Youth Self-Reported Health and Their Experience of Parental Incarceration
Youth Self-Reported Health and Their Experience of Parental Incarceration
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DOI：
10.1037/fsh0000394
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发表时间：
2019-03-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Shlafer, Rebecca J.
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作者：
Hiolski, Kathryn;Eisenberg, Marla E.;Shlafer, Rebecca J.
导言：大规模监禁正在成为这个国家最有害的公共卫生问题之一。儿童尤其受到这一现象的影响，因为父母被监禁与许多不良后果有关，包括儿童参与可能对其身心健康产生负面影响的健康危险行为。这项研究比较了青少年与现在和以前被监禁的父母的身体健康指标，这些青少年没有父母被监禁的历史。方法：利用2016年明尼苏达州学生调查(MSS)的横断面数据，对8年级、9年级和11年级学生(N=119,029)的身体健康行为指标进行二次数据分析。评估了身体活动、水果和蔬菜消费、快餐消费、含糖饮料消费和睡眠等自我报告的行为指标。我们还包括了一项衡量总体健康状况的指标。控制人口统计特征的Logistic回归模型将有父母或以前被监禁的青少年与没有父母监禁史的青少年进行比较。结果：正如预测的那样，父母监禁与较低的健康行为水平和较高的不健康行为水平显著相关。与预期相反，父母目前被监禁的青少年与父母以前被监禁的青少年没有显著差异。讨论：父母被监禁与青少年参与健康危险行为有关，即使父母目前没有被监禁。这些结果表明，父母监禁与不良的健康行为有关，这些行为对未来的健康有影响，并强调从业者和政策制定者需要专注于对这一高危儿童及其家庭的干预。
Introduction: Mass incarceration is becoming one of this country's most detrimental public health problems. Children are particularly affected by this phenomenon, as parental incarceration is associated with a host of adverse outcomes, including children's engagement in health-risk behaviors that may negatively influence their mental and physical health. This study compares physical health indicators of youth with currently and formerly incarcerated parents with youth with no history of parental incarceration. Method: Using cross-sectional data from the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey (MSS), this secondary data analysis examined behavioral indicators of physical health among 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students (N = 119,029). Self-reported behavioral indicators of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, fast food consumption, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and sleep were assessed. We also included a measure of perceived overall health. Logistic regression models controlling for demographic characteristics compared youth with currently and formerly incarcerated parents to youth with no history of parental incarceration. Results: As predicted, parental incarceration was significantly associated with lower levels of healthy behaviors and higher levels of unhealthy behaviors. Contrary to expectations, youth with currently incarcerated parents did not differ significantly from youth with formerly incarcerated parents. Discussion: Parental incarceration was associated with youth engagement in health risk behaviors, even if the parent was not currently incarcerated. These results suggest parental incarceration is associated with poor health behaviors that have implications for future health, and emphasizes the need for practitioners and policymakers to focus on interventions for this high-risk group of children and their families.