Papers by aoudou mounchingam

BMC psychology, May 10, 2024
Background Despite the prominent role that digital media play in the lives and mental health of y... more Background Despite the prominent role that digital media play in the lives and mental health of young people as well as in violent radicalization (VR) processes, empirical research aimed to investigate the association between Internet use, depressive symptoms and support for VR among young people is scant. We adopt a personcentered approach to investigate patterns of digital media use and their association with depressive symptoms and support for VR. Methods A sample of 2,324 Canadian young people (M age = 30.10; SD age = 5.44 ; 59% women) responded to an online questionnaire. We used latent profile analysis to identify patterns of digital media use and linear regression to estimate the associations between class membership, depressive symptoms and support for VR. We identified four classes of individuals with regards to digital media use, named Average Internet Use/Institutional trust, Average internet use/Undifferentiated Trust, Limited Internet Use/Low Trust and Online Relational and Political Engagement/Social Media Trust. Linear regression indicated that individuals in the Online Relational and Political Engagement/Social Media Trust and Average Internet Use/Institutional trust profiles reported the highest and lowest scores of both depression and support for VR, respectively. It is essential to tailor prevention and intervention efforts to mitigate risks of VR to the specific needs and experiences of different groups in society, within a socio-ecological perspective. Prevention should consider both strengths and risks of digital media use and simulteaneously target both online and offline experiences and networks, with a focus on the sociopolitical and relational/emotional components of Internet use.

Biostatistiques et sciences de la santé =, 2021
La malnutrition des enfants demeure un problème majeur de santé publique dans le monde, particuli... more La malnutrition des enfants demeure un problème majeur de santé publique dans le monde, particulièrement en Afrique. Au Cameroun, par exemple, l'Enquête Démographique et de Santé (EDS), réalisée en 2018, montre que trois enfants de moins de cinq ans sur dix sont victimes de la malnutrition. L'objectif de cette étude est d'y rechercher les facteurs individuels, familiaux et communautaires de ce phénomène. La méthodologie utilisée pour l'atteindre repose principalement sur les données de l'enquête susmentionnée et les modèles multivariés explicatifs multiniveaux. Il ressort des résultats obtenus que, toutes choses égales par ailleurs, les enfants les plus concernés par la malnutrition sont ceux dont les deux parents sont sans niveau d'instruction ou faiblement instruits et les mères ne sont pas exposées aux médias et autonomes dans la prise des décisions. Ces enfants sont de sexe masculin, ont déjà fêté leur premier anniversaire de naissance, sont nés avec un faible poids, ont été récemment anémiés ou malades et sont séparés de leurs précédent (e) s frères ou soeurs de moins de 24 mois. De même, les résultats de l'étude ont révélé que ces enfants vivent dans les ménages pauvres et dans les communautés ethniquement homogènes et pas du tout ou faiblement exposées aux médias. Au vu des variances intercommunautaires et intracommunautaires, ce sont les caractéristiques individuelles et familiales qui expliquent le plus la variation de la malnutrition des enfants dans le milieu étudié. Les interventions futures dans ce domaine devraient prendre en compte les facteurs mis en évidence dans la présente étude. ABSTRACT. Child malnutrition remains a major public health problem around the world, particularly in Africa. In Cameroon, for example, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), carried out in 2018, shows that three out of ten children under five are victims of malnutrition. The objective of this study is to find the individual, family and community factors associate with this phenomenon. The methodology used to achieve it relies mainly on data from the abovementioned survey and the multivariate multilevel models. The results of the study showed that, all things being equal, the children most affected by malnutrition are those whose two parents are uneducated or poorly educated and whose mothers are not exposed to media and autonomy in decision-making. These children are male, have already celebrated their first birthday, were born with a low weight, were recently anemic or ill and are separated from their previous siblings by less than 24 months. Likewise, the results of the study revealed that these children live in poor households and in ethnically homogeneous communities and these have no or little exposure to media. In view of the inter-community and intra-community variances, individual and family characteristics are the factors which most explain the variation in child malnutrition in the studied milieu. Future interventions in this area should take into account the factors highlighted in this study.
Biostatistiques et sciences de la santé
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