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Walking Between Worlds |
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 The first 19 students have just graduated from Whitireia Community Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) programme. Voyages spoke with the programme’s developer Dr Margaret Southwick about the difference a ‘Pacific-specific’ approach to learning can make for Pacific students.
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Report Highlights Pacific Health Disparity |
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 A study charting trends in mortality since 1981 shows that while there has been an encouraging reduction in mortality rates for Europeans and Maori, the same gains are not evident among Pacific peoples.
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 Since the Tongan Health Society was established in 1996, it has evolved into Langimalie - a community-owned, Pacific Primary Health Organisation (PHO). Voyages paid a visit to see one its health centres in action.
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Call and Response |
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 A study revealing the true extent of mental health issues among Pacific people underlines the need for community-driven responses, says consultant psychiatrist Dr Siale ‘Alo Foliaki.
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Putting Kids First |
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 Dr Teuila Percival, a paediatrician at KidzFirst children’s hospital in Middlemore, spoke to Voyages about the child epidemiology study and what can be done to improve the health of Pacific children. She says the way forward is through education and addressing socio-economic disparity.
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Starting the Relationship |
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A Workforce Development Project designed to boost the numbers of Pacific and Maori people in physiotherapy and occupational therapy has made a promising beginning. |
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Forging a Path |
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 They’re young, they’re talented and they’re the future of Pacific health research. Voyages visited the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health to meet an emerging generation of Pacific researchers.
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Recognising Pacific Achievers |
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Years of study and perseverence have paved the way for a rewarding career in nursing for Metua Ngutu, one of 32 recipients of this year’s Pacific Health Workforce Awards. |
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Action Stations |
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The Otago Pacific People’s Health Trust is championing the health care needs of Dunedin’s 3,000-strong Pacific community through advocacy, research and a host of health promotion activities. |
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ProCare Health, which represents 500 independent GPs in greater Auckland and manages three primary health organisations (PHOs), has set up its own Pacific Health team. Voyages met the people who are mobilising Pacific communities to access health services and following up those in high need who don’t. |
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Unlocking the Future |
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The Pukapuka Community of New Zealand is a not-for-profit organisation representing people from the island of Pukapuka in the Cook Islands. Voyages spoke to its President and Chief Executive Nuku Rapana about its unique blend of educational, health and social services. |
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With a taxi driver’s knowledge of the streets, a small white car and a dentist’s kit packed in a portable suitcase, Tule Misa is determined to improve the oral health of Christchurch’s Pacific communities. |
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Pathway to the People |
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LotuMoui, a church-based community development programme, is proving highly successful as an avenue for addressing the health problems of Pacific people in Counties Manukau. |
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Nurturing Vitality |
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The Pacific health sector is growing in confidence and numbers as it responds to the health needs of Pacific peoples. Voyages spoke with the Minister of Health, the Hon Pete Hodgson, about the challenges facing the sector and the gains made so far. |
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Meningococcal B Vaccination Programme |
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NEW ZEALAND has had epidemic levels of group B meningococcal disease since 1991. Since then there have been 5,400 cases of the disease and 220 deaths. About half of all meningococcal disease cases occur in children under five years. |
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'Weaving the Mat' |
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Olo Elise Puni, Trustee and Management Convenor of AuckPac, was a member of the Meningococcal National Advisory Group. Voyages asked Olo for his thoughts on the campaign and what made it such a success. |
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Time to Deliver |
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Manukau City Councillor and Counties Manukau District Health Board representative Anae Arthur. Anae has watched the emergence of a Pacific health sector over the past decade. He talks about progress to date and the need to deliver on the sector’s immense potential. |
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Learning Together |
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The Pacific Leadership Development Programme 2006 is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health and three Departments at Canterbury University. The Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies provides a Pacific perspective, the Health Services Centre brings a public health perspective and the Department of Management offers expertise in management and leadership. |
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Creating a New Wave of Pacific Leaders |
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Over the past few years, a fresh approach to grooming the next generation of Pacific health leaders has evolved. The result is a new leadership programme comprising three residential workshops. The participants were drawn from throughout the country and the sector to discuss what it means to be a Pacific leader in health. Voyages spoke to two people who have played a role in helping to shape and launch the programme – Fa’amatuainu Tino Pereira, the managing director of Niu Vision group, and Dr Karen Poutasi, the former Director-General of Health. |
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Call for Regional Response |
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Papua New Guinean academic Steven Winduo (right) was a guest speaker at the recent Pacific Health Leadership programme. He called for greater regional cooperation on public health issues, such as HIV/AIDS, that transcend national boundaries. |
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Global health problems call for solutions on a national and international scale. |
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Growing Our Own |
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A new, apprenticeship-style cadetship programme at the Hutt Hospital is successfully attracting much-needed Pacific recruits into the health workforce. Voyages takes a closer look. |
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The Heart of the Matter |
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The opportunity to put the ‘fence at the top of the cliff’ attracted Dr David Schaaf into public health. Now his research into the causes of heart disease has taken him full circle back to his old school in Mangere. |
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