Gender identity change efforts faced by trans and nonbinary people in New Zealand: Associations with demographics, family rejection, internalized transphobia, and mental health.

F’INE Aotearoa, through Pasifika Futures Whānau Ora programme, is supporting Pacific Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) individuals and their families to transform their lives and achieve their aspirations. The LGBTQI community in New Zealand experience significant disadvantage across a range of areas affecting wellbeing, including higher rates of poor mental health, depression and anxiety 1,2,3. For Pacific LGBTQI, the disadvantages are compounded further. F’INE, an LGBTQI specific provider in New Zealand, is working to change this.

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Is Pacific language ability protective of prevalence of mental disorders among Pacific peoples in New Zealand?

Pacific Health Dialog ◽

10.26635/phd.2018.902 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 10-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eirenei Taua'i ◽

Rose Richards ◽

Jesse Kokaua

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

New Zealand ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Health Services ◽

Common Mental Disorders ◽

Mental Health Disorder ◽

Positive Role ◽

Pacific People ◽

Language Promotion

Aims: To explore associations between experiences of mental illness, migration status and languages spoken among Pacific adults living in NZ. Methods: SURVEY FREQ and SURVEY LOGISTIC procedures in SAS were applied to data from Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand (NZ) Mental Health Survey, a survey of 12,992 New Zealand adults aged 16 and over in 2003/2004. Pacific people were over sampled and this paper focuses on the 2374 Pacific participants but includes, for comparison, 8160 non-Maori-non-Pacific (NMNP) participants. Results: Pacific migrant respondents had the lowest prevalence of mental disorders compared to other Pacific peoples. However, Pacific immigrants were also less likely to use mental health services, suggesting an increased likelihood of experiencing barriers to available mental health care. Those who were born in NZ and who were proficient in a Pacific language had the lowest levels of common mental disorders, suggesting a protective effect for the NZ-born population. Additionally, access to mental health services was similar between NZ-born people who spoke a Pacific language and those who did not. Conclusions: We conclude that, given the association between Pacific language and reduced mental disorder, there may be a positive role for Pacific language promotion in efforts to reduce the prevalence of mental health disorder among Pacific communities in NZ.

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The nature of police shootings in New Zealand: A comparison of mental health and non-mental health events

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101648 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 ◽

pp. 101648

Author(s):

Anthony J O’Brien ◽

Katey Thom ◽

Sarah Gordon ◽

Brian McKenna ◽

Jacquie Kidd ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

New Zealand ◽

Health Events ◽

Police Shootings

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“They Want You to Kill Your Inner Queer but Somehow Leave the Human Alive”: Delineating the Impacts of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts

The Journal of Sex Research ◽

10.1080/00224499.2021.1910616 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Trevor Goodyear ◽

David J. Kinitz ◽

Elisabeth Dromer ◽

Dionne Gesink ◽

Olivier Ferlatte ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Orientation ◽

Gender Identity ◽

Expression Change ◽

And Gender ◽

Change Efforts

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