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Otarians Taking Care of Business: Strenghening Youth Health and Wellbeing in Otara. Theresa Fleming (8511600) M King (7807040) T Tregonning (25147260) Health sciences Health Wellbeing Young people <p dir="ltr">Young people in Otara are generally healthy. They report good things about living in Otara, including strong connections with family, friends and community. Most Otara young people are in school, training or work and look forward to positive futures.</p><p dir="ltr">Having said this, there are a range of health and other issues that get in the way of some young people reaching their potential and enjoying life. This report examines information from young people, community service providers and best evidence research to look at how to support the health and wellbeing of young people in Otara.</p><p dir="ltr">Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) initiated this project with the support of Manukau City Council (MCC). CMDHB currently supports adolescent health in high schools and some other settings and wished to look at how to better meet the needs of teenagers in the community who are not the focus of school health services. In 2008 CMDHB undertook to consider the needs of young people in Otara. Thus this project focuses on </p><p dir="ltr"><i>unmet health and wellbeing needs and on opportunities to better meet those needs for Otara residents in the 14 to 20 years age range</i>. </p><p dir="ltr">Both CMDHB and MCC have a range of other projects and work with people of other age groups and in different areas.</p> 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Report 10.25455/wgtn.34037409 https://figshare.com/articles/report/Otarians_Taking_Care_of_Business_Strenghening_Youth_Health_and_Wellbeing_in_Otara_/34037409 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0