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- ItemInvestigating principles that underlie frameworks for Pacific health research using a co-design approach: learnings from a Tongan community based project(Pasifika Medical Association, 2021-06-22) Pulu V; Tiatia-Seath J; Borman B; Firestone RThe New Zealand Tongan peoples’ worldview leans more towards a traditional and indigenous paradigm that encompasses the importance of family, spirituality or Christian beliefs and connection with their environment. These priorities align with core principles and values of co-design, and therefore, co-designed interventions will be better used and accepted in addressing health issues prevalent in the Tongan community. Co-design methods adapt to the cultural setting they are applied to, prioritizes the Tongan peoples’ cultural values and world views and captures the needs of the Tongan community to inform the development of the intervention. It supports family members to stand with authority, as well as place the Tongan participants at the centre of the research by including families, employing culturally safe practices, addressing the broader determinants of health, and focusing on system issues rather than on individuals.The generation of discussion in co-design further aligns with the Pacific knowledge of systems, creation stories and oral stories which provide a culturally empowering way to generate discussion and insights from the Tongan community
- ItemRelational and collective excellence: unfolding the potential of Pacific early career researchers(Taylor and Francis Group on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2022-08-03) Allen JMU; Bennett JL; Clark ZL; Escott K-R; Fa’avae DTM; Kaulamatoa JL; Kaulamatoa R; Lolohea T; Porter M; Pulu V; Tapuke S; Ualesi Y; Withers SE; Woolner VH; Naepi, SAs Pacific early career researchers (ECRs), relational interconnections and engagement are at the heart of our collective responsibilities to each other. Although we share a mutual responsibility to our research communities (in academia and industry), each Pacific ECR is unique in our field of research and genealogical connections to the Pacific. This paper engages the Indigenous story work methodology to capture, negotiate, and make meaningful links between our research experiences and relational excellence. This methodological approach reveals thematic elements of respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, holism, interrelatedness, and synergy are woven throughout the paper to highlight our collective va-relationality and potential as ECRs. Our collaborative approach to defining and engaging with Pacific research creates new and innovative possibilities for Indigenous and Pacific research excellence.