AIM To describe the epidemiology of breast cancer in Maori and non-Maori women in New Zealand, and to identify the implications for breast cancer screening and treatment policy and practice. METHODS New Zealand Census Mortality Study (NZCMS)-adjusted age-specific incidence and mortality rates for breast cancer in total and sole Maori and non-Maori women were calculated using registration and ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the factors which might explain the higher mortality from sudden infant death syndrome in Maori infants (7.4/1000 live births in 1986 compared with 3.6 in non-Maori children). DESIGN A large nationwide case control study. SETTING New Zealand. 485 infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome were compared with 1800 control infants. There were 229 Maori and 240 non-M...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is more common in Maori than in non-Maori women under the age of 40 years and is equally common in older women, despite Maori being generally of lower socioeconomic status and having had a higher fertility rate than non-Maori. METHODS Data from a nationwide population-based case-control study of breast cancer in New Zealand women aged 25-54 years were used to compare ...

Smoking is, and long has been, more prevalent among Maori than non-Maori in New Zealand. Lung cancer, but not other smoking-related cancers, is known to be markedly more common among Maori than non-Maori. Incidence and mortality data from the New Zealand Cancer Registry for cancers of the mouth/pharynx, oesophagus, pancreas, larynx, kidney and bladder, as well as lung/pleura, during the period ...

Action Research can be a powerful tool for change and improvement in health services for indigenous people when utilised within an appropriate framework. The project Maori Utilisation & Experience of Ischaemic Heart Disease Management illustrates this convergence in its use of Kaupapa Maori Action Research methods in its efforts to improve the health and well-being of Maori within the northern ...

RESUME The use of the Maori language gradually declined in New Zealand. In response, Maori language immersion preschools have developed. These have become an instrument in changing the nature of Maori-government relations, as well as being a major source of shaping Maori consciousness in recent years. The author concluded with an examination of the implications of aboriginal language preschools...

Present-day Maori elders comment that the mita (which includes rhythm) of the Maori language, has changed over time. This paper presents the first results in a study of the change of Maori rhythm. PVI analyses did not capture this change. Perceptual experiments, using extracts of speech low-pass filtered to 400 Hz, demonstrated that Maori and English speech could be distinguished. Listeners who...

BACKGROUND Ethnic disparities in cancer survival have been documented in many populations and cancer types. The causes of these inequalities are not well understood but may include disease and patient characteristics, treatment differences and health service factors. Survival was compared in a cohort of Maori (Indigenous) and non-Maori New Zealanders with colon cancer, and the contribution of d...

AIMS We sought to determine whether systematic care can reduce the gap in diabetes control between Maori and non-Maori. METHODS A Primary Health Organisation implemented a chronic care management programme for diabetes in 2005. The data constitute an open, prospective cohort followed for approximately two years. Data describing process were also collected. RESULTS There were 1311 people wit...

OBJECTIVE To determine the current prevalence of hyperuricaemia and gout in New Zealand Maori and Europeans for comparison with previous studies. METHODS 342 Maori and 315 European men and women aged 15 years and older were studied by personal interview and a musculoskeletal system examination. The 1977 ARA criteria for gout in a survey setting were used and serum uric acid was determined by ...