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M ā ori Responsiveness – HRC 2010

M ā ori Responsiveness – HRC 2010. Papaarangi Reid. February 2010. M ā ori Responsiveness. Purpose To provide advice on ‘M ā ori Responsiveness’ for FMHS staff and students submitting research proposals into the upcoming HRC round. M ā ori Responsiveness. Structure

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M ā ori Responsiveness – HRC 2010

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  1. Māori Responsiveness – HRC 2010 Papaarangi Reid February 2010

  2. Māori Responsiveness Purpose To provide advice on ‘Māori Responsiveness’ for FMHS staff and students submitting research proposals into the upcoming HRC round.

  3. Māori Responsiveness Structure • Context – what is “Māori Responsiveness” & why is it relevant to my research? • Conditions – getting sign-off for “Māori Responsiveness” – what does it entail? • Benefits of doing this right • Suggestions for grant writing • Useful references

  4. Māori Responsiveness Context – 1 HRC funding from Vote:RSD comes with elements of delegated Crown responsibility including those related to the Treaty of Waitangi. A basic Treaty obligation is consultation with Māori - ranging from iwi to sector stakeholders. In the Administrative Agreement, the University is required to sign off that appropriate consultation with Māori has taken place.

  5. Māori Responsiveness Context – 2 Within FMHS, the Tumuaki takes primary responsibility for this consultation. Around 20 HRC full applications are being worked up this year within this Faculty and a process is necessary to manage this consultation. What constitutes ‘Consultation with Māori’, in terms of intention, extent, format and the rights and responsibilities of parties has been argued in many decisions of the Waitangi Tribunal. The Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori) has an interest in the adequacy of university processes in respect to ‘Consultation with Māori’.

  6. Māori Responsiveness Conditions - 1 As Tumuaki, taking on this primary responsibility within the FMHS, the rights I insist on include: • That I am informed about each of the projects • That I am able to give advice and have this advice considered by the researchers • That I receive information about the outcome of the proposed study (if funded)

  7. Māori Responsiveness Conditions - 2 This year will be the sixth year where I have provided this process. I am aware that this process seems to work well for some applicants, while others struggle with either the concept of “Māori responsiveness” or my approach and/or my advice. This internal process does not stop researchers participating in other activities of Māori consultation for their project, indeed this is often important. However my sign-off is still required. I am open to researchers providing suggestions to improve this process.

  8. Māori Responsiveness Benefits - 1 When fully considered, “Māori Responsiveness” can increase the likelihood of your application being funded. Applications recommended by the assessing committees as “Highly Ranked & Fundable” are assessed further for their fit with the HRC’s priority for publicly funded health research Applicants should see the relevant page in the Annex of Application Guidelines to familiarise themselves with the criteria that contribute to the prioritisation score. “Māori Responsiveness” advice is given with this in mind.

  9. Māori Responsiveness Benefits - 2 In providing advice, I intend to improve your application where possible, by: • Suggesting engagement with Māori individuals or groups who have a parallel interest • Suggesting changes that, in my experience, will improve the research process or outcomes for Māori • Suggesting how the wording in some sections of the application be framed more appropriately • Proposing how you may contribute to Māori health research development • Suggesting changes to improve feedback from Māori reviewers

  10. Māori Responsiveness Key areas to discuss: NOTE different sections for different application types: • General project grants – Sections 2B5, (2B1), 4A • Programme Grants – Sections 2B9 and 4A • Health Delivery Projects – Sections 2Bc and 4A (please note that 4A is slightly different in this project)

  11. Māori Responsiveness Key areas to discuss: PROJECT GRANTS • Section 2B-5 - Relevance to Māori Health Outcomes • Section 4A-2– Research Team Competencies with Māori • Section 4A-3 - Consultation with Māori – people • Section 4A-4 - Consultation with Māori - processes • Section 4A-5 - Methods - protecting Māori study participants • Section 4A-6 - Methods – contribution to Māori methodologies • Sections 4A-7 - Dissemination to Māori

  12. Māori Responsiveness Section 2B-5 - Relevance to Māori Health Outcomes From previous section (2B-1) on relevance to health – review whether your hypothesis is an issue of importance to Māori health and if ethnic inequalities exist. Because reducing inequalities is an overarching goal of the health sector and ethnic inequalities are the generally the strongest and most consistent, they are worth noting. See p12 of the GA210F guidelines for types of information to include • Relates to scoring of relevance • A variety of reference sources are available for you to find incidence/prevalence data and inequalities data. I will provide any specific additional references after I review the application

  13. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-2 - Research team competencies with Māori You are asked to describe the competency – (cultural, relevant training, networking or supervision) of team members to undertake the research. • For basic sciences research, the generic wording suggested is – “n/a – the research proposed is biomedical research” • Others should discuss this with me • For those committed to developing Māori workforce, you may wish to note that “Any vacancies will be advertised on the www.mahi.co.nz website” [& budget costs] and/or that student vacancies will be advertised with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, the Māori CORE at UoA.

