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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 :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health. 25:435
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- CSIRO Publishing, 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
Male
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Quality management
Culture
Psychological intervention
Population health
Whakapapa
Indigenous
Interviews as Topic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
Health Services, Indigenous
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
Public relations
Culturally Competent Care
Quality Improvement
Community health
Female
0305 other medical science
business
New Zealand
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14487527
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c4dc4c2846c4887746f56c06eb3dcb46