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A Youth19 Brief: Rainbow rangatahi Māori

Most Rainbow rangatahi Māori reported positive family and school environments, high rates of volunteering and moderate or good health. However, members of this group also reported major inequities compared to…continue reading

A Youth19 Brief: Pacific Rainbow young people

Most Pacific Rainbow young people reported positive family and school environments, high levels of volunteering and moderate or good health. However, members of this group also reported major inequities compared…continue reading

A Youth19 Brief: Pacific young people with a disability or chronic condition

Most Pacific young people with a disability or chronic condition reported positive family and school environments, high levels of volunteering and moderate or good health. However, members of this group…continue reading

A Youth19 Brief: Rainbow young people with a disability or chronic condition

Most Rainbow young people with a disability or chronic condition reported positive family and school environments. However, members of this group also reported very high rates of mental distress. Only…continue reading

Youth19 – Digital Access Brief

This brief explores student access to digital devices such as laptops and smartphones, access to the internet, and access to devices in private.

Youth19 – Gambling Brief

About 1 in 3 NZ secondary school students have ever bet or gambled and 13% of these students want to cut down their gambling. This is about 1-2 students per…continue reading

Youth19: Safety & Violence

All young people are entitled to be safe and free from abuse at home, in schools and in communities. These are basic human rights, which are important for immediate and…continue reading

A Youth19 Brief: Young People with Disabilities

Most young people with disabilities reported positive family and school environments, high rates of volunteering, and moderate or good health. However, members of this group also reported major inequities compared…continue reading

Co-creating a large-scale adolescent health survey integrated with access to digital health interventions

Aim: This paper describes how we engaged with adolescents and health providers to integrate access to digital health interventions as part of a large-scale secondary school health and wellbeing survey…continue reading

National estimates from the Youth ’19 Rangatahi smart survey: A survey calibration approach

Significant progress has been made addressing adolescent health needs in New Zealand, but monitoring and gathering high quality estimates of adolescent health and social issues remains challenging and resource intensive.…continue reading

New Zealand Youth19 survey: vaping has wider appeal than smoking in secondary school students, and most use nicotine-containing e-cigarettes

New Zealand Youth19 survey: vaping has wider appeal than smoking in secondary school students, and most use nicotine‐containing e‐cigarettes Objective: To investigate smoking and vaping in secondary school students (aged…continue reading

Creating change: Mobilising New Zealand communities to prevent family violence

New Zealand, like many other countries, is searching for effective ways to turn the tide on the problem of family violence.a The enormous costs to individuals, communities and society are…continue reading

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