This theme focused on understanding supportive care needs and evidence about effective and equitable cancer support services.
Directors
Key researchers
- Dr Jerram Bateman, Social and Behavioural Research Unit
- Dr Karyn Maclennan, Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network
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A list of our publications with links.
DownloadCompleted projects
A study of the supportive care programmes and services in New Zealand
This project involved interviews with cancer care providers (including oncologists, cancer nurse coordinators, supportive care providers such as the Cancer Society NZ, Māori providers, and primary care providers such as GP doctors and practice nurses) to better understand the environment of post-treatment cancer survivors in NZ. This included identifying the type of care available, how it can be accessed, and engagement with different groups (particularly Māori).
Promoting health equity in bowel cancer screening
Screening programmes often fail to deliver equitably, with Māori and Pacific participation lower compared to NZ Europeans. This project aimed to improve equity in bowel screening. This project aimed to improve equity in bowel screening. To do this, we talked to groups of Māori and Pacific people, as well as Māori and Pacific health experts to better understand what factors enable or prevent Māori and Pacific people from accessing bowel screening.
Understanding the supportive care needs of Māori cancer survivors in the transition from active to post-treatment
This involved talking to Māori cancer survivors (interviews) to understand their supportive care experiences and needs, and to identify ways to better support Māori cancer survivors once they complete active treatment.
Developing and evaluating cancer survivorship care plans in Aotearoa New Zealand: a feasibility study
This involved focus groups with healthcare professionals involved in cancer care in Otago and Southland to evaluate the feasibility of using supportive care plans (SCP), from the perspectives of the cancer care workforce in Otago/Southland where SCP are currently not in place.