Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 31, 2020 4:27:23 GMT 12
CULTURE GAP EXISTS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ASSESSMENTS FOR MĀORI INMATES
Māori inmates who suffer from a traumatic brain injury need Māori-specific assessments, or will risk making the same poor decisions that led them to prison in the first place, a neuropsychologist says.
It follows a Canterbury University study which found nearly every inmate at Christchurch Women's Prison who was interviewed had suffered a traumatic brain injury.
"The tools that we assess in order to identify a traumatic brain injury or a neurological problem are all tools that have been developed in country's overseas with a Western world view," she said.
"Often misdiagnosis are the result of these tools that have not been developed within a Māori world view and then we don't have appropriate follow-up or appropriate treatment for that person."
She said more Māori needed to enter the field of neurology, and develop new tools.....
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/culture-gap-exists-traumatic-brain-injury-assessments-m%C4%81ori-inmates
Māori inmates who suffer from a traumatic brain injury need Māori-specific assessments, or will risk making the same poor decisions that led them to prison in the first place, a neuropsychologist says.
It follows a Canterbury University study which found nearly every inmate at Christchurch Women's Prison who was interviewed had suffered a traumatic brain injury.
"The tools that we assess in order to identify a traumatic brain injury or a neurological problem are all tools that have been developed in country's overseas with a Western world view," she said.
"Often misdiagnosis are the result of these tools that have not been developed within a Māori world view and then we don't have appropriate follow-up or appropriate treatment for that person."
She said more Māori needed to enter the field of neurology, and develop new tools.....
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/culture-gap-exists-traumatic-brain-injury-assessments-m%C4%81ori-inmates