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dc.contributor.authorBania, Elisabeth Valmyr
dc.contributor.authorLydersen, Stian
dc.contributor.authorKvernmo, Siv
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-30T12:30:24Z
dc.date.available2016-09-30T12:30:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-13
dc.description.abstract<b>BACKGROUND: </b> Education is closely associated with health. Non-completion of upper secondary school influences academic achievement, employment, income and personal well-being. The purpose of the study is to explore predictors of non-completion of upper secondary school among female and male young adults in relation to mental health and educational factors in a socio-cultural, Arctic context. <br> <b>METHODS: </b> The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study (NAAHS) is a cross-sectional, school-based survey that was conducted in 2003-2005. Eighty-three percent of the population of 5,877 10th graders participated; 49.1%females, 450 reported indigenous Sami ethnicity, and 304 reported Laestadian affiliation. Data from NAAHS were merged with registry data from the National Education Database (NUDB) Norway for 3,987 adolescents who gave their consent for follow-up studies. <br> <b>RESULTS: </b> Non-completion of upper secondary school was 36.9 % among females and 36.6 % among males. Among females, predictors for non-completion were related to mental health symptoms, and among males, to residency in the northernmost and remote areas and self-reported functional difficulties at school, home and in leisure activities due to mental health problems. There was marginal significance between ethnicity and non-completion of upper secondary school, measured at 41.3 % for Sami and 36.8 % for non-Sami, respectively. <br> <b>CONCLUSIONS: </b> The gender differences found in this study emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions in preventing non-completion of upper secondary school. There is a need to recognize and treat extensive pro-social behaviour and social problems in young females. Young males from remote areas and those who in early adolescence struggle with functional impairment due to mental health problems need early interventions in lower secondary school. Enhancing parents' and teachers' ability to detect symptoms and problems as well as low-threshold health services starting in primary school can be effective means. Education, mental health and social inclusion are prominent factors for future employment, income and independent living for young people. Future research should focus more on gender-specific patterns of risk and protective factors for completion of upper secondary school.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was funded by the SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge Donations Fund and the Sami Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Mental Health and Substance Use (SANKS), in addition to the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsoe, The Arctic University of Norway. The researchers were independent of the funding bodies.en_US
dc.descriptionPublisher's version, source: <a href=http://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3644-2 >http://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3644-2</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBMC Public Health (2016) 16:960en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1387000
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-016-3644-2
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9761
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri, barnepsykiatri: 757en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectGender differencesen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectNon-completion of upper secondary schoolen_US
dc.subjectReading –and writing difficultiesen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectSamien_US
dc.titleNon-completion of upper secondary school among female and male young adults in an Arctic sociocultural context; the NAAHS studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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