@article{ref1,
title="Risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviors among Pacific youth in New Zealand",
journal="Crisis",
year="2016",
author="Teevale, Tasileta and Lee, Arier Chi-Lun and Tiatia-Seath, Jemaima and Clark, Terryann Coralie and Denny, Simon and Bullen, Pat and Fleming, Terry and Peiris-John, Roshini Janet",
volume="37",
number="5",
pages="335-346",
abstract="BACKGROUND: New Zealand has the second highest youth suicide rate in the OECD and particularly among Pacific New Zealanders, who have a threefold higher risk of suicide attempt compared with the general population. AIMS: Protective and risk factors for suicide attempts among New Zealand Pacific adolescents were assessed using data from Youth'12, an adolescent health and well-being survey. <br><br>METHOD: This randomly selected nationally representative sample of New Zealand secondary school students included 1,445 Pacific high school students aged 12-17 years. <br><br>RESULTS: One in 10 (11.6%) Pacific adolescents reported attempting suicide. Risk factors for suicide included: being female, household food insecurity, low levels of family connections and family monitoring, life dissatisfaction, having a religious affiliation, and previous suicide by a family member or friend. Of those who had made a suicide attempt, 71% also experienced both suicide ideation and self-harm. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study suggests that given the high rates of suicide ideation and attempts among Pacific young people, targeted trials for new ways of support should be prioritized for this high-risk group. The Pacific family environment, which continues to be the critical space for intervening, and the school environment, as a provider of health services, were both protective of suicide attempt.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000396",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000396"
}