Browsing by Author "Asiasiga L"

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    Justifications for heavy alcohol use among gender and sexually diverse people
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022-08-24) Adams J; Asiasiga L; Neville S
    A range of research reports that many gender and sexually diverse people drink alcohol at heavy levels. This study used 24 focus groups to explore shared understandings of alcohol use among gender and sexually diverse people living in New Zealand. An inductive, data-driven thematic analysis was employed to identify explanations for heavy drinking among gender and sexually diverse people. Three key explanations were articulated: alcohol is needed for socialising; drinking helps coping with stress; alcohol and drug treatment services are inadequate. These results demonstrate justifications for heavy drinking in certain contexts. This behaviour runs counter to public health approaches and messages that highlight low-risk levels of drinking or not drinking as desirable. Public health interventions should continue to address alcohol use at a whole population level but should be supplemented by policy and interventions that take into account the sociocultural contexts and structural conditions that encourage drinking among gender and sexually diverse people.
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    The alcohol industry-A commercial determinant of poor health for Rainbow communities
    (John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Health Promotion Association, 2022-09-14) Adams J; Asiasiga L; Neville S; Wright C
    BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is an area of challenge for health promotion internationally. The alcohol industry operates as a key commercial determinant of health in that its actions contribute to alcohol misuse, resulting in a range of health and social harms to individuals, families and communities. Rainbow people (including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender diverse) are one group experiencing considerable harm from alcohol use. METHODS: Data from 24 focus groups involving 131 people held in six cities in New Zealand during 2018, were used to explore local understandings of the ways in which the alcohol industry operates as a commercial determinant of health for Rainbow communities. The focus group discussions were analysed thematically. RESULTS: Three key themes were identified. First, the alcohol industry was identified as present in the 'everyday', through targeted alcohol promotion to Rainbow people, and due to the centrality of bars to their social and cultural landscapes. Second, participants recognised the benefits of alcohol industry support for Rainbow communities. Last, an opposing view was articulated, with the alcohol industry and its commercial activities viewed negatively. CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight that alcohol as a commodity and the alcohol industry are successfully and firmly embedded within Rainbow communities. Overall, given alcohol is widely regarded in a positive way, this is likely to create difficulties for health promotion efforts to reduce alcohol related harm in these communities.
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    The New Zealand rental sector
    (BRANZ, 2017-08-04) Witten KL; Wall M; Carroll P; Telfar Barnard L; Asiasiga L; Graydon-Guy T; Huckle T; Scott K
    This report contains the results of a three-phase study of the New Zealand private rental housing sector in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Phase one analysed relevant Census data; phase two (July-December 2015) surveyed 1099 tenants and 406 landlords using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI); phase three (January-June 2016) involved follow-up in-depth interviews with 86 tenants and 38 landlords. The results are summarised in the Executive Summary in three sections: analyses of Census data (Section One); CATI and follow-up interviews with tenants (Section Two); CATI and follow-up interviews with landlords (Section Three). These are followed by key points from the Discussion.