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Table 3 Family member involvement with Espiritismo and/or Santeria at wave 1 and child mental health service use over time

From: Espiritismo and Santeria: a gateway to child mental health services among Puerto Rican families?

Estimates for Espiritismo and/or Santeria (Wave 1)

Child mental health service use over three study waves

South Bronx

Puerto Rico

Regression coefficienta

aOR (95% CI)

p value

Regression coefficienta

aOR (95% CI)

p value

Model 1: Family member involvement with Espiritismo and/or Santeria

0.72

2.06 (1.24, 3.43)

0.0054

− 0.04

0.96 (0.50, 1.85)

0.7097

Model 2: Model 1 + gender/age/maternal education

0.71

2.04 (1.17, 3.55)

0.0117

0.12

1.13 (0.60, 2.11)

0.7097

Model 3: Model 2 + parental nativity

0.73

2.08 (1.19, 3.63)

0.0101

0.06

1.06 (0.56, 1.99)

0.8572

Model 4: Model 2 + any child psychiatric diagnosis

0.82

2.28 (1.30, 4.01)

0.0042

− 0.21

0.81 (0.46, 1.40)

0.4479

Model 5: Model 2 + child impaired functioning

0.73

2.07 (1.17, 3.66)

0.0126

0.04

1.04 (0.60, 1.82)

0.8808

Model 6: Model 2 + parental probable psychopathology

0.63

1.88 (1.08, 3.26)

0.0251

− 0.08

0.93 (0.50, 1.73)

0.8105

Model 7: Model 2 + parental social support

0.67

1.96 (1.12, 3.41)

0.0183

0.12

1.13 (0.60, 2.11)

0.7020

Model 8: Model 2 + health service use past year

0.67

1.96 (1.14, 3.36)

0.0145

0.08

1.08 (0.58, 2.01)

0.8092

Model 9: All

0.88

2.41 (1.34, 4.35)

0.0034

− 0.38

0.69 (0.39, 1.22)

0.2016

  1. Boldface indicates p < 0.05
  2. OR odds ratio
  3. aDerived from generalized estimating equations (GEE)