Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 24, 2023 5:00:06 GMT 12
NEW RESEARCH EXAMINES STRUCTURAL DISADVANTAGE IN RANGATAHI MĀORI MENTAL WELLBEING
According to Growing Up in New Zealand’s Research Director, Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe), there is ample evidence to suggest that rangatahi Māori experience higher levels of structural disadvantage than other young people.
Structural disadvantage refers to the disadvantage experienced by some individuals or groups as a result of the way society is organised and how resources are distributed. In this research structural disadvantage was measured by looking at information provided by the young person’s mother, including the level of household material hardship, neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation; maternal employment status and residential mobility (number of house moves).....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2311/S00050/new-research-examines-structural-disadvantage-in-rangatahi-maori-mental-wellbeing.htm
According to Growing Up in New Zealand’s Research Director, Associate Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe), there is ample evidence to suggest that rangatahi Māori experience higher levels of structural disadvantage than other young people.
Structural disadvantage refers to the disadvantage experienced by some individuals or groups as a result of the way society is organised and how resources are distributed. In this research structural disadvantage was measured by looking at information provided by the young person’s mother, including the level of household material hardship, neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation; maternal employment status and residential mobility (number of house moves).....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2311/S00050/new-research-examines-structural-disadvantage-in-rangatahi-maori-mental-wellbeing.htm