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Residence in urban and rural areas over the life course and depression among Ghanaian and South African older adults.

Journal: Health & place

Volume: 63

Issue:

Year of Publication: 2021

Affiliated Institutions: Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, , USA. Electronic address: dadjaye@alumni.jh.edu. Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, , USA; Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, E. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD, , USA. Electronic address: grebok@jhu.edu. Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, , USA; Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, E. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD, , USA. Electronic address: jgallo@jhu.edu. Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, E. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD, , USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, , USA. Electronic address: agross@jhu.edu. Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, , USA; Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Market Place, Suite , Baltimore, MD, , USA. Electronic address: carol.underwood@jhu.edu.

Abstract summary

This study assessed associations between depression and urban/rural residence from a life-course perspective within African settings. Data on Ghanaian and South African adults aged 50 years and older were taken from wave 1 of the World Health Organization Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). Neither urbanicity of childhood nor adulthood residence was associated with later-life depression in either country. Significant differences were also not observed for residence changes over the life course, but there were trends in the data suggestive of higher depression prevalence in Ghanaian recent rural-urban migrants and lower prevalence among South African recent urban-rural migrants.

Authors & Co-authors: Adjaye-Gbewonyo Dzifa D Rebok George W GW Gallo Joseph J JJ Gross Alden L AL Underwood Carol R CR

Study Outcome

Statistics

Citations : Adjaye-Gbewonyo D, Rebok GW, Gallo JJ, Gross AL, & Underwood CR (2019). Urbanicity of residence and depression among adults 50 years and older in Ghana and South Africa: an analysis of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Aging & Mental Health, 23(6), 660–669. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1450839
Authors : 5

Identifiers

Doi : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102349
SSN : 1873-2054

Study Population

Male,Female

Mesh Terms

Aged

Other Terms

Africa;Life-course epidemiology;Mental health;Migration;Urbanization

Study Design

Cross Sectional Study

Study Approach

Country of Study

Ghana

Publication Country

England