Oranga Waha - Oral health research priorities for Māori

About us

To have good oral health is to have the opportunity to enjoy good kai, to speak clearly, to hongi, kiss, smile and laugh, without discomfort or embarrassment. It is also to be free from active disease in the mouth that affects overall health and wellbeing. Good oral health is not equally available to all citizens of Aotearoa. Dental services for adults remain largely outside the system of publicly funded or subsidised health care. Preventive, restorative, or rehabilitative dental care is accessible to the affluent but often unattainable to those who are less well-off.

The Ministry of Health and the Health Research Council of New Zealand funded Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare (University of Otago, Wellington) and seven community group partners to identify research priorities that would lead to improved oral health for Māori and reduced inequalities, with particular reference to low income Māori adults, older Māori , and Māori with disabilities, special needs or who are medically compromised.

Partners in the research

• Te Ao Marama, the New Zealand Māori Dental Association
• Tipu Ora Charitable Trust, Rotorua
• Ngati Pāhauwera Hauora Society, Northern Hawkes Bay
• Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira and Ora Toa Health Services
• Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust, Kokiri Marae Seaview
• Rāta Te Awhina Trust, West Coast
• Alzheimers New Zealand Inc

The research used a mix of qualitative and quantitative enquiry, including surveys, interviews and focus groups with a range of Māori communities and with people working in the health and disability sector; statistical analyses of public hospital admissions for oral disease and injury, and of oral cancer registrations and deaths; a review of oral health data sources; and a comprehensive literature reviews. The findings were discussed at a national workshop of key stakeholders where research topics were developed and prioritised.

Publications

Oranga Waha - Oral Health Research Priorities for Māori : low-income adults, kaumātua, and Māori with disabilities, special needs or chronic health conditions

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Publication Details:

Date of publication: March 2011.
ISBN 9780986468261 (book) ISBN 9780986468278 (internet)
Citation: Robson B, Koopu P, Gilmour J, Rameka R, Stuart K, Simmonds S, Purdie G, Davies C, Paine S-J. (2011). Oranga Waha – Oral Health Research Priorities for Māori: low-income adults, kaumātua, and Māori with disabilities, special needs and chronic health conditions. Wellington: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare

Authors:

• Bridget Robson Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare , University of Otago, Wellington
• Pauline Koopu Tipu Ora Oranga Niho, Tipu Ora Charitable Trust, Rotorua
• Jean Gilmour School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, Wellington
• Ruruhira Rameka Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare , University of Otago, Wellington
• Shirley Simmonds Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare , University of Otago, Wellington
• Gordon Purdie Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington
• Keriata Stuart Waiti Research Consultancy
• Cheryl Davies Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust, Kōkiri Marae, Seaview
• Sarah-Jane Paine Sleep/Wake Research Centre, Massey University, Wellington

Oranga Waha – He Huarahi Rangahau. Māori oral health research agenda (research priorities summary).

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Oranga Waha – Oral Health Research Priorities for Māori : a literature review.

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Publication Details:

Date of publication: March 2011.
ISBN 978-0-9864682-8-5 (internet)
Citation: Stuart K, Gilmour J, Broadbent J, Robson B. (2011). Oranga Waha – Oral Health Research Priorities for Māori: a literature review. Wellington: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare

Authors:

• Keriata Stuart Waiti Research Consultancy
• Jean Gilmour School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, Wellington
• Jonathan Broadbent School of Dentistry, University of Otago
• Bridget Robson Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora A Eru Pōmare, University of Otago, Wellington

Links

www.moh.govt.nz/oralhealth The Ministry of Health's website on oral health

www.healthysmiles.org.nz – The New Zealand Dental Association's website for the public

www.teaomarama.org.nz –Te Ao Marama, the New Zealand Māori Dental Association

http://dentistry.otago.ac.nz – Dentistry and other oral health careers at Otago University

http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/health-sciences/oral-health - Oral health degrees at Auckland University of Technology

www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au – Australian Indigenous Health Information -includes a bibliography of research on oral health and Indigenous Peoples.

www.arcpoh.adelaide.edu.au – Adelaide Research Centre on Population Oral Health

www.biomedcentral.com/bmcoralhealth - open access journal on oral health

http://www.dinoh.org/ International Association for Disability and Oral Health

http://www.bsdh.org.uk/index.php British Society for Disability and Oral Health

http://www.fdiworldental.org/ World Dental Federation

http://www.who.int/oral_health/en/ World Health Organisation's oral health site