TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Racism and health among Aotearoa New Zealand young people aged 15-24 years: analysis of multiple national surveys
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Harris, Ricci
A1  - Li, Chao
A1  - Stanley, James
A1  - King, Paula Toko
A1  - Priest, Naomi
A1  - Curtis, Elana
A1  - Ameratunga, Shanthi
A1  - Sorensen, Dakota
A1  - Tibble, Fushia
A1  - Tewhaiti-Smith, Jordan
A1  - Thatcher, Paeone
A1  - Araroa, Raeana
A1  - Pihema, Sarah
A1  - Lee-Kirk, Shafan
A1  - King, Stanley John Robert
A1  - Urlich, Tupua
A1  - Livingstone, Ngato-Zharnaye
A1  - Kamau Brady, Soraya
A1  - Matehe, Charlizza
A1  - Paine, Sarah-Jane
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.04.021
ID  - ref1
ER  -