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65 + 10.8 % Less than HS Degree 16.6 % HS Degree / GED 15.7 % Greater than HS Degree 13.8 % <$ 25,000 18.9 % $ 25,000- $ 49,999 10.6 % $ 50,000 + 13.0 % Married 11.4 %
Not Married 19.8 %
SOURCE : Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ( BRFSS ), http :// www . floridahealth . gov / statistics-and-data / survey-data / behavioral-risk-factor-surveillancesystem /_ documents / 2016 % 20Reports / Polk . pdf
• Women are more likely to report being told that they have a depressive disorder ( 18.1 %) than men ( 11.2 %) in Pol
• People aged 45-64 are most likely to experience depression in Polk County .
• People in the lowest income bracket (<$ 25,000 ) are most likely to experience depression .
• Whites are about 70 % more likely to report having a depressive disorder than African Americans or people self-id Latino .
When considering behavioral health observations and strategies , it is important to consider cultural sensitivity issu that depression and mental health ( generally ) are often defined differently in culturally diverse communities , and t different responses to behavioral health needs . 4
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National Institute of Health , Gopalkrishnan , Narayan , Frontiers in Public Health , “ Cultural Diversity and Mental Health : Con and Practice .” Available at https :// www . ncbi . nlm . nih . gov / pmc / articles / PMC6018386 / “ There is an extensive body of research literature that emphasizes the fact that health and illness are perceived differently across meanings of health and illness have ‘ real consequences in terms of whether people are motivated to seek treatment , how they cop how supportive their families and communities are , where they seek help ( mental health specialist , primary care provider , clergy healer ), the pathways they take to get services , and how well they fare in treatment ‘”