TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Using community-level mental health surveillance data to examine the relationship of depression prevalence to social determinants of health and access to mental health services
JO  - Canadian journal of community mental health
A1  - Currie, Shawn R.
A1  - Fiest, Kirsten
A1  - Guyn, Lindsay
SP  - 43
EP  - 57
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
N2  - The effect of social determinants of health on depression prevalence and treatment access was examined using community survey and administrative data on mental health service users in the Calgary Health Region (CHR). Consistent with national prevalence data, depression was significantly associated with female gender, younger age, and health risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, and obesity. The prevalence of depression causing interference in daily functioning across 19 social districts (subregions within the CHR) was significantly related to community-level indicators of single-parent status, low-income families, and low educational achievement in each district. Disparities in treatment access were also found with persons living in the most impoverished districts having the lowest rates of accessing professional mental health services.    KEYWORDS: major depression, epidemiology, administrative data, social determinants, community level planning<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0713-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-005
ID  - ref1
ER  -