Tongan Health Society | Lūsia ki taulanga
What do we hope to do?
We aim to understand Pacific community needs and aspirations for living well and how best to support people living with lifelong conditions, and develop innovative and culturally-centred models of how health and social services can support and work alongside families and communities to enable supported ‘self’-management within their own context.
What are we up to at the moment?
Our focus on completing field visits with project leads, recruiting Community Research Assistant and building relationships with the church community groups who will be taking part in the deliberation workshops to talanoa and understand their needs and aspirations for supporting people living with lifelong conditions.
Our team
The project is led by Dr Ofa Dewes. Dr Dewes is the inaugural Director of the Langimālie Research Centre, a part of the Tongan Health Society.
Ms Malia Tagatanu’u is the Research Fellow for the project.
