Forgone healthcare among Asian adolescents in New Zealand linked to racism from health providers: New paper

A new paper using Youth19 data to explore factors predicting forgone healthcare among Asian adolescents was published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

The study found that some factors impacting students’ access to health services, such as discrimination by healthcare professionals, were consistent across Asian groups. Other factors varied between South and East Asian students, highlighting the importance of disaggregating Asian youth data.

Read the full paper (for NZMJ subscribers) or more on our blog post and media release, as featured by Stuff and New Zealand Doctor.