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The Ministry of Health has put funding into resources to help young people manage anxiety

The Ministry of Health has put funding into resources to help young people manage anxiety

by ksch009 | May 21, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens

The Ministry of Health today announced more choice of mental health and wellbeing support for young people. This included funding into providing a variety of tools and resources to help young people manage anxiety due to the uncertainty caused by Covid-19. Read the...
Farewell to our Board Chair, Pat Snedden

Farewell to our Board Chair, Pat Snedden

by ksch009 | May 13, 2020 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, Media release, Newsletter, Resilient Teens, Science theme leader, Successful Literacy and Learning, Vision Matauranga

After almost six years Pat Snedden has stepped down as the Chair of A Better Start E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge. Pat’s influence on the Challenge and it’s direction has been enormous and we are hugely thankful to him for this. Pat’s commitments have grown...
The Ministry of Health has put funding into resources to help young people manage anxiety

Aroha, clever Kiwi ingenuity to help young people cope with COVID-19 lockdown

by ksch009 | Apr 7, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens, Science theme leader

Researchers from the University of Auckland and A Better Start – E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge have developed Aroha, a Chatbot, to help young people manage stress and isolation during the current COVID-19 lockdown. Aroha can be accessed via...
Delivering emotional health treatment to young people on smartphones

Delivering emotional health treatment to young people on smartphones

by ksch009 | Mar 20, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens

The Resilient Teens research team have recently had an article published in ScienceDirect, which describes the design and development of an mHealth app the team co-designed with Māori and Pasifika youth. The app – Quest – Te Whitianga –  is designed...

Supporting resilience in young people provides a better start

by ksch009 | Mar 10, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens

A Better Start National Science Challenge has awarded Dr Karolina Stasiak and Tania Cargo from the University of Auckland $1.4 million over 2 and a quarter years to pilot the implementation of tools into schools in South Auckland, to increase access to quality support...

Novel approach enables improved capabilities for mental health research and evaluation in New Zealand

by ksch009 | Mar 2, 2020 | Big Data, Media release, Resilient Teens

Novel approach enables improved capabilities for mental health research and evaluation in New Zealand A Better Start National Science Challenge researchers, Nicholas Bowden, and co-authors from the Big Data and Resilient Teens research teams have developed a new and...
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