Leveraging the Samoan Mental Health Policy for Policy Development in Niue

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dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Daleen_US
dc.contributor.authorStewart-Withers, Rochelleen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-28T21:45:42Z
dc.date.available2019-02-28T21:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractMental health is a prevalent, but often ignored area of health. Mental illness can significantly impact the mentally unwell, their families, and the wider community, yet access to proper care can be hindered by availability, ignorance, discrimination, and stigma, and result in human rights violations. This is especially true in developing countries where services may be inadequate or non-existent. Mental health policies can alleviate this situation by improving and prioritising mental health services at a national level. Based on Samoa and Niue’s similarities in terms of their mental health context and the positive analysis and evaluation of the 2006 Samoan policy, this paper concludes that the work done in Samoa is a viable choice for Niue to leverage in their future policy work. Niue would benefit from developing their mental health policy based on the precepts of South-to-South Cooperation by collaborating and sharing knowledge with their neighbour Samoa.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/14351
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDevelopment Studies Working Papers Series;2
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectMental health policyen_US
dc.subjectSouth-to-South Cooperationen_US
dc.subjectSamoaen_US
dc.subjectNiueen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.titleLeveraging the Samoan Mental Health Policy for Policy Development in Niueen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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