During this session, a brief overview of the programme will be provided. We will then begin to look at how the health system in Aotearoa is structured, in particular primary care services.

 

 

What is also critical is understanding the jargon – breaking it down and making it meaningful to us. The use of statistics and clinical trials can provide useful information to inform governmental agencies through to the community at large about the possible risks & benefits of new pharmaceuticals and treatments and if it will be the best use of our limited resources.

 

 

Through this session we will explore various perspectives on Māori health and work with you through Te Wheke a Māori model of health. We will also look into each element that is part of the Te Wheke model and explain how these elements encompass the Māori worldview on Hauora.

 

 

In this session we provide an overview of the pharmaceutical industry in New Zealand and explore the medication management process. Furthermore, we look at how to access medications and the options available to decrease medication costs for patients as well. The types of information available to patients and health professionals on medications. This session will enable you to:

1. understand prescription charges,
2. reinforce the ‘appropriate use’ of medicines,
3. be able to listen and positively contribute to the health outcome of a patient who has    become non-compliant
4. identify appropriate health professional to seek assistance and advice from in respect to a patient’s medication regime.

 

 

PHARMAC is the funding body responsible for ensuring that evidence-based therapeutic agents are available to all New Zealanders. On completion of this section it is expected that you gain knowledge of the function/purpose of PHARMAC and an understanding of the current access & optimal use campaigns and resources are available for the health workforce and consumers of subsidies medicines.

 

 

Through this session we will look into the whakapapa of Rongoa Māori and the importance of whakawhanaungatanga in Rongoa Māori. Here we will discuss the tikanga of Rongoa and move into its application various, uses and misuses and adverse effects.

 

 

This session will provide a critical analysis of the current state of Māori health. We will look closely at what are some of the key issues for Māori and how current research into Māori experiences of care and the barriers to accessing health services are impacting on health outcomes.

 

 

In this session we explore the practical issues of medication to increase awareness and promote positive well-being through effective use, storage and disposal. Provided modern medicines are administered and stored accordingly they have the potential to be effective in achieving favorable health outcomes.

 

 

In this session, we will look closely at the health problems faced by Māori, and in primary care in particular. We will then discuss and review how these conditions impact on Maori and their whanau, and what role pharmaceuticals plays in lessening the impacts.

 

 

This practical, hands-on session will see us explore and develop communication concepts, tools & strategies to empower Māori through confidence and knowledge of their health and how the effective use of medications can lead to a improved and productive life.

 

 

This practical, hands-on session will see us explore and develop communication concepts, tools & strategies to empower Māori through confidence and knowledge of their health and how the effective use of medications can lead to a improved and productive life.

 

 

This practical, hands-on session will see us explore and develop communication concepts, tools & strategies to empower Māori through confidence and knowledge of their health and how the effective use of medications can lead to a improved and productive life.

 

 

These sessions will cover the following activities:

1. Case Studies
2. Medicines Checklist
3. Group role plays
4. Action Plans

 

Peter (Ngati Raukawa) is a teacher, researcher, and health management advisor for Mauri Ora Associates, and also part-time as Medical Advisor to the Treatment Injury and Patient Safety Unit of ACC. In addition Peter is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland Medical School.

Peter has significant experience as a GP in Papakura and Whangamatā and was formerly Medical Director of Boehringer Ingelheim (NZ) Limited, a multi-national pharmaceutical company. Peter is a member of the Ministry of Health's Performance Advisory Group for primary care and of Te Roopu Manawa Mai (the ACC Māori Advisory Board). He has published a number of papers relating to cultural competence in health care [for example see: Jansen P and Sorenson D. Culturally Competent Health Care, NZFamPhys 2002 October; 27(3)].

Peter's previous appointments include Deputy Chair of Counties Manukau DHB, Board Member of Mid-Central Health, an inaugural director of ProCare IPA, director of Quality Health NZ (formerly the NZ Council of Healthcare Standards), and Clinical Director of Te Kupenga o Hoturoa PHO. Peter was also an inaugural Member of the National Advisory Group for the Development and Implementation of Guidelines (National Health Committee, 1995-1996).

 

Leanne has worked as a clinical pharmacist in Waikato, Turangi and Taupo. She is currently a pharmacist with Taupo Hospital after being a locum in both retail and public hospitals in Taupo and Turangi. She has grown up, and lives in the predominantly Māori community in Turangi.

 

Leanne has long been concerned about disparities in health outcomes for Māori and believes that many problems can be overcome by approachability, rapport, basic te reo and observation of tikanga.

Leanne is also co-president of Nga Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoa o Aotearoa - The Māori Pharmacists Association and is a keen sports person.

 

Mereana's is employed by the New Zealand government drug-funding agency PHARMAC as the Māori Health Analyst. The role was developed to improve PHARMAC’s capacity to assess and implement the goals of the Māori Responsiveness Strategy (MRS). This has involved reviewing the MRS to identify PHARMAC's strengths and weaknesses in implementation and the development of Te Whaioranga – the 5 year work plan to continue to improve prescribing and uptake for Māori on subsidised medicines.

Mereana's work experience includes health research, project management, health service funding, health quality auditing and evaluation both in New Zealand and in the UK. Prior to PHARMAC, Mereana was with Canterbury District Health Board in Māori Health which involved local consultation with Mātā Waka and Iwi Māori in Canterbury to develop regional Māori health plans, lead regional Māori service development initiatives and report on national health indicators.

Mereana is the project manager for He Rongoa Pai, He Oranga Whanau – Whanau staying well with medicines campaign that aims to increase medicine management knowledge for the Māori primary care workforce about safe and optimal use of prescribed medicines.

 

Amo Aratu for Nga Whenua Rahui, a government agency set up to put in place kawenata (covenants) on Māori land of ecological significance. The role of the Amo Aratu is to assist land owners in caring for the special values of their lands throughout the country, and if necessary, assisting with their restoration and maintenance. Previously Rob was a Continuing Education Office for the University of Waikato; prior to that he was a Catholic priest in Whanganui, Hawkes Bay and the Bay of Plenty.

 

Rob's particular field is the traditional use of native plants, particularly for rongoa. He was initially taught by kaumatua on the Whanganui in the mid 1970's, and has since worked with kaumatua and rongoa in many parts of the country. Over the last fifteen years he has been heavily involved in helping people to learn rongoa, particularly through wananga, and in recent years, through the Kiwi Mara programme on Māori TV, as well as building up  an extensive experience as a rongoa practitioner.

 

Rob also runs cultural awareness training for the BOPDHB, and for a number of other health providers in the BOP, and wānanga relating to traditional knowledge of the ngahere for ERMA and various other agencies and organisations.

 

Ko Hokianga toku turangawaewae
Ko Kai-a-te-whetu te maunga
Ko Waimamaku te awa
Ko Te Whakamaharatanga te marae
Ko Ngati Pakau me Ngati Pou nga hapu
Ko Ngapuhi, Ko Te Roroa nga iwi

 

My whanau and I live in the beautiful Hokianga. I am a mother and a teacher. I have been fortunate to learn from our elders in the Hokianga and be in waananga regarding Rongoa Maori for the past 15 years. I am passionate about developing ways where aspects of Rongoa Maori can be incorporated into the modern health care system of today.

 

No reira, ma te atua e tiaki, e manaaki i a tatou i roto i tenei mahi, mo ake tonu.

 

Detail to come.