About this research
A Kaupapa Māori epidemiology is sensitive to the demographic circumstances of the Māori population. Itreinforces the development of policy and practice that is responsive to Māori. A Māori standard population (or indigenous standard) brings Māori from the margins to the centre of the epidemiological frame.
This study aimed to critique and refine standard statistical tools and their use, in order to better serve the interests of indigenous peoples. It focused on the specific elements of age standardisation and confidence intervals. As a result, the researchers refined standard statistical tools to better reflect Māori health. The findings were provided to the Ministry of Health and taken up by Health Care Aotearoa in developing performance measures of PHOs.
Outputs
Publications
• Simmonds S, Robson B, Cram F and Purdie G (2008). Kaupapa Māori Epidemiology. Australasian Epidemiologist, 15(1)2-6
• Robson B, Cram F, Purdie G, Simmonds S (2007). Age Standardization – An Indigenous Standard? Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 4(3)1-11
• Robson B, Harris R. (eds) (2007). Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV. A Study of the Years 2000-2005. Wellington: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare.
Conference Presentations
• Kaupapa Māori Epidemiology. Population Health Congress, Brisbane, July 2008 (oral presentation)
• Age Standardisation Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV workshop, Public Health Association, Waitangi, July 2008 (oral presentation and activity)
• Age Standardisation Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV workshop, Hawkes Bay, June 2008 (oral presentation and activity)
• Age Standardisation Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV workshop, Christchurch, May 2008 (oral presentation and activity)
• Implications of an Indigenous Standard Population for Pacific Health Data in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, September 2006 (oral presentation)
• Age Standardisation, Kaupapa Māori meets Epidemiology. Public Health Intelligence – Māori Health Joint Analytical Workshop, Wellington, May 2007 (oral presentation)
• Implications of an Indigenous Standard Population for Pacific Health Data in Aotearoa. Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors’ Conference, Rotorua, December 2006 (oral presentation)
Summer School
• Kaupapa Māori meets Epidemiology, February 2008 (one day workshop)
• Kaupapa Māori meets Epidemiology, February 2007 (one day workshop)
• Kaupapa Māori Epidemiology, February 2006 (one day workshop)
Ētahi atu · Other projects
Tracey Takuira (Te Arawa, Matātua, Ngāpuhi, Tainui), Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Whakatane Taonga species or customary materials such as Kuta/Paopao (Eleocharis sphacelata), Harakeke (Phormium tenax,), Pīngao (Desmoschoenus spiralis), Tī Kōuka (Cordyline australis), Raupō (Typha orientalis), Toetoe (Cortaderia spp.), (Scheele, 2010a, Herbert, &…
View projectThrough a weaver's lens: availability and sustainability of raranga resurces with a focus on Kuta (Eleocharis sphacelata)
Tracey Takuira (Te Arawa, Matātua, Ngāpuhi, Tainui), Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Whakatane
Taonga species or customary materials such as Kuta/Paopao (Eleocharis sphacelata), Harakeke (Phormium tenax,), Pīngao (Desmoschoenus spiralis), Tī Kōuka (Cordyline australis), Raupō (Typha orientalis), Toetoe (Cortaderia spp.), (Scheele, 2010a, Herbert, & Oliphant, 1991) as well as many more natural resources, are significant to the cultural identity of Māori people. For example, “the exercise of kaitiaki responsibilites towards these taonga species and their environment, is a fundamental aspect of Māori culture, and kaitaki relationships are important sources of identity” (Waitangi Tribunal, 2011).
Renee Iritana Smith (Renee Iritana Smith), Massey University My project “Tāngata Tōnui, Tāngata Mauri Ora” aligns with the research theme of ‘Mauri Ora’ as it specifically is aimed at investigating commonalities shared between flourishing, successful Māori individuals and communities. This will be done utilizing a kaupapa Māori methodology which therefore…
View projectTāngata Tōnui, Tāngata Mauri Ora
Renee Iritana Smith (Renee Iritana Smith), Massey University
My project “Tāngata Tōnui, Tāngata Mauri Ora” aligns with the research theme of ‘Mauri Ora’ as it specifically is aimed at investigating commonalities shared between flourishing, successful Māori individuals and communities. This will be done utilizing a kaupapa Māori methodology which therefore allows for a cultural specific way of investigating the construct of ‘flourishing’ in a way which has not been done before.
Liana Catherine MacDonald (Liana Catherine MacDonald), Victoria University of Education My research focuses squarely on a Māori perspective of the mainstream education system and is concerned with teachers' pedagogical practices and understandings of how to implement the English curriculum through the teaching of text. The study also highlights the…
View projectTeaching from the margins: Navigating critical approaches to text, identity and biculturalism through the lived experiences of Māori
Liana Catherine MacDonald (Liana Catherine MacDonald), Victoria University of Education
My research focuses squarely on a Māori perspective of the mainstream education system and is concerned with teachers' pedagogical practices and understandings of how to implement the English curriculum through the teaching of text. The study also highlights the significant challenges of operating in such an environment too.