@article{ref1,
title="Violence and child mental health in Brazil: the Itaboraí Youth Study methods and findings",
journal="International journal of methods in psychiatric research",
year="2018",
author="Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos and Duarte, C. S. and Ribeiro, W. S. and Paula, C. S. and Coutinho, E. S. F. and Sourander, A. and Rønning, John Andreas",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="e1605-e1605",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate a study design that could be useful in low-resource and violent urban settings and to estimate the prevalence of child violence exposure (at home, community, and school) and child mental health problems in a low-income medium-size city. <br><br>METHODS: The Itaboraí Youth Study is a Norway-Brazil collaborative longitudinal study conducted in Itaboraí city (n = 1409, 6-15 year olds). A 3-stage probabilistic sampling plan (random selection of census units, eligible households, and target child) generated sampling weights that were used to obtain estimates of population prevalence rates. <br><br>RESULTS: Study strengths include previous pilot study and focus groups (testing procedures and comprehension of questionnaire items), longitudinal design (2 assessment periods with a mean interval of 12.9 months), high response rate (>80%), use of standardized instruments, different informants (mother and adolescent), face-to-face interviews to avoid errors due to the high frequency of low-educated respondents, and information gathered on a variety of potential predictors and protective factors. Children and adolescents presented relevant levels of violence exposure and clinical mental health problems. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence estimates are probably valid to other Brazilian low-income medium-size cities due to similarities in terms of precarious living conditions. Described study methods could be useful in other poor and violent world regions.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-8931",
doi="10.1002/mpr.1605",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1605"
}