scholarly journals Positive Relationships with Adults and Resilience to Suicide Attempt among New Mexico Hispanic Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10430
Author(s):  
Meryn Hall ◽  
Lynne Fullerton ◽  
Dan Green ◽  
Courtney A. FitzGerald
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Community Environments ◽  
At Home

Suicide is a leading cause of adolescent death and has increased in recent years. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that relationships with adults at home and in the community had on the probability of suicide attempts of Hispanic teenagers in New Mexico. Data from the 2019 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey were analyzed to identify the ways in which relationships with adults influenced suicide attempts among Hispanic adolescent students. The examined factors included: relationships with adults in the home and in the community and with same-age friends, and participation in hobbies or organizations outside of school. The resiliency factors were similar for male and female Hispanic students. As positive relationships with adults at home or in the community increased, the probability of suicide attempts decreased by 37–54%. Positive relationships with same-age friends were also associated with reduced suicide attempts. Community organization involvement and hobbies affected males and females differently. Adults at home and in the community can decrease the risk of suicide for Hispanic teenagers through supportive relationships. Hybrid programs focusing on adolescent health, positive communication, and academic support, which integrate adults from home and community environments, show promise in reducing suicidal thoughts and other risk behaviors.

Child and Adolescent Suicide Deaths in New Mexico, 1990-1994

Crisis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
DD Werenko ◽  
LM Olson ◽  
L Fullerton-Gleason ◽  
AW Lynch ◽  
RE Zumwalt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Youth Activity

The suicide death rate in New Mexico is consistently higher than the national rate. Among adolescents, suicide is the third leading cause of death nationally, but in New Mexico it is the second leading cause of death. This study describes the pattern of adolescent suicide deaths in New Mexico. We conducted a retrospective review of all medical examiner autopsies for adolescent suicides (ages 20 years and younger) in New Mexico from 1990-1994. Records were reviewed for demographics and possible contributing factors such as depression, previous attempts, and alcohol and drug use. We identified 184 suicide deaths among children and adolescents ages 9-20 years for an overall rate of 12.9 per 100,000. Our rates for ages 5-9 years (0.2), 10-14 years (3.8), and 15-19 years (22.3) are over twice the U.S. rates. Suicide deaths resulted primarily from firearms (67%), hanging (16%), poisoning (6%), inhalation (4%), and other methods (7%). Method varied by ethnicity (p = .01) and gender (p = .03); males and non-Hispanic Whites were overrepresented among firearm deaths. Firearm ownership was known in 60 (48%) of the firearm deaths. Of these, 53% of the firearms belonged to a family member, 25% to the decedent, and 22% to a friend. Over one-third of decedents (41%) experienced mental disorders, primarily depressed mood and clinical depression. Previous suicide attempts were noted for 15% of the decedents. Some 50% of the decedents had alcohol or drugs present at the time of death; among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 74% had drugs or alcohol present (p = .003). Targeted interventions are needed to reduce adolescent suicide in New Mexico. We suggest raising awareness about acute and chronic contributing factors to suicide; training physicians to look for behavioral manifestations of depression; and involving physicians, teachers, and youth activity leaders in efforts to limit firearm accessibility, such as advising parents to remove firearms from their households.

scholarly journals Empowerment of Aisyiyah members through the application of GERMAS on aspects of drug storage at home

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1192-1198
Author(s):  
Much Ilham Novalisa Aji Wibowo ◽  
Dina Ratna Juwita
Keyword(s):  
Community Organization ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Drug Storage ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Training ◽  
At Home

The government has implemented the Healthy Living Community Movement (GERMAS) program through promotion of the pharmaceutical sector related to drug storage at home. However, there are still many problems in storing household medicines in the community. This activity was carried out through a community empowerment approach using the community capacity building method for a community organization, Aisyiyah, which consists of Muslim women in the Grendeng village, Purwokerto. This activity ws carried out in stages, namely pre-test methods, lectures, group teaching, self-empowerment through peer teaching and training, and measuring the success of activities using post-tests. Based on the whole series of activities, the knowledge of partners about storing medicines at home has increased in a good category.

Safe at Home? Domestic Violence and Other Homicides Among Women in New Mexico

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Arbuckle ◽  
Lenora Olson ◽  
Mike Howard ◽  
Judith Brillman ◽  
Carolyn Anctil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Changes in the pattern of suicide attempters visiting the emergency room after COVID-19 pandemic: an observational cross sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Hun Kang ◽  
Si-Won Lee ◽  
Jae-Gu Ji ◽  
Jae-Kwang Yu ◽  
Yun-Deok Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Systolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
History Of ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background This study aimed to find out the change in the rate and pattern of suicide attempts during severe acute respiratory syndrome COVID-19 pandemic period. Methods This study was a retrospective analysis of data collected as a part of an emergency room-based post-suicide management program. The data were collected through interviews and from medical records of suicide attempts, maintained in the emergency room, from January 19 to October 31, 2020, during the “COVID-19 period,” and those who attempted suicide from January 19 to October 31, 2019 “pre-COVID-19 period.” We extracted educational background, marital status, occupation, presence of domestic partner, history of mental illness, alcohol consumption, history of previous suicide attempts; suicide attempt method and location (i.e., at home or a place other than home) at the time of attempt, and whether the attempt was a mass suicide. In addition, we compared patient severity between “COVID-19 period” and “pre-COVID-19 period” using the initial KTAS (South Korean triage and acuity scale) level, consciousness level, and systolic blood pressure. In 2012, KTAS was developed through the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s research project to establish triage system in South Korea. Results The analysis of the number of suicide attempts during “pre-COVID-19 period” and “ COVID-19 period” showed that the number of suicide attempts during “COVID-19 period” (n = 440) increased compared to the “pre-COVID-19 period” (n = 400). Moreover, the method of suicide attempts during “COVID-19 period” included overdose of drugs such as hypnotics, antipsychotics, and pesticides that were already possessed by the patient increased compared to the “pre-COVID-19 period” (P < 0.05). At the time of the visit to the emergency room, high KTAS level, low level of consciousness, and low systolic blood pressure, were observed, which were significantly different between “COVID-19 period” and “pre-COVID-19 period” (P < 0.05). Conclusion With the worldwide COVID-19 virus spread, suicide rate and suicide attempts at home have significantly increased. In addition, patient severity was higher in the “COVID-19 period” than that in the “pre-COVID-19 period.” The increasing suicide attempt rate should be controlled by cooperation between the emergency room and regional organizations.

