Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 29, 2018 16:10:28 GMT 12
MĀORI VOICES NEEDED IN MENTAL HEALTH REFORM
A member of the leadership group advising the government on how to respond to the Mental Health and Addiction inquiry says more Māori representation is needed.
Māori submissons to the review panel included calls for treatment options that include Māori cultural practices, including te reo me ōna tikanga.
"To gain those we need access to our own world, to our own communities, and these things are not necessarily available in mainstream services and one might say shouldn't be but there should be ready access to the things we know helps us heal as Māori," Ms Baker says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjA2OTU/M%C4%81ori-voices-needed-in-mental-health-reform
A member of the leadership group advising the government on how to respond to the Mental Health and Addiction inquiry says more Māori representation is needed.
Māori submissons to the review panel included calls for treatment options that include Māori cultural practices, including te reo me ōna tikanga.
"To gain those we need access to our own world, to our own communities, and these things are not necessarily available in mainstream services and one might say shouldn't be but there should be ready access to the things we know helps us heal as Māori," Ms Baker says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjA2OTU/M%C4%81ori-voices-needed-in-mental-health-reform