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Whānau Ora for Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa is about assisting the process of supporting whānau to determine their own health goals and quality of life. The emphasis is placed on whole populations so that the individuals within those communities can be in an active role towards achieving health gains for all.
Iwi Health is a team dedicated to offering support to all Maori Whanau living within Kirikiriroa, in the following health areas:
- Parenting Support and Skills Programme (please see the evaluation for further information.
- Safety Promotion – Child Car-seat Programme (contact our
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- KIPC – the Kirikiriroa Injury Prevention Collective
- Breastfeeding Promotion and Advocacy
- BACK – the Breastfeeding Advocacy Coalition, Kirikiriroa.
- Breastfeeding promotion also contributes to advocacy for smokefree homes and healthy ears for our tamariki mokopuna.
- Promotion of Tamariki Ora (Well Child) Services.
Iwi Health Service objectives are:
- To improve and protect the health of tamariki by promoting positive parenting and social support for parents and caregivers. See our evaluation here.
- To ensure safety promotion programmes are available to those communities most at need
- To increase breastfeeding promotion, advocacy and co-ordination at both national and local levels. Have a look at our Breastfeeding Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace project
- We also work closely with other Health and Community providers with an emphasis on Kaupapa Maori and Maori Concepts of Health.
Health Promotion is;
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Health Promotion
- works with people not on them
- starts and ends with the local community
- is directed to the underlying as well as immediate causes of health
- balances concern with the individual and the environment
- emphasises the positive dimensions of health
- concerns and should involve all sectors of society and the environment
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It also draws upon principles of
- social change, physical change
- building partnerships and alliances between groups
- policy development, accountability
- empowerment
- community participation
- equity and health
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Completed Evaluations:
Click on to the headings below to view the evaluations:
The Team
Iwi Health Promoter: Cherale Kumeroa
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