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Passive Versus Active Parental Permission: Implications for the Ability of School-Based Depression Screening to Reach Youth at Risk

The Journal of school health, 2008-03, Vol.78 (3), p.157-164 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2008, American School Health Association ;COPYRIGHT 2008 American School Health Association ;Copyright American School Health Association Mar 2008 ;ISSN: 0022-4391 ;EISSN: 1746-1561 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00278.x ;PMID: 18307611 ;CODEN: JSHEAZ

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Title:
Passive Versus Active Parental Permission: Implications for the Ability of School-Based Depression Screening to Reach Youth at Risk
Author: Chartier, Maggie ; Stoep, Ann Vander ; McCauley, Elizabeth ; Herting, Jerald R. ; Tracy, Melissa ; Lymp, James
Subjects: Adolescent depression ; Adult ; African American Students ; American Indians ; Asian American Students ; At risk youth ; Child ; Child Behavior - psychology ; Children ; Children & youth ; Company business management ; Correspondence as Topic ; Depression ; Depression (Psychology) ; Depression - diagnosis ; Depression in adolescence ; Diagnosis ; Education ; Education, Continuing ; Eligibility ; emotional health ; Ethnic Groups ; Female ; Gender Differences ; Grade 6 ; Health aspects ; Health services ; Hispanic American Students ; Home and school ; Humans ; Male ; Management ; Mass Screening ; Mental Health ; Mental health care ; Middle Aged ; Middle Schools ; Nursing ; Nursing education ; Parent Influence ; Parent participation ; Parent participation (Education) ; Parental Consent - psychology ; Parental Notification ; Parental rights ; Parents ; Parents & parenting ; Parents - psychology ; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data ; Permission ; philosophy and ethics ; Physical examinations ; Probability ; Professional development ; Psychological Patterns ; public health ; Racial Differences ; School based ; School Health Services ; Schools ; Screening ; Screening Tests ; Sex crimes ; Student health services ; Student participation ; Students - psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Urban Population ; Urban Schools ; Washington ; White Students
Is Part Of: The Journal of school health, 2008-03, Vol.78 (3), p.157-164
Description: ABSTRACT Background: Depression is prevalent among children and adolescents and often goes untreated with adverse effects on academic success and healthy development. Depression screening can facilitate early identification and timely referral to prevention and treatment programs. Conducting school‐based emotional health screening, however, raises the controversial issue of how to obtain informed parental permission. Methods: During implementation of a depression screening program in an urban school district in the Pacific Northwest, the district’s parental permission protocol changed from passive (information provided to parents via a school mailer with parents having the option to actively decline their child’s participation) to active (information provided to parents via a school mailer requiring the written permission of the parents for their child’s participation). This change provided an opportunity to examine differences in participation under these 2 conditions. Results: A total of 1533 students were enrolled in this program across both years. Compared to conditions of passive permission, participation was dramatically reduced when children were required to have written parental permission, dropping from 85% to 66% of eligible children. Furthermore, under conditions of active parental permission, participation decreased differentially among student subgroups with increased risk for depression. Conclusions: Successful implementation of school‐based emotional health screening programs requires careful consideration of how to inform and obtain permission from parents.
Publisher: Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0022-4391
EISSN: 1746-1561
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00278.x
PMID: 18307611
CODEN: JSHEAZ
Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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Passive Versus Active Parental Permission: Implications for the Ability of School-Based Depression Screening to Reach Youth at Risk

2008, American School Health Association ;COPYRIGHT 2008 American School Health Association ;Copyright American School Health Association Mar 2008 ;ISSN: 0022-4391 ;EISSN: 1746-1561 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00278.x ;PMID: 18307611 ;CODEN: JSHEAZ

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