Primary care improvement case study: Turanga Health: Tu Mahi project
This case study, published by the Health Quality & Safety Commission, describes a Whakakotahi quality improvement project run by Turanga Health in the Tairāwhiti, Gisborne, region. Turanga's intent was to address the issues of poor access and introduce options to facilitate and increase participation of Māori in primary health care and so reduce the demand on secondary care. The result is a workplace wellness platform that transitions individuals with long-term conditions to whānau-centred care and responsibility in the whare.
Proactively providing contraception to New Zealand adolescents
High adolescent pregnancy rates in New Zealand (NZ) are influenced by limited access to contraception. This paper, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, discusses using a proactive contraception provision (PCP) model to overcome barriers that prevent effective contraceptive uptake.
Point-of-Care Testing in Rural and Remote Settings to Improve Access and Improve Outcomes: A Snapshot of the New Zealand Experience
Three key guiding principles of rural and remote clinical services are to improve health access, improve outcomes, and reduce inequity. In New Zealand, as in other countries, point-of-care testing and technologies can assist in clinical decision-making for acute and chronic conditions and can help to achieve these key health principles for people living in rural and remote locations. The objective of this paper, published in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, was to provide readers with insights into where and how point-of-care testing devices and tests can be implemented to improve outcomes in New Zealand settings without on-site pathology laboratory support.
Compounding inequity: a qualitative study of gout management in an urban marae clinic in Auckland
Gout remains a health equity issue; Māori and Pacific peoples are disproportionately afflicted, with increased burden and loss of quality of life, yet are less likely to receive appropriate management, which mainly occurs in primary care. This study, published in the Journal of Primary Health Care, aims to understand the perspectives of the mainly Māori and Pacific clinicians and staff at an urban marae practice about barriers and challenges to delivering effective care to a Māori and Pacific community with high burden of gout.