Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study
Publisher's version, source: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32086 . Background. Completed tertiary education is closely associated with employment and influences income, health and personal well-being. Objective. The purpose of the study is to explore predictors for completed tertiary educa...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/9762 2023-05-15T14:59:46+02:00 Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study Bania, Elisabeth Valmyr Kvernmo, Siv Eli 2016-09-27 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9762 eng eng Co-Action Publishing Sparebankforeningen: gavefond Andre: SANKS (Samisk nasjonalt kompetansesenter for psykisk helse) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2016, 75: 32086 FRIDAID 1387026 10.3402 dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32086 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9762 openAccess Elevers psykiske helse / Students' mental health Folkehelse / Public Health Samfunnsøkonomiske implikasjoner / Public health VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri barnepsykiatri: 757 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 completing tertiary education adolescents young adults mental health Sami indigenous religion Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2016 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32086 2021-06-25T17:54:54Z Publisher's version, source: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32086 . Background. Completed tertiary education is closely associated with employment and influences income, health and personal well-being. Objective. The purpose of the study is to explore predictors for completed tertiary education among indigenous Sami and non-indigenous young people in relation to mental health indicators and educational factors in sociocultural rural and urban contexts across the Arctic part of Norway. Design. The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study (NAAHS) is a cross-sectional, school-based survey that was conducted in 2003–2005. Of all 5,877 10th graders (aged 15–16 years) in north Norway, 83% from all 87 municipalities participated; 450 (9.2%) reported indigenous Sami ethnicity, and 304 (6.2%) reported Laestadian affiliation. Data from NAAHS were merged with registry data from the National Education Database and Norwegian Patient Register for 3,987 adolescents who gave their consent for follow-up studies. Results. Completion of upper secondary school is the only common predictor of a completed tertiary education degree for both genders. Among females, conduct problems was a significant predictor of lower level education, typically vocational professions, while among males severe mental health problems requiring treatment by the specialist health care system reduced the opportunity to complete tertiary education at intermediate and higher level. Parental higher educational level was associated with less lower education among females and less higher education among males. Men residing in the northernmost and remote areas were less likely to complete education on higher level. Males’ completion of higher level education was strongly but not significantly associated (p=0.057) with higher average marks in lower secondary school. Conclusions. The gender differences found in this study emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions to encourage, support and empower young people to attend and complete tertiary education. Young females with conduct problems choose lower or intermediate education, and males in need of specialist mental health care have half the chance to complete intermediate tertiary education compared with males not in contact with the mental health service. Closer cooperation between low threshold social services, general practitioners, mental health services and higher study institutions can help young male adults complete tertiary education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health North Norway sami University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 75 1 32086 |
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Elevers psykiske helse / Students' mental health Folkehelse / Public Health Samfunnsøkonomiske implikasjoner / Public health VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri barnepsykiatri: 757 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 completing tertiary education adolescents young adults mental health Sami indigenous religion |
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Elevers psykiske helse / Students' mental health Folkehelse / Public Health Samfunnsøkonomiske implikasjoner / Public health VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri barnepsykiatri: 757 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 completing tertiary education adolescents young adults mental health Sami indigenous religion Bania, Elisabeth Valmyr Kvernmo, Siv Eli Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study |
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Elevers psykiske helse / Students' mental health Folkehelse / Public Health Samfunnsøkonomiske implikasjoner / Public health VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri barnepsykiatri: 757 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 completing tertiary education adolescents young adults mental health Sami indigenous religion |
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Publisher's version, source: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32086 . Background. Completed tertiary education is closely associated with employment and influences income, health and personal well-being. Objective. The purpose of the study is to explore predictors for completed tertiary education among indigenous Sami and non-indigenous young people in relation to mental health indicators and educational factors in sociocultural rural and urban contexts across the Arctic part of Norway. Design. The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study (NAAHS) is a cross-sectional, school-based survey that was conducted in 2003–2005. Of all 5,877 10th graders (aged 15–16 years) in north Norway, 83% from all 87 municipalities participated; 450 (9.2%) reported indigenous Sami ethnicity, and 304 (6.2%) reported Laestadian affiliation. Data from NAAHS were merged with registry data from the National Education Database and Norwegian Patient Register for 3,987 adolescents who gave their consent for follow-up studies. Results. Completion of upper secondary school is the only common predictor of a completed tertiary education degree for both genders. Among females, conduct problems was a significant predictor of lower level education, typically vocational professions, while among males severe mental health problems requiring treatment by the specialist health care system reduced the opportunity to complete tertiary education at intermediate and higher level. Parental higher educational level was associated with less lower education among females and less higher education among males. Men residing in the northernmost and remote areas were less likely to complete education on higher level. Males’ completion of higher level education was strongly but not significantly associated (p=0.057) with higher average marks in lower secondary school. Conclusions. The gender differences found in this study emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions to encourage, support and empower young people to attend and complete tertiary education. Young females with conduct problems choose lower or intermediate education, and males in need of specialist mental health care have half the chance to complete intermediate tertiary education compared with males not in contact with the mental health service. Closer cooperation between low threshold social services, general practitioners, mental health services and higher study institutions can help young male adults complete tertiary education. |
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Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study |
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Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study |
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Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study |
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Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study |
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Tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among Arctic young adults: the NAAHS cohort study |
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tertiary education and its association with mental health indicators and educational factors among arctic young adults: the naahs cohort study |
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Sparebankforeningen: gavefond Andre: SANKS (Samisk nasjonalt kompetansesenter for psykisk helse) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2016, 75: 32086 FRIDAID 1387026 10.3402 dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32086 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9762 |
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