Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 8, 2020 3:00:20 GMT 12
REFUSAL TO LOWER BOWEL SCREENING AGE FOR MĀORI LABELLED 'INSTITUTIONAL RACISM'
Performing just one extra colonoscopy per week at each district health board would offer equitable bowel screening for Māori, an expert says.
“The bowel screening program age range is deliberately designed to fail to detect bowel cancer for a large proportion of Māori and is perfectly poised to perpetuate bowel cancer inequities for Māori.”
She labelled the Ministry of Health’s refusal to lower the age limit for Māori as “systemic and institutional racism”.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123015075/refusal-to-lower-bowel-screening-age-for-mori-labelled-institutional-racism
Performing just one extra colonoscopy per week at each district health board would offer equitable bowel screening for Māori, an expert says.
“The bowel screening program age range is deliberately designed to fail to detect bowel cancer for a large proportion of Māori and is perfectly poised to perpetuate bowel cancer inequities for Māori.”
She labelled the Ministry of Health’s refusal to lower the age limit for Māori as “systemic and institutional racism”.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123015075/refusal-to-lower-bowel-screening-age-for-mori-labelled-institutional-racism
Performing just one extra colonoscopy per week at each district health board would offer equitable bowel screening for Māori, an expert says.
“The bowel screening program age range is deliberately designed to fail to detect bowel cancer for a large proportion of Māori and is perfectly poised to perpetuate bowel cancer inequities for Māori.”
She labelled the Ministry of Health’s refusal to lower the age limit for Māori as “systemic and institutional racism”.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123015075/refusal-to-lower-bowel-screening-age-for-mori-labelled-institutional-racism
Performing just one extra colonoscopy per week at each district health board would offer equitable bowel screening for Māori, an expert says.
“The bowel screening program age range is deliberately designed to fail to detect bowel cancer for a large proportion of Māori and is perfectly poised to perpetuate bowel cancer inequities for Māori.”
She labelled the Ministry of Health’s refusal to lower the age limit for Māori as “systemic and institutional racism”.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123015075/refusal-to-lower-bowel-screening-age-for-mori-labelled-institutional-racism