@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal behaviours among adolescents in Liberia",
journal="BMC psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii-Boye and Onyeaka, Henry K. and Oppong Asante, Kwaku",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="e572-e572",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Whereas suicide remains in the top 12 leading causes of death among  young people aged 10-24 in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about suicidal  behaviours among adolescents in Liberia. We aimed to estimate the 12-month  prevalence and describe some of the correlates of suicide behaviours (ideation,  planning, and attempt) among school-going adolescents in Liberia. <br><br>METHODS: We  analysed data from the 2017 Liberia Global School-based Student Health Survey  conducted nationwide among secondary school students. We performed bivariate and  multivariable analyses to assess the correlates of suicidal ideation, planning, and  attempt in the previous 12 months. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 2744 students, 26.8% reported  suicidal ideation, 36.5% made a specific plan to attempt suicide and 33.7% attempted  suicide during the 12 months preceding the survey. In the final adjusted logistic  models, bullying victimisation and food insecurity were associated with increased  odds of ideation, planning, and attempt. Whereas no factor was uniquely associated  with suicidal ideation, having many close friends, and parental monitoring were  associated with the increased odds of suicidal planning only. Leisure-time sedentary  behaviour was associated with increased odds of suicidal planning and attempt. Cannabis use, alcohol drunkenness, being physically attacked, and parental  supervision were uniquely associated with increased odds of suicidal attempt, while  parental understanding and having a smaller number of close friends were uniquely  associated with reduced odds of suicidal attempt. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The relatively high  prevalence estimates of suicide behaviours and the multi-contextual nature of the  associated factors warrant the need for the design and implementation of universal  and multi-level, collaborative targeted intervention efforts towards the prevention  of the onset of ideation, planning, and attempt, and the possible transition to  deaths by suicide among school-going adolescents in Liberia.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-244X",
doi="10.1186/s12888-020-02985-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02985-3"
}