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THE HEALTH STATUS OF DINERS WHO
ATTEND CHARITY MEALS
Rebecca Greig
April 2015
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Assumed that the diners had mental health and addiction issues
Traditionally charity meals have been a place where no questions are asked
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Definition of a Charity Meal Soup kitchens Not a food bank
International Research charity meals, soup kitchens, community meals,
community dinners, food bank, food security, homelessness, addiction, mental health, poverty and New Zealand
health and poverty
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Anthropolgist Irene Glasser
“Although soup kitchens are mentioned in passing scholarly articles (for example, recruiting interviewees in soup kitchens) they are not often studied in any depth” Glasser, April 2014
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POVERTY IN NEW ZEALAND
The widening gap between the poor and wealthy
The more unequal a society becomes the more disadvantaged poor people are
Inequality, not just poverty
WHO (2010) poor people get sicker and die quicker than others
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Donnelly (2009)
Drugs, alcohol and smoking ease the pain of poverty – then the cycle of addiction and ill-health
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QUESTIONNAIRE
Demographics
Previous contact with Mental Health/AOD service
How they rate their general health
Kessler 10-item scale (K-10)
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test-Revised
(CUDIT-R)
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RESULTS N=40
Male = 34 Female = 6
NZ European = 19 Maori = 16 Pacific People = 2 European = 3
Currently single = 37 In a relationship = 3
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RESULTS N=40
Live alone 23 Live with others (flatting/boarding) 15 Live with partner 1 Live with their young children 1
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RESULTS N=40
Rented a room 13 Own home or rental 9 Boarding/flatting 7 Men’s night shelter 7 Vehicle 3 Tent 1
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RESULTS N=40
Job seekers benefit 24 Supported Living Benefit 10 ACC Payment 2 No income 2 Student hardship allowance 1 Emergency benefit 1
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GENERAL HEALTH STATUS, N=40
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Cut arm in drunk altercation Reaction to medications Pneumonia Punched in eye Two new hips, arthritis in back Broken jaw Allergy problems Car accident Operations Overdosing/Self-harm The bends from diving Head injury Abdominal pain Giving birth to baby
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Gout Cut forearm in fight Breakdown Infectious dog bite Tonsils at 18 years old Two broken legs Both shoulders, osteoarthritis from abuse as a
child Alcohol induced seizures (comatose not
withdrawals) Motorbike accident, in coma for three months
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ONE DINERS MEDICATION LIST
Laxsol tablets Sodium cromoglycate eye drops Tramadol Hydrochloride (pain relief) Oxycodone (pain relief) Amitrip (antidepressant) Simvastation (for high cholesterol) Oxynorm (opioid agonist - pain management) Nupentin (anticonvulsant)
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RESULTS N=40
Assessed by a Mental Health Service 23
Assessed by an AOD or Gambling service 28
Assessed by both MH and AOD/Gambling 12
Currently a patient of a MH or AOD/Gambling service 12
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THE OVERLAP BETWEEN MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTAL DISORDER, PROBLEMATIC USE OF ALCOHOL AND HAZARDOUS USE OF CANNABIS, N=39
Problematic use of alcohol Hazardous use of cannabis
6 11
1
2
2
5 Did not meet criteria
7
Moderate to severe mental disorder
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COMPARISON
NZ Health Survey 2013/14 91.4% rated their health as excellent, very good or good
17.7% adult drinkers compared to 67.5% L&F
L&F diners two times more likely to be experiencing moderate to severe mental disorder than adult population of NZ
77.5% used nicotine compared to 19.9% of NZ adults
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WHAT NOW?
Results not surprising!
A place where no questions are asked…?
32 meet criteria 12 currently engaged in treatment
Distribution of clothes, food to take-away, basic first-aid, assistance to fill in forms, haircuts?
Outreach workers – MH – AOD – WINZ ??
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THANK YOU
Professor Doug Sellman Associate Professor Simon Adamson
Eileen Varley, Regional Manager, Addiction Service NMDHB
Anglican Diocese of Nelson, Te Kotahitanga and the St John’s College Trust Board for scholarship funding.
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