SynthesisPloS one2018
Racism and health in New Zealand: Prevalence over time and associations between recent experience of racism and health and wellbeing measures using national survey data.
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- Exposure to Adversity and its Impact on Later Life Cognitive, Mental, and Physical Health.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Upholding te mana o te wā: Māori patients and their families' experiences of accessing care following an out-of-hospital cardiac event.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2023Article
- Health Equity Cannot Be Sought Without the Consideration of Racism In Equity-Focused Urban Health Initiatives.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- Reasons for Ethnic Disparities in the Prehospital Care Pathway Following an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Event: Protocol of a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Meta-analysis of the effect of racial discrimination on suicidality.SSM - population health · 2022Review
- Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children in Aotearoa New Zealand.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Differences in the potential for dementia prevention between major ethnic groups within one country: A cross sectional analysis of population attributable fraction of potentially modifiable risk factors in New Zealand.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2021Article
- The Pediatric Emergency Research Network: A Decade of Global Research Cooperation in Pediatric Emergency Care.Pediatric emergency care · 2021Article
- Fifteen-year trends in self-reported racism and link with health and well-being of African Canadian adolescents: a secondary data analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesRacism is an important health determinant that contributes to ethnic health inequities. This study sought to describe New Zealand adults' reported recent experiences of racism over a 10 year period. It also sought to examine the association between recent experience of racism and a range of negative health and wellbeing measures.
methodsThe study utilised previously collected data from multiple cross-sectional national surveys (New Zealand Health Surveys 2002/03, 2006/07, 2011/12; and General Social Surveys 2008, 2010, 2012) to provide prevalence estimates of reported experience of racism (in the last 12 months) by major ethnic groupings in New Zealand. Meta-analytical techniques were used to provide improved estimates of the association between recent experience of racism and negative health from multivariable models, for the total cohorts and stratified by ethnicity.
resultsReported recent experience of racism was highest among Asian participants followed by Māori and Pacific peoples, with Europeans reporting the lowest experience of racism. Among Asian participants, reported experience of racism was higher for those born overseas compared to those born in New Zealand. Recent experience of racism appeared to be declining for most groups over the time period examined. Experience of racism in the last 12 months was consistently associated with negative measures of health and wellbeing (SF-12 physical and mental health component scores, self-rated health, overall life satisfaction). While exposure to racism was more common in the non-European ethnic groups, the impact of recent exposure to racism on health was similar across ethnic groups, with the exception of SF-12 physical health.
conclusionsThe higher experience of racism among non-European groups remains an issue in New Zealand and its potential effects on health may contribute to ethnic health inequities. Ongoing focus and monitoring of racism as a determinant of health is required to inform and improve interventions.
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