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A Maori health branch of the New Zealand Ministry of Health was established in 1993.
Consultation on the He Korowai Oranga (
the Maori Health Strategy) began in the same year.
In particular, it requires district health boards to establish and maintain processes to enable Maori to participate in and contribute to strategies for
Maori health improvement.
This objective was to form the basis of much of the growth and development of
Maori health initiatives throughout the 1990s.
The Public Health & Disability Act 2000 (NZ) now incorporates a number of significant references to
Maori health.
Clive Aspin is
a Maori health researcher.
Not exact matches
«The position description for New Zealand case managers lists tertiary qualifications as desirable, as well as backgrounds in rehabilitative services, allied
health services, psychology or social work, together with knowledge of and experience working with
Maori and Pacific Peoples and their communities,» she said in the report.
The concept of Cultural Safety, originating through the work of
Maori midwives in 2000, is slowly gaining traction in
health education in universities, and in professional development in
health services in Australia.
• Clive Aspin (Ngati Maru) is a
Maori public
health researcher with extensive experience of Indigenous
health research in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
In the lead up to AIDS 2014 in Melbourne next year,
Maori public
health researcher Clive Aspin reports on the lessons from a large international gathering of indigenous peoples affected by HIV that was recently held in Canada.
Meanwhile, at the Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference 2017 in Auckland tomorrow, Mohamed will talk about Ramsden's ground - breaking work in defining Cultural Safety and suggest that its critical importance for the
health of
Maori people has been transformative for Indigenous peoples globally.
In 1988, a first - year
Maori nursing student in Christchurch asked an astute question that many
health systems, services and professionals are still struggling to answer.
(Introduction by Croakey) In 1988, a first - year
Maori nursing student in Christchurch asked an astute question that many
health systems, services and professionals are still struggling to an... Read more
Margo holds appointments as an International Indigenous Fellow of Te Mata o te Tau, the Academy for
Maori Research and Scholarship, Massey University, NZ; Adjunct Professor, Indigenous Public
Health Program, University of Hawaii, HI, USA; and Adjunct Professor, Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC.
Reid, Deputy Dean
Maori (Tumuaku) at the University of Auckland, shared common experiences in Indigenous
health from a New Zealand perspective.
In 2010 - 2012 the Closing the Gap
health reforms associated with the Closing the Gap Strategy were just getting started.Because of this time lag, the Campaign Steering Committee believe that significant increases in life expectancy, like those seen among the
Maori, should be expected before the early 2020s if the national effort to close the gap is maintained.