Quick Fire Update Adolescent Health Research Group Youth 2000 Dr Simon Denny Associate Professor Youth Health Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health
Dec 16, 2015
Quick Fire UpdateAdolescent Health Research Group
Youth 2000
Dr Simon DennyAssociate Professor Youth Health
Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health
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Healthy Distressed Risky Mixed
Depressed
Suicide attempt
Alcohol problems
Weekly marijuana use
Cigarette use
Motor vehicle risk
Violence
Unsafe sex
Delinquency
Healthy80%
Dis-tressed
6%
Risky11%
Mixed4%
Healthy; 21%
Distressed; 8%
Risky; 35%
Mixed; 36%
Mainstream Alternative education
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No car
No phone
No computer
Parents worry about having enough money for food
More than 2 people per bedroom
No family holiday in last 12 months
Moved homes 2 or more times in the last 12 months
Living room or garage used as bedrooms
Both parents unemployed
Perc
ent
(%)
No household deprivation80% Moderate household deprivation
16%
High household deprivation4%
Low mood Self-harm Suicide attempt
29%
7% 3%
43%
12% 12%
Low deprivation High deprivation
1 in 5 students live in poverty
Episode of low mood
31%
Self-harm
8%
SuicideAttempt
4.5%
7%
12%
70%
5%
4%
2%
<1%
Adversity and depressive symptoms
Relationships with parents
Connection with familySchool connection
Low Medium Medium-high High
Resiliency
Low connectionMedium connectionMedium-high connectionHigh connection
Weekly cigarette smoking Depressive symptoms
Neighbourhood deprivation
Worse health Household poverty
No Household poverty