Equity
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Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI; and how interventions, policy and the health system overall can contribute to such groups attaining an equitable health status.
Latest
Media coverage
Who is getting into medical school and health courses? Study shows affirmative action’s successes and failures
Affirmative action programmes at the University of Otago have significantly lifted Māori, Pacific and rural enrolments over the last 30 years but have failed to increase student numbers from poorer backgrounds.
New data on violence against LGBTQ+ people makes ‘grim reading’ – and undermines NZ’s inclusive reputation
New Zealand is ranked the tenth most inclusive society by international legal standards, with a reputation for being forward-thinking and progressive – especially when it comes to the rights of sexually and gender-diverse individuals.
Lake Alice: Government to address historic redress inequities
The Government is set to make redress payments to a group of Lake Alice survivors after "inequities" in a 2001 settlement were identified.
Commentary
Ethnicity is a useful shortcut for identifying need – without it, targeting public services will get harder
The government’s recent directive that public services should be prioritised “on the basis of need, not race” will make it harder and more time consuming to reach New Zealanders with higher needs.
Healthy Families NZ – a decade of impact
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora’s Healthy Families NZ is marking ten years of impact with the release of an impact report ‘Reshaping our systems for a healthier Aotearoa New Zealand’.
Ministry of Health Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024
The Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024 sets out who we are and what we do, how we manage our business, our financial statements and statement of service performance as specified in Vote Health – Main Estimates of Appropriation 2023/24 and (where updated) in Vote Health – Supplementary Estimates of Appropriation 2023/24.
Academic Literature
UNDERSTANDING THE WORKFORCE FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT WITH MĀORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLES
A key objective for this research was for its findings to inform workforce development strategies that will achieve equity for Māori and Pacific peoples with Type 2 Diabetes and other long-term conditions.
Interventions to improve equity in emergency departments for Indigenous people: A scoping review
The aim of this scoping review was to map the ED-based interventions aimed at improving equity in care for Indigenous patients in EDs.
Priority actions for improving population youth mental health: An equity framework for Aotearoa New Zealand
Symptoms of depression and anxiety have increased dramatically among Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa) youth over the last decade, with widening inequities for Māori (Indigenous population). Increased access to quality timely treatment is essential, but not sufficient to reduce population rates of mental distress.
Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Urgent Debate — Dunedin Hospital—Government Announcement
Hansard Report of the Dunedin Hospital Urgent Debate
Needs-based Service Provision
This circular sets out Government expectations for how the targeting, commissioning, and design of public services should be based on the needs of all New Zealanders.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
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