Understanding how whānau-centred initiatives can improve Māori health in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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2023-07-13
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Oxford University Press
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Abstract
This article highlights the significance of prioritizing Indigenous voices and knowledge systems, using whānau-centred initiatives (a concept that encompasses the broader family and community) as a foundation for health promotion within an Indigenous context. Tū Kahikatea, a conceptual framework, is used to demonstrate the relationship between the values underpinning different whānau-centred initiatives and their corresponding outcomes. The framework highlights the capacity of whānau-centred initiatives to support whānau in attaining mana motuhake, which represents collective self-determination and the ability to exercise control over their own future. By doing so, these initiatives contribute to the improvement of whānau health outcomes. With recent changes to Aotearoa New Zealand's health system, the findings underscore the benefits and potential of whānau-centred initiatives in enhancing whānau health outcomes, and advocate for continued strengths-based practices in Aotearoa New Zealand's health system. By bridging the gap between academia and grassroots community action, the article demonstrates the potential of whānau-centred initiatives and contributes to a global call for integrating Indigenous viewpoints and practices into Westernized healthcare, in order to improve Indigenous health outcomes.
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Indigenous health, Māori health and wellbeing, capacity building, community health promotion, health promotion, Humans, Delivery of Health Care, Health Promotion, Maori People, New Zealand, Culturally Competent Care
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Reweti A. (2023). Understanding how whānau-centred initiatives can improve Māori health in Aotearoa New Zealand.. Health Promot Int. 38. 4. (pp. daad070-).