The Social Ecology of Speculation: Community Organization and Non-occupancy Investment in the U.S. Housing Bubble

2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 1108-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
The United States ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Price Appreciation ◽  
Community Environments

The housing boom of the mid-2000s saw the widespread popularization of non-occupant housing investment as an entrepreneurial activity within U.S. capitalism. In 2005, approximately one sixth of all mortgage-financed home purchases in the United States were for investment purposes. This article develops a sociological account that links the geographic distribution of popular investment to the social and institutional organization of communities. Regression analyses of 1,566 municipalities from 2000 to 2006 indicate that non-occupant investment (but not conventional owner-occupant investment) occurred at significantly greater rates in places where local development institutions were organized in accordance with laissez-faire principles to a greater degree, where economic activities in other domains were less locally embedded in place, and where greater residential instability produced more tenuous connections between residents and places. The magnitudes of these associations suggest that social organization and cultural-institutional conditions were at least as informative as variations in housing price appreciation in shaping the incidence of investor activity during the bubble. Social organization also moderated the behavioral effects of price appreciation. The article advances research on locally-embedded bases of economic action by examining how community environments provide more or less fertile ground for mass-participatory housing speculation and instrumental orientations toward places as exchange-values.

Epidemiology of Pathological Gambling in Edmonton

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.C. Bland ◽  
S.C. Newman ◽  
H. Orn ◽  
G. Stebelsky
Keyword(s):  
Pathological Gambling ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Pathological Gamblers ◽  
Diagnostic Interview Schedule ◽  
At Home

Thirty lifetime pathological gamblers (DSM-III, no exclusion criteria) were identified when 7,214 randomly selected household residents of Edmonton were interviewed by trained lay interviewers using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. The lifelong prevalence of pathological gambling was 0.42% (ratio of males to females 3:1). The peak age of onset was 25 to 29 years. Gamblers had high rates of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders. They were likely to have made suicide attempts (13.3%), to have been convicted of offences (26.7%), to be spouse and child abusers (23.3% and 16.7% respectively) and to have spent long periods unemployed (40%). In addition, 80% had trouble at home or work because of gambling, and 60% borrowed or stole to gamble.

scholarly journals Observing the Demographic Factors of Peer-Nominated Leaders in Urban Middle Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Daniel ◽  
Angela W. Wang ◽  
Maurice J. Elias
Keyword(s):  
Middle Schools ◽  
White Students ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Leadership Qualities ◽  
School Students ◽  
Peer Perceptions ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Perceptions Of Leadership ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This study investigated the relationship between adolescent students' gender and racial/ethnic backgrounds and their likelihood of being identified by their peers as having leadership qualities. A survey designed to gauge peer perceptions of leadership qualities was administered to 1003 middle school students from three diverse public middle schools in a Northeastern US city. The survey asked students to nominate as many students as possible who possess specific leadership characteristics. Female students consistently received more nominations across all survey items at two schools. This pattern was observed for five out of the ten survey items at the third school. At a school with a Hispanic majority, Hispanic students received more nominations for most survey items than Asian, Black, and White students. Additionally, at a school with a Black majority, Asian students received more nominations for all survey items compared to Black and Hispanic students and for nine survey items compared to White students. The results indicate that students' gender and schools' racial/ethnic composition may have some influence on peer perceptions of leadership. Furthermore, significant differences in how youths perceive leadership among peers of different backgrounds may be indicative of bias. Educators and administrators can use this information to make sure that students from marginalized backgrounds have opportunities to grow as leaders.

scholarly journals Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) in Texas and New Mexico: An In-Depth Profile of Their Backgrounds, Commitments, and Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-326
Author(s):  
Michael Preuss ◽  
Eric M. Sosa ◽  
Jason C. Rodin ◽  
Christine R. Dorsett
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Instructional Planning ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institutions ◽  
College Course ◽  
Course Load ◽  
Hispanic Serving

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) educate nearly two-thirds of the Hispanic/Latinx students who attend college. Yet little is known about the student populations they serve. Findings from two NSF-funded surveys completed with students at 14 HSIs in Texas and New Mexico in 2018 and four HSIs in TX in 2019 are presented. The combined sample was 1,293 students. A description of the backgrounds, commitments, experiences, and preferences of students at HSIs and differences found between responses from Hispanic/Latinx and non-Hispanic students are discussed. Primary topic areas are demographics, first-generation student standing, cultural orientation, primary language and fluency in Spanish, family and work commitments, relationship status, family support, living arrangements, means of financing college, course load, STEM identity, annual income of household of origin and of personal household, locus of control orientation, familism, and experience in college. The result is a thorough and up-to-date profile of the HSI student population in TX and NM. Statistical analysis revealed multiple significant differences between Hispanic/Latinx and non-Hispanic students attending the HSIs and the presence of several significant predictors for forms of activity and patterns of commitment. The findings are immediately applicable to process, program, student support, and instructional planning, implementation, and evaluation for over 120 HSIs in the region and, by extension, to hundreds more across the United States.

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