KAUPAPA - DEFINITION

Te Rapuora O Te Waiharakeke will provide a Maori Community health service providing a range of general health education/and promotion, advisory, liaison and co-ordination activities. A key objective of the service is to ensure that the activities of existing health professionals are co-ordinated and effectively targeted for Maori, and that Maori are assisted to better utilise those services, however the services will be available to the whole community.

These services will be delivered through;

• The development of a whanau health plan that includes how improvements in health status (as agreed with each whanau) are going to be achieved.
• Face to face sessions with individuals/whanau to specifically discuss and develop strategies to address their needs
• Hauora wananga - health education and information from a Maori perspective promoting an of understanding the Maori view of health in terms of
  
      -    Taha Tinana (Physical Wellbeing)
      -    Taha Wairua (Spiritual Wellbeing)
      -    Taha Hinengaro (Mental Wellbeing)
      -    Taha Whanau (Family Wellbeing)

Whanau Ora is committed to targeting the MoH Maori Health Gain priority areas

• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Injuries
• Mental Health
• Child health
• Nutrition and Physical Activity

Key components of the service include:

• Assessment of self referred conditions, advice and minor treatment with referral as necessary to appropriate health providers.
• Support and assistance to clients referred by other health providers including general practitioners.
• Health advice, follow up, treatment and monitoring of acute and ongoing health care conditions.
• Coordination with other health care providers
• Coordination of health related activities eg health education sessions.

KEY LINKAGES:


The service has good linkages with:

• Other services provided by Te Rapuora
• Maori providers and Maori organisations such as MWWL, Runanga a Iwi
• Local general practitioners, practice nurses and their staff
• Other local health care providers including ambulance services, community nurses such as Plunket, Public health and district nurses and midwives
• Local providers of social and community services eg schools, Kura Kaupapa Maori and Te Kohanga Reo
• Hospital Service Providers in respect to community health and public health programmes and hospital services

Location & Contact
Te Whare Hauora
Aerodrome Road
Omaka Marae
Blenheim

Ph: (03) 5783348
Fax: (03) 5788034
E-mail: whanauora@tewaiha.org.nz