A Kaupapa Māori epidemiology is sensitive to the demographic circumstances of the Māori population. Itreinforces the development of policy and practice that is responsive to Māori. A Māori standard population (or indigenous standard) brings Māori from the margins to the centre of the epidemiological frame.
This study aimed to critique and refine standard statistical tools and their use, in order to better serve the interests of indigenous peoples. It focused on the specific elements of age standardisation and confidence intervals. As a result, the researchers refined standard statistical tools to better reflect Māori health. The findings were provided to the Ministry of Health and taken up by Health Care Aotearoa in developing performance measures of PHOs.
Outputs
Publications
• Simmonds S, Robson B, Cram F and Purdie G (2008). Kaupapa Māori Epidemiology. Australasian Epidemiologist, 15(1)2-6
• Robson B, Cram F, Purdie G, Simmonds S (2007). Age Standardization – An Indigenous Standard? Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 4(3)1-11
• Robson B, Harris R. (eds) (2007). Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV. A Study of the Years 2000-2005. Wellington: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare.
Conference Presentations
• Kaupapa Māori Epidemiology. Population Health Congress, Brisbane, July 2008 (oral presentation)
• Age Standardisation Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV workshop, Public Health Association, Waitangi, July 2008 (oral presentation and activity)
• Age Standardisation Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV workshop, Hawkes Bay, June 2008 (oral presentation and activity)
• Age Standardisation Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV workshop, Christchurch, May 2008 (oral presentation and activity)
• Implications of an Indigenous Standard Population for Pacific Health Data in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, September 2006 (oral presentation)
• Age Standardisation, Kaupapa Māori meets Epidemiology. Public Health Intelligence – Māori Health Joint Analytical Workshop, Wellington, May 2007 (oral presentation)
• Implications of an Indigenous Standard Population for Pacific Health Data in Aotearoa. Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors’ Conference, Rotorua, December 2006 (oral presentation)
Summer School
• Kaupapa Māori meets Epidemiology, February 2008 (one day workshop)
• Kaupapa Māori meets Epidemiology, February 2007 (one day workshop)
• Kaupapa Māori Epidemiology, February 2006 (one day workshop)