This review examined studies on the mental health of Asian and MELAA women and girls in New Zealand. Findings highlight limited and inconsistent data, with few studies providing detailed breakdowns. More focused research is needed to inform evidence-based policies and support equitable wellbeing outcomes for these communities.
Tag: Asian
A bibliography of Research With Asian Communities in Aotearoa (2000-2024)
Summary
The bibliography is a wero (challenge) to the invisibility of Asians in research. It is a collection of pivotal contributions made by researchers advancing knowledge for Asian communities. Through a systematic search strategy, we identified a total of 576 studies on Asian communities, addressing a range of topics including health, Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationships, education, and identity.
An Ecological Analysis of Hope Amongst Asian Rainbow Young People in Aotearoa New Zealand
217 Asian rainbow youth left comments in the Identify survey about their hopes for Aotearoa. The research team unpacked these categories of hope using a socio-ecological framework at the macro, exo, and meso levels.
Who is Out There? Mapping Language Organisations in Aotearoa
Report by:
Languages Alliance Aotearoa NZ and Te Hononga Akoranga COMET
Aotearoa New Zealand is a multilingual country with over 170 languages spoken and up to 20% of the population aged 5 years and over able to speak more than one language. This rich language diversity is an invaluable resource for individuals, families, communities, and our nation, contributing significantly to social, cultural, spiritual, and economic wellbeing.
This report aims to explore, map out, describe and celebrate the language sector in Aotearoa New Zealand; its depth and breadth, the range of services and languages supported, and how language organisations fund themselves. It then reflects on what this all means for the long-term health of our nation’s many languages and their contribution to the nation’s overall wellbeing.
Link to the full report
https://cometauckland.org.nz/assets/files/LAANZ-COMET-Languages-Report-2024-WEB.pdf
You can also buy a hard copy of the report! Proceeds will support Language Alliance NZ in funding future projects.
Visit the Languages Alliance Aotearoa NZ website.
https://cometauckland.org.nz/our-campaigns/current-campaigns/languages-alliance-aotearoa-nz
Asian Rainbow Youth in New Zealand: Protective Factors
Summary
This article explores the impact of double minority status (ethnic and sexual/gender) and protective factors associated with emotional wellbeing and mental health of Asian Rainbow youth in Aotearoa using Youth19 data. Family acceptance and feeling safe at school mitigate risks of adverse emotional wellbeing experienced by Asian Rainbow youth.
Asian Migrants Navigating New Zealand Primary Care: a qualitative study
Introduction
The data reported in this paper is from the “Easy As project” which aimed to understand the navigational challenges faced by NZ Asians in accessing health care in NZ.
Exploring Reasons for Ethnic Disparities in Diet and Lifestyle-related Chronic Disease for Asian Subgroups in New Zealand: a scoping exercise
Introduction:
This study used data from the 2003–04 and the 2006–07 NZ Health surveys for adults aged 25–70 to explore if the impact of various risk factors for chronic disease differed for people of Chinese, Indian and New Zealand European and Other (NZEO) ethnicities.
Between reproductive rights and sex selection in New Zealand’s abortion reforms: practitioner dilemma in institutionalising ‘choice’ and ‘agency’
ABSTRACT
In 2020, the New Zealand (NZ) Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion.
Although NZ’s abortion law formally opposes sex selective abortions, there is considerable complexity in the gender politics of ‘choice’ and ‘agency’ in multi-ethnic societies, and interpretations of reproductive rights for ethnic minority women and for the girl child, respectively.
This paper explores these complexities through the perspectives of reproductive and maternity care practitioners who are situated at the interface of legal systems, health service provision, and delivery of culturally sensitive care. Thirteen practitioners were interviewed as part of this study. The analysis highlights strains in framings of ‘reproductive choice’ (underpinned by western liberal notions of rights) and ‘gender equality’ (abortion rights that acknowledge the complexity of cultural son-preference) for ethnic minority women. These tensions are played out in three aspects of the post-reform landscape: (a) everyday practice and accountability; (b) consumerism and choice; (c) custodianship and gender rights. The findings point to the limitations in operationalising choices for ethnic women in health systems wherein trust deficit prevails, and cultural dynamics render complex responses to abortion.
They also highlight reconfigurations of client-expert relationships that may have implications for practitioners’ abilities to advocate for ethnic women’s rights against cultural influences.