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Moeke-Maxwell, T., Nikora, L. W., Te Awekotuku, N. (2014). Māori End-Of-Life Journeys.4 pp.
Abstract: A social constructionist approach recognises that whānau live according to a range of complex historical, social and cultural factors as well as personal life experiences that influence how we live with dying.
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Cheung, M. (2013). Transforming from caterpillars to butterflies Learning to lead with tika, pono and aroha.5 pp.
Abstract: When I first started thinking about the idea of new and emerging Maori academic leaders, I pictured monarch butterflies emerging from chrysalises, flapping their wings, and looking at the world full of wonder. This led me to thinking about the children’s story about the very hungry caterpillar, devouring all that food to prepare for metamorphosis. We can draw on the very hungry caterpillar story as a metaphor for the hunger for knowledge that results in transformation. But how does this transformation occur? How does the caterpillar really know what the best types of food are to eat? How does it learn to attach itself to the underside of a leaf, construct its tiny chrysalis and finally emerge as a beautiful majestic butterfly? Well… I think they must have mentors, beautiful majestic butterfly mentors.
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Ashton C.M., H., P., Paterniti, D.A., Collins, T.C., Howard, S.G., O'Malley, K., Petersen, L.A., Sharf, B.F., Suarez-Almazor, M.E., Wray, N.P., Street Jnr, R.L. (2003). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Health Sciences. J Gen Intern Med, , 8 pp.
Abstract: African Americans and Latinos use service that require a doctor's order at lower rates than do whites. Racial bias and patient preference contribute to disparities, but their effects appear small. Communication during the medical interaction plays a central role in decision making about subsequent interventions and health behaviours. Research has shown that Doctors have poorer communication with minority patients than with others, but problems in doctor-patient communication have received little attention as a potential cause, a remediable one, of health disparities. We evaluate the evidence that poor communication is a cause of disparities and propose some remedies drawn from the communication sciences.
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Ameratunga, S., N., Alexander, C, S., Smith, G., Lennon, D.R., Norton, R, N. (1999). Trauma-Related Hospitalizations Among Urban Adolescents in New Zealand: Priorities for Prevention. Journal of Adolescent Health, , 9 pp.
Abstract: Purpose: To: (a) determine the magnitude, characteristics,and in-patient costs of injury among hospitalized urban adolescents in New Zealand (NZ); (b) identify regional priorities for injury prevention and investigative research; and (c) compare the study findings with published data from other industrialized countries.
Methods: The 1989–1993 files of the NZ Hospital Discharge Database were accessed to identify and analyze trauma-related admissions of adolescents residing in NZ’s largest metropolitan region.
Results: The estimated 9569 hospitalizations for injury accounted for one-fourth of all adolescent admissions in the region, a mean annual hospitalization rate of 1292/100,000 population and a minimum annual cost of NZ
$5.8 million for in-patient care. Males and indigenous Maori youth had comparatively higher rates of hospitalizations for most major causes of injury. Falls, pedal cyclist injury, cuts, and piercing injuries were leading causes of
hospitalization for trauma in early adolescence. Admission rates for motorcyclist and other motor vehicle occupant trauma and self-inflicted injury increased substantially among older adolescents. Sport and recreational activities comprised at least one-sixth of injury admissions.
Conclusions: The overall rates of injury resulting in hospitalization among Auckland adolescents were comparable to those reported from Australia and France, but higher than those from the United States, Canada, and
Israel. By identifying priority issues and high-risk groups, this study provides a foundation for regional injury control initiatives. It also demonstrates the utility and limitations of E-coded hospital discharge registries in defining the burden of serious nonfatal trauma.
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Yates D.E.T. (1988). Health – A Māori perspective insight and future.2 pp.
Abstract: While addressing to the Māori perspective of health, the Author intends to focus on three periods of time in relation to the arrival of the European in New Zealand:
1. The Pre European period
2. The immediate Post European period
3. The late Post European period (modern day New Zealand)
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