Tagged: Māori health

Featured image: New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low

New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low - COVID-19

Guest Author • Sep 21, 2021 •

Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland   Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national COVID-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the government denies it, others clearly believe it is at least a possibility. The uncertainty is troubling. If elimination fails or is abandoned, it would suggest … Read More

Featured image: The real challenge to COVID-19 vaccination rates isn’t hesitancy — it’s equal access for Māori and Pacific people

The real challenge to COVID-19 vaccination rates isn’t hesitancy — it’s equal access for Māori and Pacific people - COVID-19

Guest Author • Jun 02, 2021 •

Jesse Whitehead, University of Waikato; Kate C. Prickett, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Polly Atatoa Carr, University of Waikato   Reports of potentially higher rates of vaccine hesitancy among Māori and Pacific populations have seen the government target COVID-19 vaccine and information campaigns at those communities. And there are excellent reasons for such … Read More

Featured image: A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori

A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • May 28, 2021 •

Andrew Waa, Heather Gifford, Shane Bradbrook The recent release of the Government’s “Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan” (the  Plan) represents a significant step forward in how we think about tobacco control1. The Plan specifically references eliminating smoking related inequities, strengthening Māori governance and fulfilling government commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as an essential part of achieving … Read More

Featured image: New authority could transform Māori health, but only if it’s a leader, not a partner

New authority could transform Māori health, but only if it’s a leader, not a partner - News

Guest Author • Apr 22, 2021 •

Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University and Heather Came, Auckland University of Technology As part of a major overhaul of the health system, health minister Andrew Little yesterday announced a new Māori health authority. The authority will be able to commission primary health services and make joint decisions with a newly created centralised health agency. It’s a simple idea, … Read More

Featured image: Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand

Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jul 20, 2017 •

Dr Melissa McLeod and Professor Tony Blakely Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand: a tricky balance of improving overall population health and addressing inequalities In this blog we will discuss a paper recently published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention [1] by the BODE3 team, which modelled a nationwide colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme for New Zealand. We … Read More

Featured image: Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Oct 31, 2016 •

Dr Andrea Teng, June Atkinson, Dr George Disney, Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Diana Sarfati, Dr Melissa McLeod, Prof Tony Blakely Work we just published shows some adverse trends in cancer deaths by ethnic group, as well as some favourable trends. In this blog we discuss some of the key findings of this research and what the options are for NZ … Read More

Featured image: Disruptive thinking: rocket fuel for Māori innovation

Disruptive thinking: rocket fuel for Māori innovation - Mātau Taiao

Laura Goodall • Jul 06, 2016 •

Dr Lance O’Sullivan was kicked out of school for disruptive behaviour. Twice. Now the award-winning Māori doctor has created another kind of disruption – an ambitious new health app that aims to speed up diagnosis and treatment times for common childhood illnesses. Māori innovation is skyrocketing.  The June 2016 statistics say it all: Māori innovation reached almost 65 percent … Read More