The Nexus between Climate Change, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Pacific Peoples
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Climate change, Mental health, Pacific peoples
Abstract
An estimated 75 million people from the Asia-Pacific region will be forced to migrate by 2050 as a result of climate change. Moreover, New Zealand and Australia will become a potential relocation destination for many Pacific peoples.This call to action is timely, as New Zealand's current government is proposing to provide climate migration visas for Pacific peoples displaced by rising sea levels. The post-migration experience of recent migrants is important in the resettlement process and the sociocultural conditions of a host country can have powerful influence on their mental health and wellbeing.
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5. Page LA, Howard LM. The impact of climate change on mental health (but will mental health be discussed at Copenhagen?). Psychological Medicine, 2010;(40):177– 180.
6. Woodward A, Hales S, Weinstein P. Climate change and human health in the Asia Pacific region: Who will be most vulnerable? Climate Research.1998; 11:31-38.
7. Berry H. Pearl in the oyster: climate change as a mental health opportunity. Australasian Psychiatry, 2009;17(6):453-456.
8. Albrecht G, Sartore G-M, Connor L, et al. Solastalgia: the distress caused by environmental change. Australian Psychiatry, 2007:15:95-98.
9. McIver L, Woodward A, Davies S, Tibwe T, Iddings S. Assessment of the health impacts of climate change in Kiribati. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014;(11):5224-5240.
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11. Mental Health Commission. National indicators: Measuring mental health and addiction in New Zealand Wellington: Mental Health Commission, 2012. https://www.hdc.org.nz/media/2769/national-indicators-2012.pdf
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13. Tiatia J. New Zealand-born Samoan young people, suicidal behaviors, and the positive impact of spirituality. In: Culbertson P, Nelson Agee M, Ofa Makasiale C, eds. Penina Uliuli: Contemporary Challenges in Mental Health for Pacific Peoples. Honolulu: The University of Hawaii Press.. 2007 ISBN 0824831942
14. Tiatia J. Commentary on 'cultural diversity across the Pacific': Samoan cultural constructs of emotion, New-Zealand born Samoan youth suicidal behaviours, and culturally competent human services. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology: 2012: 1-5.
15. Tiatia-Seath J. Pacific peoples, mental health service engagement and suicide prevention in Aotearoa New Zealand. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 2014:(3):111-121.
16. Mila-Schaaf K, Hudson M. (2009). The interface between cultural understandings: Negotiating new spaces for Pacific mental health Pacific Health Dialog, 2009:15(1):113-119.
17. Tamasese K, Peteru C, Waldergrave C, Bush A.. Ole taeao - the morning: A qualitative investigation into Samoan perspectives on mental health and culturally appropriate services. Aust NZ J Psych, 2005;9:300-309.
18. Tiatia J. Pacific cultural competencies: A Literature review. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 2008.https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/pacific-cultural-competencies-may08-2.pdf
19. Howard-Chapman P, Chapman R, Hales S, Britton E, Wilson N. Climate change and human health: Impact and adaptation issues for New Zealand. In: R. A. C.Nottage, D. S. Wratt, J. F. Bornman, K. Jones, eds. New Zealand: Future scenarios and some sectorial perspectives. Wellington: New Zealand Climate Change Centre, 2010:112-121. http://www.climatecloud.co.nz/CloudLibrary/Climate%20change%20adaptation%20in%20New%20Zealand%20(NZCCC)%20(A4%20low).pdf
20. Pernice R, Brook J. Refugees’ and immigrants’ mental health: association of demographic and post-immigration factors. The Journal of Psychology, 1996:136(4):511-519.
21. Adger WN, Barnett J, Brown K, Marshal N, O’Brien K. Cultural dimension of climate change impacts and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 2013;(3):112-117.
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