (1995), United Nations Publication, New York
39. United Nations Children's Fund. Adolescent girls in Bangladesh (1999), UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka
40. United Nations Development Programme. Human development report 2002 (2002), Oxford University Press, New York
41. United Nations Environment Programme & World Health Organization. Air pollution in the world's megacities. Environment 36 (1994) 4-37
42. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. Guide to monitoring target 11: Improving the lives of 100 million slum dwellers (2003), United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Nairobi
43. Varma V.K., Wig N.N., Phookun H.R., Misra A.K., Khare C.B., Tripathi B.M., et al. First-onset Schizophrenia in the community: Relationship of urbanization with onset, early manifestations and typology. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 96 (1997) 431-438
44. World Bank., & Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies. (1998). Bangladesh 2020: A long-run perspective study. Dhaka: The University Press.
45. World Health Organization. WHOQOL: Measuring quality of life (1997), WHO, Geneva
46. World Health Organization. The world health report 2001: Mental health: New understanding, new hope (2001), WHO, Geneva
47. World Health Organization. Pilot research project on urban violence and health: Determinants and management: A study in Jakarta, Karachi and Conurbation Fuhrgebiet (2001), WHO, Kobe