the nz mental health study: te rau hinengaro
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Cherish the Va & Strengthen Pacific Well Being Dr Monique Niumata Faleafa, September 2009 SPINZ National Symposium: Culture & Suicide Prevention in Aotearoa. The NZ Mental Health Study: Te Rau Hinengaro. largest mental health study ever undertaken in NZ. n = 2,374. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Cherish the Va & Strengthen Pacific Well Being
Dr Monique Niumata Faleafa, September 2009
SPINZ National Symposium: Culture & Suicide Prevention in Aotearoa
The NZ Mental Health Study: Te Rau Hinengaro largest mental health study ever undertaken in NZ.
Other, 17.50
Tonga, 16.50
Cook Islands, 20.70
Samoa, 49.20
n = 2,374
High Rates of Mental Disorder
25
20.7%
0
5
10
15
20
25
Pacific Gen Pop
pacific people carry a higher burden of mental disorder than New Zealanders in general
Higher rates of hazardous alcohol abuse
3.7
2.6
3.4
1.3
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Abuse Dependence
Pacific
Gen Pop
Our Young People are bearing the burden
Cumulative lifetime risk by disorder
Our Young People are bearing the burden NZ born Pacific had a significantly higher 12 month prevalence
of mental disorder, than those born in the islands who migrated to New Zealand over the age of 18
31.4
15
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
NZ born Pacific born
Low rates of access
25%
58%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Pacific Gen Pop
12-month access rate
Higher rates of suicide ideation and attempts
General Population
Pacific Population
Lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation
15.7% 16.9%
Lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts
4.5% 4.8%
12-month prevalence of suicide attempts
0.4% 1.2%
Suicidality is high High prevalence, low access Demand for a clinically and culturally competent
workforce Grow the workforce of today for the challenges we
face tomorrow
The bubble is coming…
Le Va – the space that relates
Vibrant Leadership & well Pacific families
Creating space for mental well being
western worldviews – western knowledge systems, epistemology, theoretical underpinnings, cultural paradigms,
pedagogy
pacific worldviews – indigenous knowledge systems, epistemology, theoretical underpinnings, cultural paradigms,
pedagogy
community and context
organisation
practitioner
family
person
therapeuticrelationshipnegotiated spaceva
Culture in Leadership – Le Tautua Emerging Leaders
Matutaki – engaging young people
A long-term recruitment strategy that engages young Pacific people to consider a career in mental health
“Our Va with others defines us.We can only be ourselves linked to everyone and everything else in the va, the unity that is all and now.”
Albert Wendt
www.leva.co.nz