Date: Wednesday 16th October 2013, 9.00am – 4.00pm
Cost: 25 per person
Venue: Tamatekapua Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua
More information: serena.reed@lakesdhb.govt.nz
Registration is essential, places are limited
Research locally and overseas shows a complex layered spectrum of factors associated with inequalities that need to be addressed in order to eliminate and prevent their re-creation.Lecture 1 - Inequality in Cancer for Maori by Dr Nina Scott
Lecture 2 - Maori Health Literacy in Palliative Care by Dr Jacquie Kidd
- Health literacy involves how people come to have information about health issues. Low health literacy is associated with poor health outcomes. This study involved Maori patients and their whanau, health professionals and examined health resources used by health professionals.
Lecture 3 - Maori health literacy and communication in palliative care: Kaumatua led models by Rangimahora Reddy
- The aim was to identify key communication practices that contribute to Maori Health literacy and kaumatua and whanau experiences of end of life planning and care, as well as clinicians and kaimahi delivery of these services.
Lecture 4 - Kia Ngawari Study - Palliative Care of Maori and their Whanau by Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell
- The aim of the research was to gather qualitative information from Maori whanau about their end of life experiences and cultural needs.
