Unmasking Suicidal Ideation for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youths Via Data Disaggregation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander adolescents, but because these individuals are analyzed in aggregate, potentially important differences in suicide risk are obscured.

Objective

To disaggregate Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander adolescents into racial and ethnic subgroups and compare risks of suicidal ideation between and within the subgroups.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used pooled data from 4-year public high school students (9th and 11th grade) participating in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 California Healthy Kids Survey. Data were analyzed between January 5, 2023, and March 31, 2024.

Exposures

Self-reported race and ethnicity, includin

SUBMITTER: Lui CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584931 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature