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Understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people webinar
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Aotearoa Foundation, shares how OHI Data Navigator is bringing data and story to life to understand and respond to rangatahi needs and aspirations from a grassroots to systems level thinking. Abdulla Shiblaq, Youth Facilitator, Yes Disability, talks about the importance of making crucial services, like mental health services, accessible for the disability community, not just the basic physical accessibility but also accessibility through communications.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system
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, wants to see Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations upheld, investment in kaupapa Māori services, peer services, youth services, and other community-based specialist services. The Commission is also calling for a decrease in compulsory treatment orders and mental health law that does not discriminate on the
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Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant
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connected with and brought into vaccination rollout. These groups require active engagement and, in many cases, the best parties to do that are the community-led service providers. “We cannot speak highly enough about the targeted efforts of Māori and Pacific community providers as well as
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Youth wellbeing insights
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barriers to wellbeing have been identified by young people between 2018 and 2022 relating to uncertain futures, racism and discrimination, social media and online harms, and challenges to whānau wellbeing and intergenerational connections. While this report does not cover all the issues faced by
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Priority on youth mental health strikes a chord
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Mahara. We are advocating for: Expand access to youth mental health and addiction services in all localities Reduce the number of rangatahi Māori and young people admitted to adult in-patient mental health services to zero A focus on addressing the drivers of wellbeing for rangatahi and young
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Pacific people's wellbeing - the path to equitable outcomes webinar
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outcomes. Le Va Chief Executive Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave shared insights from her organisation, with a particular focus on what they have learned about reaching and supporting Pacific young people. She also talked about how we can better work with young people to reduce the impacts of trauma and
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Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain
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, and higher rates of access to youth services for rangatahi Māori.” While high quality access and choice requires culturally and socially appropriate service settings and delivery, it also requires a stable and well-trained workforce, sufficient staff, and professional sensitivity to do the job. “We
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Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts
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good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough. People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose
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Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill
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addiction outcomes. The strategy can provide clear direction and a framework for the development of a holistic and transformative approach. We recommend that the scope needs to be expanded to include wellbeing. It is only doing that we will meet the collective interests of people who experience mental
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Unicef report highlights Aotearoa New Zealand's low ranking for child and youth mental health and wellbeing
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Gains – Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World . Recent findings from the new UNICEF report show worsening youth mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is not new information but seeing how we measure up internationally clearly tells us that we are simply not doing enough. We