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A story of health inequity and how to address it

Maori language week

Māori Pharmacists Association

Mataio and Mikaele Pewhairangi - My sons
Mataio and Mikaele Pewhairangi

President of Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā – the Māori Pharmacists Association – Kevin Pewhairangi addresses the original question posed in last issue’s Dispensing Wisdom column – how can pharmacists overcome cultural barriers with Māori – and explains why the tenets of cultural safety are a good place to start in pharmacy

The key to improving health inequities lies in the hands of the patient, the health provider and policymakers.Evolving from solutions that have render, Kasey Brown and Kevin Pewhairangi, MPA president Kevin Pewhairangi and his wife, Kasey Brown, president of the Pacific Pharmacists’ Association
References

Wepa D. 2015. Cultural safety in Aotearoa New Zealand. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press: 2015.

Curtis E, Jones R, Tipene-Leach D, et al. Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition. Int J Equity in Health2019;18:174.

Waitangi Tribunal. Hauora - Report on stage one of the health services and outcomes kaupapa inquiry. 2019. https://tinyurl.com/tezlnpc