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The Contribution of Iwi-Based Research Centres to Improving Service Delivery

The Contribution of Iwi-Based Research Centres to Improving Service Delivery. 26 November 2009 Dr Amohia Boulton . Overview. Conducting health service research in an iwi or tribal research centre The contribution we make to health services research and health service delivery

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The Contribution of Iwi-Based Research Centres to Improving Service Delivery

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  1. The Contribution of Iwi-Based Research Centres to Improving Service Delivery 26 November 2009 Dr Amohia Boulton

  2. Overview • Conducting health service research in an iwi or tribal research centre • The contribution we make to health services research and health service delivery • Challenges faced by iwi-based heath services researchers

  3. Whakauae Research • NgātiHauiti – an iwi (tribe) from the central Rangitikei, Aotearoa • Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development – the iwi research unit for Ngāti Hauiti

  4. Location

  5. WRMHD

  6. Why we are unique • Tribally owned and accountable • Required to be responsive to our population, to those who give us the mandate to operate • Overall goal of assisting Māori to reach their potential • Community development approach to • health services research

  7. Why we are unique • Direct contact with our community, with Māori health providers, with health practitioners and with consumers • Relatively few resources, infrastructure • Control of data, use of data, analysis and interpretation of research findings

  8. How We Contribute • Training and development of the Māori health workforce as practitioners • evaluation capacity and capability • Needs Assessments • project planning • Ultimate aim is to improve the kaimahi/worker’s ability to be an effective health practitioner

  9. The Community Hub Project • An evaluation commissioned by the Northland District Health Board • training in evaluation methodology • project logic model developed with practitioners/facilitators • intensive face-to-face workshops and one-on-one training

  10. How We Contribute • Training and development of the Māori health workforce as researchers • to identify research questions of interest to their community • training in collection methods, data handling and analysis • dissemination and translation • Ultimate aim is to enhance the skill set in the provider organisation/community

  11. Pa Stylz • Tobacco Cessation Project • run by Te Kotuku Hauora Trust • o Rangitikei • formative evaluation methods • project logic model developed with kaimahi • initial survey of households carried out by kaimahi • results disseminated at hui

  12. Resilience Project with TOIHA • Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority (TOIHA) • our research partner in a collaborative research project investigating the concept of resilience • CEO as researcher (developed initial application, data collection, analysis, write-up, dissemination) • joint authorship • translational component

  13. Other ways of contributing • Community input into the policy advice process • Investigator initiated research into questions of significance for community/Māori • Growing Māori health workforce within our centre

  14. Challenges • Growing capacity within an increasingly pressured Māori health provider environment • Growing our own research capacity to contribute to the realisation of Māori potential • Remaining alert for local and international indigenous networking, partnership and collaboration opportunities

  15. Challenges • Ensuring a high standard of Māori/indigenous scholarship • Ensuring we continue to add to existing knowledge, develop new knowledge • dissemination • publication • translation

  16. Summary • Constant pressure to be responsive to the needs of our community • Pressure to publish however, our work must inform policy and practice to be of use and so be transformative • Numerous challenges but ultimately hugely rewarding

  17. Acknowledgements • All our research partners, collaborators and participants and community members • Manaia PHO • Te Kotuku Hauora o Rangitikei • Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority

  18. Contact Details Amohia Boulton Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development amohia.whakauae@xtra.co.nz

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