Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 13, 2019 3:43:55 GMT 12
SUICIDE RATES FOR MĀORI MEN HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2016
Dr Keri Lawson Te Aho of Otago University who specialises in suicide says colonisation dating back to the 1700's has been a major contributor to suicide rates among Māori. This comes as the latest Ministry of Health figures show that suicide within Māori men has doubled those of non-Māori men since 2016.
Dr Lawson Te Aho believes the way forward for our Māori men is to confront the past.
Dr Te Aho says, "There’s a form of sub-clinical depression happening with our Māori men and its due to circumstances that are largely outside their control such as unemployment, being pōhara. All those bigger kaupapa that stem from our history of colonisation."....
teaomaori.news/suicide-rates-maori-men-have-doubled-2016
Dr Keri Lawson Te Aho of Otago University who specialises in suicide says colonisation dating back to the 1700's has been a major contributor to suicide rates among Māori. This comes as the latest Ministry of Health figures show that suicide within Māori men has doubled those of non-Māori men since 2016.
Dr Lawson Te Aho believes the way forward for our Māori men is to confront the past.
Dr Te Aho says, "There’s a form of sub-clinical depression happening with our Māori men and its due to circumstances that are largely outside their control such as unemployment, being pōhara. All those bigger kaupapa that stem from our history of colonisation."....
teaomaori.news/suicide-rates-maori-men-have-doubled-2016