2017
Authors
Anna Rolleston; Rob Doughty; Katrina K Poppe
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of premature death and disability for all New Zealanders. Māori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand, are disproportionately affected. The New Zealand Māori Health Strategy recognises that “health and wellbeing are influenced and affected by the ‘collective’ … and the importance of working with people in their social contexts, not just with their physical symptoms” (Ministry of Health, 2002, p. 1). In a Māori worldview, a holistic approach to health is innate.
This project piloted a kaupapa Māori approach within an existing 12-week clinical exercise and lifestyle management programme. The aims of the study were to determine the effectiveness of a kaupapa Māori 12-week exercise and lifestyle management programme on parameters of cardiac risk and quality of life.
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