Risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviors among Pacific youth in New Zealand
Teevale, Tasileta
Risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviors among Pacific youth in New Zealand Tasileta Teevale, Arier Chi-Lun Lee, Jemaima Tiatia-Seath, Terryann Coralie Clark, Simon Denny, Pat Bullen, Terry Fleming and Roshini Janet Peiris-John - Hogrefe, 2016 - Crisis: the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention .
Crisis: the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 2016, 37(5): 335–346
"Abstract. Background: New Zealand has the second highest youth suicide rate in the OECD and particularly among Pacific New Zealanders, who have a threefold higher risk of suicide attempt compared with the general population. Aims: Protective and risk factors for suicide attempts among New Zealand Pacific adolescents were assessed using data from Youth'12, an adolescent health and well-being survey. Method: This randomly selected nationally representative sample of New Zealand secondary school students included 1,445 Pacific high school students aged 12–17 years. Results: One in 10 (11.6%) Pacific adolescents reported attempting suicide. Risk factors for suicide included: being female, household food insecurity, low levels of family connections and family monitoring, life dissatisfaction, having a religious affiliation, and previous suicide by a family member or friend. Of those who had made a suicide attempt, 71% also experienced both suicide ideation and self-harm. Conclusion: This study suggests that given the high rates of suicide ideation and attempts among Pacific young people, targeted trials for new ways of support should be prioritized for this high-risk group. The Pacific family environment, which continues to be the critical space for intervening, and the school environment, as a provider of health services, were both protective of suicide attempt." (Authors' abstract). Access the website for other data and publications from the Youth2000 survey series. Record #5141
nz
ADOLESCENTS
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CHILDREN
MENTAL HEALTH
MIGRANTS
PACIFIC PEOPLES
PASIFIKA
PROTECTIVE FACTORS
RISK FACTORS
SCHOOLS
STATISTICS
SUICIDE
VIOLENCE
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH2000
NEW ZEALAND
Risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviors among Pacific youth in New Zealand Tasileta Teevale, Arier Chi-Lun Lee, Jemaima Tiatia-Seath, Terryann Coralie Clark, Simon Denny, Pat Bullen, Terry Fleming and Roshini Janet Peiris-John - Hogrefe, 2016 - Crisis: the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention .
Crisis: the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 2016, 37(5): 335–346
"Abstract. Background: New Zealand has the second highest youth suicide rate in the OECD and particularly among Pacific New Zealanders, who have a threefold higher risk of suicide attempt compared with the general population. Aims: Protective and risk factors for suicide attempts among New Zealand Pacific adolescents were assessed using data from Youth'12, an adolescent health and well-being survey. Method: This randomly selected nationally representative sample of New Zealand secondary school students included 1,445 Pacific high school students aged 12–17 years. Results: One in 10 (11.6%) Pacific adolescents reported attempting suicide. Risk factors for suicide included: being female, household food insecurity, low levels of family connections and family monitoring, life dissatisfaction, having a religious affiliation, and previous suicide by a family member or friend. Of those who had made a suicide attempt, 71% also experienced both suicide ideation and self-harm. Conclusion: This study suggests that given the high rates of suicide ideation and attempts among Pacific young people, targeted trials for new ways of support should be prioritized for this high-risk group. The Pacific family environment, which continues to be the critical space for intervening, and the school environment, as a provider of health services, were both protective of suicide attempt." (Authors' abstract). Access the website for other data and publications from the Youth2000 survey series. Record #5141
nz
ADOLESCENTS
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
CHILDREN
MENTAL HEALTH
MIGRANTS
PACIFIC PEOPLES
PASIFIKA
PROTECTIVE FACTORS
RISK FACTORS
SCHOOLS
STATISTICS
SUICIDE
VIOLENCE
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH2000
NEW ZEALAND