Indigenous youth mental health: an ecological approach to understanding risk and protective factors for Māori youth in Aotearoa New Zealand
Addressing inequitable mental health harm requires not only intervening at the individual level, but also addressing the wider social ecosystems that disproportionately harm Māori youth, including colonial systems that consistently impact Indigenous youth mental health, particularly housing precarity, poverty, violence, bullying, and racism. Culturally and developmentally appropriate approaches with a focus on creating safe and inclusive societies are urgently required to reduce Indigenous youth mental health inequity.
Authors
- Terryann Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5499-5080)
- Bradley Drayton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-304X)
- Esther S. Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3869-8315)
- Nicola Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7665-9894)
- Logan Hamley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3313-9311)
- Sue Crengle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-1492)
- Theresa Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5174-9359)
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
- Whakauae Research (New Zealand) (NZ)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24845-z
- Primary Topic
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cure Kids