  14. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-3 - Consultation with Māori – people • FMHS staff and students who have followed this process should add in section 4A-3 under ‘Other Māori Group’ - Assoc. Prof Papaarangi Reid • Where appropriate, other Māori groups and/or individuals should also be added.

  15. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-4 - Consultation with Māori – processes The generic wording suggested for 4A-4 is – “ This proposal was developed using the 2010 protocols for Māori responsiveness developed by the Office of the Tumuaki for the FMHS, UoA.” • Where appropriate, descriptions of other Māori consultations and relationships should be added. • A letter of acknowledgement from the Office of the Tumuaki will be available.

  16. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-5 Methods – protecting Māori participants 1 • If the proposed research does not involve humans or human tissue, the generic wording suggested are “n/a – this research uses animal models” or “n/a – this is basic biomedical research” etc • If the proposed research uses human tissue you should discuss it with me

  17. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-5 Methods – protecting Māori participants 2 • If the proposed research involves individuals or populations there are two issues of interest. A) Where ethnicity is not a variable of analysis in your hypothesis, the generic wording suggested is: “n/a ethnicity is not a variable of analysis” although this will need to be argued if you noted ethnic inequalities in your relevance section. • NB HRC documents note that it is unethical to exclude Māori from your study because of perceived difficulties with consultation

  18. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-5 Methods – protecting Māori participants 3 • If the proposed research involves individuals or populations there are two issues of interest. B) Where ethnicity is a variable of analysis, a number of issues arise – e.g. the classification of ethnicity, population and sample frameworks. Please discuss these proposals with me.

  19. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-5 Methods – protecting Māori participants 4 • Take care using the word “race” • MoH guidelines re classification of ethnicity on their website – www.moh.govt.nz • Consider whether ethnicity or ancestry is the most appropriate for your hypothesis • Consider the construction of your sample to avoid creating inequalities [ref. Equal Explanatory Power paper] • Avoid “deficit” framing – (likewise romantic ones)

  20. Māori Responsiveness Section 4A-6 Methods - Contribution to Māori methodologies • Proposals where this is applicable are infrequent in FMHS therefore for most applications the generic suggested wording is “n/a” • If you have any issues or queries about this you should discuss them with me

  21. Māori Responsiveness Sections 4A-7 - Dissemination to Māori • Consultation, by definition, contains a feedback loop. • Researchers should inform the Tumuaki of project outcomes (if funded) • The generic wording suggested for this section is: “In addition to the generic processes noted in 2B-6, research results arising from this proposal will be provided to the Office of the Tumuaki. If these results are considered important for Māori health development, the researchers will be invited to present to a forum of Māori researchers and communities of interest organised by the Office of the Tumuaki. If invited to such a forum, the research team will be happy to participate.”

  22. Māori Responsiveness Programme Grants Programme grants have a section 2B9 where the reseach group is asked about “their policies and general activities with respect to responsiveness to Māori as it relates to health and health research”. Investigators are welcome to discuss with me the way they intend to answer this section.

  23. Māori Responsiveness Health Delivery Grants In these grants, information that is usually found in 2B-5 of Project Grants on Relevance to Māori Health Outcomes is now placed in Module 4.1. Please see slide 12 for information and the rest of Module 4 can be filled inwith advice from slides 13-21. A new section in Module 2B-C asks you to consider the contribution the research may have on health equity. This could mean contribute to the reduction and elimination of inequalities including those between Māori and other New Zealanders. The guidelines ask researchers to refer to the relevance of this in the Investment Signal. You are welcome to discuss this with me.

  24. Māori Responsiveness References For comprehensive Māori health statistics and inequalities - www.hauora.maori.nz For comprehensive data on cancer and inequalities - Robson B, Purdie G, Cormack D. 2006 Unequal Impact: Māori and non-Māori Cancer statistics 1996-2001 Wellington Ministry of Health http://www.moh.govt.nz For information about Māori responsiveness - HRC 2008 Guidelines for Researchers on Health Research involving Māori. http://www.hrc.govt.nz See Māori Responsiveness on the FMHS website

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