This report was prepared by Pacific Perspectives Ltd. The key contributors are Dr Debbie
Ryan, Dr Corina Grey and Brenden Mischewski, with the support of David Nicholson, Lisa …

Background Pacific people living in New Zealand, Australia, United States, and the Pacific
region continue to experience a disproportionately high burden of long-term conditions …

Objective Compassion is important to patients and their families, predicts positive patient
and practitioner outcomes, and is a professional requirement of physicians around the …

Abstract Aotearoa New Zealand has restructured its health system with the objective of
addressing inequitable access to health services and inequitable health outcomes …

ABSTRACT A large portion of Pacific communities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
continue to face socioeconomic hardship and have ongoing health needs that are affected …

AIM: To examine trends in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) events by ethnicity. METHODS: All
IHD deaths and hospitalisations from 2006-2015 were identified using individual-linkage of …

ABSTRACT Maori and Pacific Islanders are heavily overrepresented in the Australian
criminal justice system. Despite these circumstances, little is known about the risk factors …

COVID-19 impacts population health equity. While mRNA vaccines protect against serious
illness and death, little New Zealand (NZ) data exist about the impact of Omicron–and the …

Pacific peoples, mental health service engagement and suicide prevention in Aotearoa
New Zealand | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open …

This chapter provides an overview of innovative Pacific workforce development initiatives.
Pacific people have higher rates of mental illness, substance abuse, and suicide attempts …