The findings of UNICEF’s Report Card 19 paint a devastating picture of a country failing its youngest, the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) says.
Titled Fragile Gains – Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World, it ranks New Zealand last out of 36 OECD and EU countries for child and youth mental health.
NZAC President Sarah Maindonald says this isn’t a first; Unicef’s Report Card 16 also ranked New Zealand’s youth suicide rate as the second worst in the world.
Levesque et al.’s widely-cited five dimensional model of access to healthcare has been used in a variety of contexts, including access to medicines.
The objective of the study is to conduct a systematic review and methodological quality appraisal on studies reporting the development of health and wellbeing outcome measures for Māori (Indigenous people of New Zealand), identify common features and processes, and critically appraise the measures using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN).
Prominent medical bodies are calling on the government to allow the release of updated gender affirming healthcare guidelines after a small section on puberty blockers caused it to be delayed.
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI
