TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Parent views on school-based depression screening: findings from a national survey
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Sekhar, Deepa L.
A1  - Gebremariam, Acham
A1  - Waxmonsky, James G.
A1  - Walker-Harding, Leslie R.
A1  - Stuckey, Heather
A1  - Batra, Erich
A1  - Rosen, Perri
A1  - Kraschnewski, Jennifer L.
A1  - Clark, Sarah J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - PURPOSE: This study explored parent views on school involvement in screening and identification of adolescent depression.     METHODS: This was a cross-sectional Internet-based survey with the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. Of 2,004 parents (63.4% response rate), 770 had a middle/high school student and were eligible for this module. Poststratification weights were generated by survey vendor Ipsos. Descriptive and bivariate results were calculated; multinomial logistic regression models controlled for parent sex, race/ethnicity, education, employment status, and school level.     RESULTS: Parent respondents were 54.8% female, 57.5% white, 64.3% above a high school education, and 79.7% employed; 76.2% were answering based on a high school student. Most parents supported school-based depression screens starting in sixth (46.7%) or seventh (15.1%) grades, although 15.9% responded no screening should be done. Among parent respondents, 93.2% wished to be informed of a positive screen. Regression analysis found parents of middle school students were 4.18 times more likely to prefer sixth versus 9th to 12th grade to start screening.     CONCLUSIONS: Most parents support middle school depression screening but overwhelmingly wished to be informed of a positive result. Guidelines for maintaining adolescent confidentiality in a school-based depression screening program will require careful consideration.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.023
ID  - ref1
ER  -