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This paper has an overarching theme of navigating Māori aspirations for hauora. The focus is on strengthening knowledge of critical contexts underpinning Māori health outcomes and equity, and applying a range of approaches and strategies to Māori health in order to achieve positive outcomes.
This is a practice-oriented paper in hauora Māori which aims to enhance health practice, increase effective service design and development, and increase scholarship in hauora Māori. The paper will focus on evidence-informed approaches to best-practice in hauora Māori within contemporary healthcare in Aotearoa. Students who undertake this paper will be equipped for both academic (further post-graduate study) and health sector pathways.
The teaching and learning includes a focus on embedding Māori values, kaupapa Māori approaches and tikanga into health and health care, incorporation of theory and its application to practice, and the learning and application of new skills to support active approaches to addressing Māori health.
The paper will build on prior learning, and will incorporate theory and practice in hauora Māori spanning traditional views and perspectives, critical thinking and analysis, culturally responsive approaches and strategies, culturally centred leadership and management, and innovative service design and delivery. that advances prior learning and / or experience in Hauora Māori.
About this paper
| Paper title | Hauora Māori Advanced Practice |
|---|---|
| Subject | Māori Health |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $3,103.25 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Notes
- May not be credited with HASC418 completed in 2020.
- Eligibility
Prior knowledge and/or experience of hauora Māori is essential, either through workplace experience or through prior study.
Although these are not essential pre-requisites, MAOH401 builds on these undergraduate papers:
- MAOH201 – Hauora Māori in practice: Working with Māori Individuals and Whānau.
- MAOH301 - Hauora Māori in Practice: Working with Māori Communities and Organisations.
- Contact
Sharnee Diamond, Teaching Fellow, Kōhatu - Centre Hauora Māori.
- Teaching staff
The co-convenors of this paper are:
Dr Esther Willing (Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngā Ruahine), Kōhatu - Centre Hauora Māori.
Professor Peter Crampton (Pākehā), Kōhatu - Centre Hauora Māori.
- Paper Structure
This paper is taught largely in distance mode (with two kanohi ki te kanohi blocks of two-days each).
Each week’s activity comprises readings and a two-hour webinar (distance teaching).
In addition there are two blocks of teaching that are two days each, and are face-to-face in Dunedin.
This paper is structured in five integrated modules that encompass core themes that underpin learning outcomes. These five modules are:
- Whakauru: Embedding Te Ao Māori within health practice and services.
- Kaihaututanga: Health service leadership and management underpinning health service responsiveness and effectiveness for Māori.
- Whānau ora, whānau oranga: Working with Māori individuals, whānau, organisations leading to positive Māori health outcomes – whānau focussed care.
- Mana ake ake: Being agents of change in hauora Māori – critical and creative approaches to being an agent of change, and making a difference for Māori health.
- Auahatanga: Strategies for innovative hauora Māori programme design, development and delivery.
In addition you will gain insights and resources as part of Pukenga Waiora, A toolkit for critical thinking, exploring concepts, reflection, collaboration, evaluation and professional development in Māori health action.
- Textbooks
There are no compulsory textbooks. Readings will be provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Interdisciplinary perspective,Lifelong learning,Communication,Critical thinking,Cultural understanding,Ethics,Information literacy,Self-motivation,Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.- Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Have knowledge of, and demonstrate skills in, incorporating Te Ao Māori (including mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori and tikanga Māori) into health service and programme design and delivery.
- Identify effective strategies aimed at ensuring Māori rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi are upheld in health and healthcare for Māori, and demonstrate an understanding of key features of governance, leadership and management in health that demonstrate organisational commitment to Māori rights aligned with te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Have a critical understanding of structural competence, cultural safety and cultural competence within Aotearoa health policy and services, and the relationship with equity. Within this, identify approaches to, and demonstrate skills in, positive and culturally responsive communication, consultation and engagement when working with Māori in health and healthcare settings.
- Have an understanding of and demonstrate skills in being agents of change in relation to achieving Māori health outcomes and when working with Māori whānau, communities and organisations.
- Have in-depth knowledge of the impacts of racism, and the framing and positioning of hauora Māori on key healthcare contexts including health funding arrangements and resource decision-making, and identify a number of key theoretical frameworks of importance.
- Demonstrate an understanding of, and skills in the implementation of hauora Māori programme design, development and delivery , including knowledge of barriers and enablers to positive health and healthcare outcomes and equity for Māori.