Depressed mood, suicidal behaviors, and health risk behaviors among youths in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: the 2017 CNMI Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The current study investigated the prevalence of depressed mood, suicide ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempt and their associations with health risk behaviors among high school adolescents in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study analyzing self-reported data from the 2017 CNMI Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n?=?1943). Modified Poisson regression models were used to identify the associations between 17 health risk behavior variables, including violence-related behaviors, substance use behaviors, sexual behaviors, and early risk-taking behaviors, and four variables related to depressed mood and suicidal behaviors. RESULTS:40.7% adolescents reported being depressed, 25.0% reported suicide ideation, 22.8% reported formulating a suicide plan, and 13.6% attempted suicide. Female adolescents were more likely to report depressed mood and all included suicidal behaviors (p?

SUBMITTER: Sakamoto JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161215 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature