Equity

An online survey conducted by Pharmacy Today last month drew 47 comments, with most people voicing a desire for more knowledge about the Treaty of Waitangi and how to apply it to their pharmacy practice

Deliberate policies to increase the Māori and Pacific health workforce add positive disruptors to a system designed to produce poor equity outcomes, says public health professor Peter Crampton  

An online survey conducted by Pharmacy Today last month drew 47 comments, with most people voicing a desire for more knowledge about the Treaty of Waitangi and how to apply it to their pharmacy practice

A study showing disparities in metformin prescribing is an important step in unpicking a complex situation, says Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners clinical director and Porirua GP Bryan Betty

At times you can feel disillusioned with the severity of New Zealand’s longstanding inequitable health outcomes. But by focusing on providing culturally safe care and striving for equity every day you can make a real difference, say industry experts

Māori patients receive fewer prescriptions for the common diabetes medication Metformin than non-Māori despite suffering from the disease at twice the rate, according to a new study by the University of Waikato

At times you can feel disillusioned with the severity of New Zealand’s longstanding inequitable health outcomes. But by focusing on providing culturally safe care and striving for equity every day you can make a real difference, say industry experts

All community pharmacists have contractual obligations to address inequity and honour the Treaty of Waitangi, but many don’t realise it

The right of Māori to experience equitable health outcomes in relation to medicine review services must be realised by improving Māori older adults’ autonomy and control and by better use of pharmacists’ skills, according to the latest research by clinical pharmacist Jo Hikaka 

A 24-year longitudinal study of 45,000 south Auckland patients estimates there are almost 19,000 extra deaths annually among Māori with type 2 diabetes