Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 22, 2023 8:03:45 GMT 12
NEW STUDY TO CREATE NATIONAL PLAN FOR SPIRITUAL CARE
In what is believed to be a first for New Zealand, researchers are about to begin a bicultural study aimed at creating a national action plan for spiritual care in the health system, using indigenous approaches.
Study co-leader and University of Otago preventive and social medicine researcher Associate Prof Richard Egan said little was known about spiritual care in New Zealand healthcare.
The study has been granted $1.4million in the latest Health Research Council funding round, and aims to develop national recommendations and an action plan for spiritual care.
"For Māori, wairua or spirituality is often considered ‘the most essential requirement for health’, and this research will work in a bicultural way to better understand Māori spiritual care needs in a system that is inequitable based on current outcomes."....
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/new-study-create-national-plan-spiritual-care
In what is believed to be a first for New Zealand, researchers are about to begin a bicultural study aimed at creating a national action plan for spiritual care in the health system, using indigenous approaches.
Study co-leader and University of Otago preventive and social medicine researcher Associate Prof Richard Egan said little was known about spiritual care in New Zealand healthcare.
The study has been granted $1.4million in the latest Health Research Council funding round, and aims to develop national recommendations and an action plan for spiritual care.
"For Māori, wairua or spirituality is often considered ‘the most essential requirement for health’, and this research will work in a bicultural way to better understand Māori spiritual care needs in a system that is inequitable based on current outcomes."....
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/new-study-create-national-plan-spiritual-care