Marcella Ogenchuk, Robert St Pierre, Gerry Uswak, Holly Graham, Robert Weiler, Vivian R Ramsden
Community led: celebrating wellness with a smile
International journal of circumpolar health
previous studies reflect high prevalence depressive symptoms among taiwanese adolescents ages 1318 absence literature related risk depression children taiwan ages 612 particularly among potentially vulnerable subgroups provide insight distribution depressive symptoms among children rural taiwan measure correlation academic performance conducted survey 1655 randomly selected fourth fifthgrade students 92 sample schools four relatively lowincome counties municipalities using center epidemiological studiesdepression scale cesd assessed prevalence depressive symptoms sample addition collecting data performance standardized math test well information number individual household characteristics demonstrate share children clinically significant symptoms high 38 students risk general depression depression score 16 8 students risk major depression depression score 28 results multivariate regression heterogeneous analysis suggest poor academic performance closely associated high prevalence depressive symptoms among lowperforming students certain groups disproportionately affected including girls students whose parents migrated away work results also suggest overall students parent immigrant another country greater risk depression findings highlight need greater resource allocation toward mental health services elementary school students rural taiwan particularly atrisk groups