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He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata! (What is the most important thing in the world? It is people!).
- Source :
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Australian journal of primary health [Aust J Prim Health] 2019 Nov; Vol. 25 (5), pp. 435-442. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper highlights the importance of people as a central factor in improving health for Māori (Indigenous people of New Zealand). How whānau (family) relationships, connections, values and inspiration are integral to achieving Indigenous health goals is explained. Descriptions of how community researchers, healthcare staff, consumers and academics worked together to design interventions for two health services (in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions) is included. Through highlighting the experiences of health consumers, the potential for future interventions to reduce the advancement of pre-diabetes among whānau is described. Evidence from the study interviews reinforces the importance of whānau and whakapapa (heritage) as enabling factors for Indigenous people to improve health. Specifically, the positive effect of whānau enhancing activities that support peoples' aspirations of tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) in their lives when engaging with health care has been observed. This study highlights the many positives that have emerged, and offers an opportunity for taking primary health to the next level by placing whānau alongside Indigenous primary care providers at the centre of change strategies.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Culturally Competent Care
Culture
Female
Health Services, Indigenous organization & administration
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ethnology
New Zealand
Quality Improvement
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1836-7399
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Australian journal of primary health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32171366
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1071/PY19027