New Zealand Asian Mental Health and Wellbeing Report [2020]
Hot off the press! Asian Family Services has just released their newly published “New Zealand Asian Mental Health & Wellbeing Report”.
The research surveyed 580 Asian New Zealanders across the country and found almost 44 per cent of them experienced some form of mental distress since the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown. The survey found high levels of anxiety and nervousness, as well as racism.
Key findings presented on page 2 of the report include indicators such as the:
- most valued services by respondents
- most accessed support by respondents
- proportion of respondents accessing gambling activities in the past 12 months
- proportion of respondents experienced discrimination during the COVID-19 outbreak
- distribution of racial discrimination by Asian ethnic groups
- proportion of respondents feeling nervous, anxious, worried, and hopeless
Related news
English Media
- RNZ
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/420056/survey-shows-high-anxiety-and-depression-among-asian-kiwis - NZHerald
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12343820 - ODT
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/survey-shows-high-anxiety-and-depression-among-asian-kiwis - TVNZ – One News
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/insulting-jacinda-ardern-defends-nzs-border-response-covid-19-more-than-just-good-luck?auto=6167870998001 - MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/survey-shows-high-anxiety-and-depression-among-asian-kiwis/ar-BB164RBc
Chinese Media
- 中文先驱
https://www.chineseherald.co.nz/news/education/asian-kiwis/ - 天维
http://news.skykiwi.com/na/zh/2020-06-29/424221.shtml - 新浪
https://news.sina.cn/2020-06-29/detail-iirczymk9540158.d.html - 中新网
http://www.chinanews.com/hr/2020/06-29/9224364.shtml - 来源
http://www.laiyuan.com/article/1416907.html - 搜狐
https://www.sohu.com/a/404703892_123753
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