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Cultural safety: On healing the health system through partnership

by admin | May 20, 2019 | Writing

Cultural safety in health is the radical idea that people who use health services should be treated with competence, care and respect, so that their dignity and sovereignty are maintained, and not compromised by the system of health care. Both an ethical framework for...

Postnatal depression in the Year of the Dragon

by admin | Mar 30, 2012 | Maternity, Mental health, Women

Women are more likely to develop emotional problems after childbirth than at any other time in their lives and the life time prevalence of major depression in women is almost twice that of men (Kohen, 2001). According to Lumley et al. (2004), one out of every six...

New mothers in a new land: Indian migrant mothers talk

by admin | Feb 25, 2012 | Indians, Maternity, Migration, Writing

Originally published in: DeSouza, R. (2010). New mothers in a new land: Indian migrant mothers talk. In S. Bandyopadhyay (Ed.), India in New Zealand: Local identities, global relations (pp. 207-217). Dunedin: Otago University Press. Ethnic identity and acculturation...

People of colour decolonisation hui

by admin | Feb 25, 2012 | Colonialism, Maternity, Nursing, Power relations, Women, Writing

The Decolonise Your Minds! Hui on February 5th in Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa provided a great opportunity to present my PhD work to awesome folks with similar theoretical and political commitments. Outside a professional or academic context and supported by fabulous...

Are we there yet?

by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Migration, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, Writing

This piece was originally published at Tangatawhenua.com http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/14051 On October 3rd 2011 as part of the series: Are we there yet? These articles are being written as a prelude to the election in November, and focus on the ‘wish list’...
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