Policy and Practice Work | Policy and Advocacy

Healthcare in Aotearoa is rapidly transforming, which brings both excitement and anxiety. The health reforms, driven by the health and disability inequities evidenced in the Waitangi Tribunal Report 2019 (WAI 2575) and outlined in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill, present opportunities.

Often it is the disenfranchised and those who require ongoing healthcare support who may be “left behind” in times of rapid transformation. By embracing Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles, we are working together with communities to find ways to do things differently to enable healthcare access for people who have been previously disadvantaged. Healthcare access that can support people to live well.

How will we contribute to this space?

Strong links and relationships with the policy sector

Communicating our research in meaningful and engaging ways to our communities, the wider healthcare system, policy makers, and the general public.

Advocacy work

“Health system must be accountable for complicity in abuse” Tristram Ingham, Meredith Perry, and Bernadette Jones https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/26/health-system-must-be-accountable-for-complicity-in-abuse/

Graduate research opportunities:

We currently have a call open to recruit potential PhD and Masters students. For further information: https://www.otago.ac.nz/postgraduate-study/research-opportunities/reframing-health-and-wellbeing-self-management-support-together