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- Title
An innovative community organizing campaign to improve mental health and wellbeing among Pacific Island youth in South Auckland, New Zealand.
- Authors
Han, Hahrie; Nicholas, Alexandra; Aimer, Margaret; Gray, Jonathon
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To examine whether being an organizer in a community organizing program improves personal agency and self-reported mental health outcomes among low-income Pacific Island youth in Auckland, New Zealand.<bold>Method: </bold>Counties Manukau Health initiated a community organizing campaign led and run by Pacific Island youth. We used interviews, focus groups and pre- and post-campaign surveys to examine changes among 30 youths as a result of the campaign.<bold>Results: </bold>Ten youths completed both pre- and post-campaign surveys. Eleven youths participated in focus groups, and four in interviews. Overall, youths reported an increased sense of agency and improvements to their mental health.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Community organizing has potential as a preventive approach to improving mental health and developing agency over health among disempowered populations.
- Subjects
SOUTH Auckland (N.Z.); NEW Zealand; MENTAL health; MENTAL health of youth; MENTAL health services; WELL-being; HEALTH surveys; MENTAL health promotion
- Publication
Australasian Psychiatry, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 6, p670
- ISSN
1039-8562
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1039856215597539