Search

Displaying 1 - 10 results of 252 for "AGE 1 3KG"

  • Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever

    Published:

    News

    recently, with 1 in 5 young people experiencing higher rates of psychological distress than other age groups. At the same time, young people are less likely to get professional help for their mental health needs when they need it,” said Dr Ella Cullen, Director Wellbeing Insights and Leadership, for Te

  • Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive

    Published:

    News

    Commission set to move forward on advancing Aotearoa’s wellbeing agenda The Chair of the Commission Board, Hayden Wano, has today announced the appointment of its new Tumu Whakarae - Chief Executive for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Karen Orsborn steps into the Chief Executive role

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

    Published:

    that was not the gender they were assigned at birth, or a gender assigned at birth that was not male or female. For General Social Survey respondents, this data was only available for people aged 18 years and over. 5. High or very high psychological distress is defined as a score of 12 or more on the

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

    Published:

    News

    the world. There is no turning back the clock. Yet the downsides of the online world for young people are well known and how to address these is now playing out on the international stage. With France recently following in Australia's footsteps by introducing an age-based ban on social media, this

  • Effectiveness of early intervention and secondary prevention supports for young people - downloads

    Published:

    Resource

    and interventions included were those that had been evaluated in the last 10 years and where the studies examined whether supports improved distress, anxiety or depressive symptoms, among young people aged 12–24 years. In total, 20 studies of 16 interventions were identified that met these criteria

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Impact of COVID-19 on wellbeing of older people in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Published:

    Resource

    age groups across a range of measures, predictably, the pandemic had negative impacts on wellbeing Different parts of the older community experienced the pandemic in different ways – the challenges faced often exacerbated existing inequities in wellbeing, and the factors that affect it The COVID-19

  • Access and choice mental health programme stacks up

    Published:

    News

    is highest for young people aged 15–24 years (23.6%), Māori adults (22.5%), and Pacific adults (20.5%). “We are encouraged that the programme ensures population groups with the highest levels of need are offered tailored services. This is key to the success of the programme.” “There is more work to

  • Young people are missing out on access to mental health services

    Published:

    News

    with 2023/2024 In 2024-25 236,300 people used Access and Choice programme services, up from 207,000 in 2023/2024 (a 14% increase) Young people are the age group who experienced the largest decrease in access Over the last five years almost 5,000 fewer 19-25 year olds (a 20% decrease), and 2,800

  • Crisis response interactive pathways flowchart

    Published:

    Crisis Attendance, Acute Inpatient care, or Crisis Respite—for up to 30 days without revealing any individual identifying information. The flowchart allows exploration by region, age, ethnicity, year, and initial response setting, providing an overview of service use patterns. By turning complex data

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

    Published:

    Resource

    people’s explanations of terms, we have included a reference acknowledging their work.  Find more information about the He Ara Āwhina framework here . Read and download our guide to language in He Ara Āwhina below: Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina [PDF, 1.3 MB] Guide to language in He