Deepa L Sekhar1, Acham Gebremariam2, James G Waxmonsky3, Leslie R Walker-Harding4, Heather Stuckey5, Erich Batra6, Perri Rosen7, Jennifer L Kraschnewski8, Sarah J Clark2. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: dsekhar@pennstatehealth.psu.edu. 2. Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 5. Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 6. Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 7. Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 8. Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study explored parent views on school involvement in screening and identification of adolescent depression. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional Internet-based survey with the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. Of 2,004 parents (63.4% response rate), 770 had a middle/high school student and were eligible for this module. Poststratification weights were generated by survey vendor Ipsos. Descriptive and bivariate results were calculated; multinomial logistic regression models controlled for parent sex, race/ethnicity, education, employment status, and school level. RESULTS: Parent respondents were 54.8% female, 57.5% white, 64.3% above a high school education, and 79.7% employed; 76.2% were answering based on a high school student. Most parents supported school-based depression screens starting in sixth (46.7%) or seventh (15.1%) grades, although 15.9% responded no screening should be done. Among parent respondents, 93.2% wished to be informed of a positive screen. Regression analysis found parents of middle school students were 4.18 times more likely to prefer sixth versus 9th to 12th grade to start screening. CONCLUSIONS: Most parents support middle school depression screening but overwhelmingly wished to be informed of a positive result. Guidelines for maintaining adolescent confidentiality in a school-based depression screening program will require careful consideration.
PURPOSE: This study explored parent views on school involvement in screening and identification of adolescent depression. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional Internet-based survey with the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. Of 2,004 parents (63.4% response rate), 770 had a middle/high school student and were eligible for this module. Poststratification weights were generated by survey vendor Ipsos. Descriptive and bivariate results were calculated; multinomial logistic regression models controlled for parent sex, race/ethnicity, education, employment status, and school level. RESULTS: Parent respondents were 54.8% female, 57.5% white, 64.3% above a high school education, and 79.7% employed; 76.2% were answering based on a high school student. Most parents supported school-based depression screens starting in sixth (46.7%) or seventh (15.1%) grades, although 15.9% responded no screening should be done. Among parent respondents, 93.2% wished to be informed of a positive screen. Regression analysis found parents of middle school students were 4.18 times more likely to prefer sixth versus 9th to 12th grade to start screening. CONCLUSIONS: Most parents support middle school depression screening but overwhelmingly wished to be informed of a positive result. Guidelines for maintaining adolescent confidentiality in a school-based depression screening program will require careful consideration.
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