title: Planning Adolescent Mental Health Promotion Programming in Saskatoon.
abstract: We assessed associations between key demographic risk factors and the outcome of depressed mood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to inform the planning and implementation of mental health promotion programming in schools.
  
  
  
  In the 2008/2009 school year, 3958 students from grades 5 through 8 from 76 elementary schools completed questions regarding depressed mood on the Student Health Survey administered by the Saskatoon Health Region. The demographic risk factors for depressed mood considered in this study included age, sex, cultural status, and neighborhood income, as well as the role of school and age cohorts or grades within schools.
  
  
  
  We found Aboriginal students were significantly more likely to report moderate/severe depressed mood than other students. We also found older female adolescents were significantly more likely to report moderate/severe depressed mood. Neighborhood income explained the largest proportion (40%) of depressed mood differences between schools.
  
  
  
  These results can inform the planning and implementation of mental health promotion programming by the health sector in Saskatoon's elementary schools, including an appropriate balance between targeted and population-based interventions that address both the distal and proximal determinants of depressed mood in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Population and Public Health, Saskatoon Health Region, Royal University Hospital, Box 67, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W8. jennifer.cushon@saskatoonhealthregion.ca.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cushon
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 104 Clinic Place, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 2Z4. cheryl.waldner@usask.ca.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waldner
authors.affiliation: Public Health Observatory, Saskatoon Health Region, #101-310 Idylwyld Drive North, Saskatoon, Canada S7L 0Z2. christinas@shaw.ca.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. cory.neudorf@saskatoonhealthregion.ca.|Saskatoon Health Region, #101-310 Idylwyld Drive North, Saskatoon, Canada S7L 0Z2. cory.neudorf@saskatoonhealthregion.ca.
authors.forename: Cordell
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neudorf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012525:Saskatchewan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: child and adolescent health; community health; mental health