1 Multi-ethnic Pacific peoples includes Pacific respondents who self-identified with Pacific
ethnicity and at least one other non-Pacific ethnic group. The number of multi-ethnic Pacific …

This theoretical paper introduces the concept of the “negotiated space”, a model developed
by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Maui Hudson and colleagues describing the interface between …

Objective: To estimate the 12 month and lifetime use of health services for mental health
problems. Method: A nationwide face-to-face household survey carried out in 2003–2004. A …

Recent studies and increased media reporting across Australasia have linked young Pacific
male elite athletes to depression, suicide, and other adverse mental health-related events …

Many thanks to Dr Monique Faleafa and the team at Le Va for sponsoring this Occasional
Paper. Acknowledgements are made to Dr Avril Bell and Manase Lua for their helpful …

The tongue-in-cheek phrase New Zealand-born identity crisis is obviously not a serious
clinical diagnosis, but it could be described as a community prognosis. It may be invoked in …

Objective: To show the 12 month and lifetime prevalences of mental disorders and 12 month
treatment contact of Pacific people in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health …

To be in life is to be in relationship. For centuries among the atolls, islands and archipelagos
across the Pacific Ocean, the quality of your relationships was understood to be …

Aim To validate the EPDS as a screening tool for postnatal depression in Samoan and
Tongan women living in New Zealand. Methods 85 Samoan and 85 Tongan women who …

Filling a significant gap in the cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary literature within the field
of Pasifika (Polynesian) and Maori identities and mental health, this volume focuses on …