TravellersTM was developed, piloted and evaluated under contract for the Ministry of Health by skylight - a New Zealand based national not-for-profit organisation that supports children, young people and their families through change, loss and grief - in partnership with the University of Auckland's Injury Prevention Research Centre.
The programme is now in its sixth year, after three years of trialling, evaluation and a further two years of wider implementation in Auckland and Northland schools.
Results of our 2006 TravellersTM survey:
- 9095 Year 9 students completed a baseline screening survey
- 15.4% were identified as potential TravellersTM Group participants
- 7.8% reported experiencing four or more life events as stressful
- 6.3% didn't feel good about themselves most of the time
- 4.9% had a high emotional distress score
- 2% had attended seven or more schools
Most common life events experienced:
- 71% moving house
- 52% moving schools
- 51% death of someone close
- 43% illness of someone close
Click here for pilot research findings
Click here for more information about skylight
Click here to find out what students and facilitators say about Travellers
