W7 Māori Mental Heath and Wellbeing Flashcards
why are Māori mental health rates so high?
- Under-reporting, under-assessment, under-treatment for Māori compared to Pākehā.
- Ongoing colonization
- Racism in healthcare services
Te Wheke - Wellbing Model
Family health - the octopus that represents as a whole the whanau, iwi, hapu and individual. And how each aspect is very interconnected
The Ngaruroro Māori
Wellbeing Model
the three waters representing: Capacities, Connections and Lifestyle choices.
The model also shows that Maori well-being is Dynamic, Holistic, and Interconnected.
Here tāngata - Ngaruroro model
Connection to social and familial ties
Tinana - Ngaruroro model
Lifestyle choices related to the tinana and
physical health
Ngākau - Ngaruroro model
Capacities related to the ‘inner-world’
Wairua - Ngaruroro model
Lifestyle choices related to spirit and
interconnectedness
Taiao - Ngaruroro model
Connection to the environment
Taonga Tuku Iho - Ngaruroro model
Connection to cultural treasures
Matea - Ngaruroro model
Capacities to meet core needs
Mana - Ngaruroro model
Capacities related to exercising mana
Te Whare Tapa Whā - model
and its differnace to the Biomedical Model
Biomedical model:
* Reductionist
* Only addresses the physical - tinana
Te Whare Tapa Whā:
* Tinana – physical
* Hinengaro – cognitive
* Wairua – spiritual
* Whānau - relationships
Te taha tinana
Red
* Physical health
* E.g., mobility, activity levels, sleep patterns, pain
* Being aware of tapu and noa spaces
Te taha whānau
Green
* Relationship health
* E.g., care and nurture, personal wellbeing reflects on the whānau, interdependence, social outcomes in the broader context of social functioning
* Healthy balance
Te taha hinengaro:
Blue – Ranginui
* Cognitive wellbeing
* E.g., coping strategies, brain functioning, thought patterns, communication strategies
* Being conscious of uplifting the mana of clients
