The effect of the Roots of Empathy program on the use of psychotropic medications among youth in Manitoba
| dc.contributor.author | Dahl, Lindsey | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Chartier, Mariette (Community Health Sciences) Nickel, Nathan (Community Health Sciences) Tefft, Bruce (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Fransoo, Randall (Community Health Sciences) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-09T21:35:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-09T21:35:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Community Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Psychotropic medications prescriptions to youth have increased. Roots of Empathy (ROE) is a social and emotional learning program that may influence the use of psychotropic medication. Methods: Administrative data was analyzed in a matched sample of children who received ROE during 2002/03 to 2012/13. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the association between ROE and psychotropic medication dispensations. Results: Few significant differences were observed. Children who received ROE in kindergarten to grade 3 had a lower adjusted hazard for an anxiolytic dispensation. Children who received ROE in grade 7 to 8 had a higher hazard for an antipsychotic dispensation. Males who received the program had an increased hazard for an antipsychotic dispensation. Conclusion: There was no consistent differences in the likelihood of being dispensed a psychotropic medication between children who received ROE and children who did not in Manitoba. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2018 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dahl, L., Chartier, M., Fransoo, R., & Tefft, B. (2016). The effect of the Roots of Empathy program on the use of psychotropic medications among youth in Manitoba. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice, 36(11), 267. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32754 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychotropic medications | en_US |
| dc.subject | Program evaluation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social and emotional learning | en_US |
| dc.title | The effect of the Roots of Empathy program on the use of psychotropic medications among youth in Manitoba | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |