@article{ref1,
title="Racism and health among Aotearoa New Zealand young people aged 15-24 years: analysis of multiple national surveys",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2024",
author="Harris, Ricci and Li, Chao and Stanley, James and King, Paula Toko and Priest, Naomi and Curtis, Elana and Ameratunga, Shanthi and Sorensen, Dakota and Tibble, Fushia and Tewhaiti-Smith, Jordan and Thatcher, Paeone and Araroa, Raeana and Pihema, Sarah and Lee-Kirk, Shafan and King, Stanley John Robert and Urlich, Tupua and Livingstone, Ngato-Zharnaye and Kamau Brady, Soraya and Matehe, Charlizza and Paine, Sarah-Jane",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: This Aotearoa New Zealand-based study addresses a gap in literature focusing on individual experiences of racism among adolescents and young adults and its links to health. <br><br>METHODS: This cross-sectional study uses data from multiple instances of the New Zealand Health Survey (2002/03, 2006/07, 2011/12, 2016/17) and General Social Survey (2008-2016) restricted to participants aged 15-24 years. Prevalence of reported experiences of racism are estimated. Meta-analytic techniques to pool data and multiple regression analyses are used to examine associations between experiences of racism and outcomes measures (mental and physical health, general health and well-being, life satisfaction, inability to access health care, and identity). The study used an ethical co-design process between university researchers and a rangatahi Māori (Māori young people) partnership group. <br><br>RESULTS: Racism was higher among Māori, Pacific, and Asian young people compared to European young people. Racism was associated with all negative health and well-being measures examined for young people, including negative mental and physical health measures (12-Item Short Form Survey, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale), lower self-rated health, negative life satisfaction, higher unmet need for primary care, and identity measures (feelings of not belonging in New Zealand, less able to express their identity). <br><br>DISCUSSION: The results of this study are concerning. Non-European young people disproportionately bear the burden of racism in Aotearoa New Zealand with a potentially substantial impact on their health and well-being. This is a breach of Indigenous (for Māori) and other international human rights and should be motivation to act to eliminate racism in all its forms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.04.021",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.04.021"
}