Citation

Tiatia-Seath J, Lay-Yee R, von Randow M. N. Zeal. Med. J. 2017; 130(1467): 23-31.

Affiliation

Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, New Zealand Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29240737

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to describe trends in intentional self-harm for Pacific peoples in New Zealand by reviewing official data over the period 1996-2015.

METHOD: Publicly funded hospitalisations where the external cause was intentional self-harm were examined and areas of interest were identified and are presented.

RESULTS: Over a 19-year period (1996-2015), there were 1,608 intentional self-harm events for Pacific peoples (2.8%) out of 58,643 intentional self-harm events nationally for New Zealand's total population.

CONCLUSION: This study has been able to delineate Pacific ethnic-specific information not previously available for a prolonged period of 19 years. There are differences in Pacific peoples' experiences between ethnic groups. Furthermore, disparities persist between Pacific and non-Pacific. This study exposes priority areas for more targeted interventions according to ethnic, socioeconomic status, gender and age variations.

Language: en