Worldwide disparities in cardiovascular disease: challenges and solutions

IS Okwuosa, SC Lewsey, T Adesiyun… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The 20th century saw cardiovascular disease ascend as the leading cause of death in the
world. In response to the new challenge that heart disease imposed, the cardiovascular …

Implementation and impact of indigenous health curricula: a systematic review

SG Pitama, SC Palmer, T Huria, C Lacey… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Context The effectiveness of cultural competency education in improving health practitioner
proficiency and addressing health inequities for minoritised patient groups is uncertain …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding health inequities

P Reid, B Robson - Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV. A study of …, 2000 - otago.ac.nz
This right is derived from different sources. Firstly, from our indigenous rights embodied in
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (United Nations 2007) …

The contribution of avoidable mortality to the life expectancy gap in Maori and Pacific populations in New Zealand-a decomposition analysis

M Walsh, C Grey - The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online), 2019 - search.proquest.com
AIM: To determine the contribution of avoidable causes of death to the life expectancy
differentials in both Māori and Pacific compared with non-Māori/non-Pacific ethnic groups in …

[PDF][PDF] Improving Māori health through clinical assessment: Waikare o te Waka o Meihana

S Pitama, T Huria, C Lacey - Clinical Correspondence, 2014 - nzmj.org.nz
Health professionals play an important role in addressing indigenous health inequalities.
This paper describes the further development and a new conceptualisation of the Meihana …

What is the contribution of smoking and socioeconomic position to ethnic inequalities in mortality in New Zealand?

T Blakely, J Fawcett, D Hunt, N Wilson - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Background Mortality rates for Māori are twice those for non-Māori in New Zealand. We have
assessed the contribution of tobacco smoking and socioeconomic position to these …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges to addressing obesity for Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand

R Theodore, R McLean, L TeMorenga - Aust NZJ Public Health, 2015 - academia.edu
Commentary deciles 9 and 10). 26 In the ANS2008/09, only one-third of Māori (38% of men,
33% of women) reported being fully food secure (ie always able to afford to eat properly) as …

Access and society as determinants of ischaemic heart disease in indigenous populations

E Curtis, M Harwood, T Riddell, B Robson… - Heart, Lung and …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) is a leading cause of death in New Zealand
and the burden falls disproportionately on Māori, the indigenous population of Aotearoa …

Effect of a health literacy intervention trial on knowledge about cardiovascular disease medications among Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand

S Crengle, JN Luke, M Lambert, JK Smylie, S Reid… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the effect of a customised, structured cardiovascular disease (CVD)
medication health literacy programme on medication knowledge among Indigenous people …

A cohort study comparing cardiovascular risk factors in rural Māori, urban Māori and non-Māori communities in New Zealand

VA Cameron, AF Faatoese, MW Gillies, PJ Robertson… - BMJ open, 2012 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To understand health disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the
indigenous Māori of New Zealand, diagnosed and undiagnosed CVD risk factors were …