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Refugee women in New Zealand: Findings and recommendations

by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Faith, Feminism, Inequalities, Islamophobia, language, Media, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Racism, Refugees, Women, Writing

Today on International Women’s Day, it seems apt to share this article that I wrote on behalf of our research team for the Women’s Health Action Update, volume 16, Number 43, December 2012. Women’s Health Action is a charitable trust, that works to...

How can we better support new mothers to sing?

by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Maternity, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Women, Writing

I am a member of the Perinatal Mental Health New Zealand Trust (PMHNZ) whose vision is to : “improve outcomes for families and whanau affected by mental illness related to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood”. They produce a quarterly newsletter...

Postnatal depression in the Year of the Dragon

by admin | Mar 30, 2012 | Maternity, Mental health, Women

Women are more likely to develop emotional problems after childbirth than at any other time in their lives and the life time prevalence of major depression in women is almost twice that of men (Kohen, 2001). According to Lumley et al. (2004), one out of every six...

Submission to the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2008

by admin | Apr 7, 2008 | Inequalities, Mental health, Migration, Racism, Women

Congratulations on a wonderful job in developing the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy. I am pleased to see an inter-sectoral approach that is both evidence and strengths based. It is also encouraging to see mention of diverse communities and an approach that...

Sailing In A New Direction

by admin | Sep 9, 2007 | Inequalities, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing

First published by: Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet) – www.auseinet.com/journal and then republished in Mindnet Issue 11 – Spring 2007 Abstract Migrants and refugees make up an increasingly...

How is your Central Helping System?

by admin | Sep 9, 2007 | Mental health, Nursing, Professional development

First published in Mindnet Issue 11 – Spring 2007 Recently I’ve come through a series of life changing stresses and learned what true love; friendship and personal strength were about. In particular the words of wise Rabbi Hillel, a Jewish scholar &...
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