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040 _aAFVC
100 _aTuesday, Ruby
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245 _aPacific maternal and paternal perinatal mental health in New Zealand :
_ba literature review
_cRuby Tuesday, Seini Taufa, Dantzel Tiakia, Nalei Taufa, Dudley Gentles and Jacinta Fa'lili-Fidow
260 _bPacific Health Dialog,
_c2024
500 _aPacific Health Dialog, 2024, 21(11):762-769
520 _aIntroduction: A longitudinalNew Zealand study –Growing Up in New Zealand -found that 23% of Pacific gestational parents experienced symptoms of perinatal depression, compared with only 8% of NZ European gestational parents. While quantitative studies tell us that Pacific parents are at risk, Pacific narratives regarding this topic are lacking. The Health Research Council-funded Responding to Pacific Parental Mental Healthproject seeks to address this lack by qualitatively exploring Pacific parents’ experiences of poor perinatal mental health and relevant mental health services. This integrative literature review was prepared as a key part of said project, summarising whatis known about the prevalence of perinatal mental health issues amongst Pacific parents, identifying known risk and protective factors, and describing the supports and services currently available.Methods: Literature for this review was gathered from academic databases, with papers being selected based on date of publication (2001-2021), peer review status, and their specific focus on the mental health of [Pacific] parents in Aotearoa New Zealand; prevalence; risk and protective factors; and the services currently available to provide mental health support. Selected international and grey literature was also included as relevant.Findings/Outcomes measure: Available literature is limited but provides clear evidence that poor perinatal mental health is an issue which disproportionately impacts Pacific gestational parents. Many of the identified risk and protective factors are experienced in common with the wider population, however, socioeconomic needs, relational distress, and factors related to being an ethnic minority have been highlighted as areas of particular risk for Pacific parents. Interventions that serve to nurture strong cultural identities were noted as playing a particularly protective role. It was also found that the services available to support Pacific parents often neglect to engage with mental health and/or are not delivered in culturally appropriate ways.Conclusions: More research regarding the risk and protective factors of relevance to the perinatal mental health of Pacific parents is needed, as are more support options capable of identifying and addressing mental distress. It is vital that these options are designedalongside communities, are culturally affirmative, focused on strengthening parental and family relationships, and able to address socio-economic need. (Authors' abstract). Record #8914
650 _aCULTURAL ISSUES
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650 _aDEPRESSION
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650 _aFAMILY VIOLENCE
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650 _aFATHERS
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_aGrowing Up in New Zealand study (GUiNZ)
650 _aLITERATURE REVIEWS
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650 _aLONGITUDINAL STUDIES
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650 _aMENTAL HEALTH
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650 _aPACIFIC PEOPLES
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650 _aPARENTS
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650 _aPASIFIKA
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650 _aPREGNANCY
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650 _aPROTECTIVE FACTORS
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650 _aRISK FACTORS
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651 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aTaufa, Seini
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700 _aTiakia, Dantzel
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700 _aTaufa, Nalei
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700 _aGentles, Dudley
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_aFa’alili-Fidow, Jacinta
773 0 _tPacific Health Dialog, 2024, 21(11):762-769
830 _aPacific Health Dialog
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.26635/phd.2024.154
_zDOI: 10.26635/phd.2024.154 (Open access)
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