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Bobbie-Jo Pene Ngāi Tūhoe
PhD Candidate
University of Auckland, New Zealand

 

Achieving whanaungatanga-centred care in the acute mainstream hospital: A culturally informed grounded theory.

Pene, B., Gott, M., Clark, T., and Slark, J.
3-minute oral presentation
Wednesday 11 December, 10:25am

Purpose: Relational practice is an ethic of care that is often overlooked in time-limited contexts such as acute healthcare settings. Local evidence suggests a relational mode of practice is needed to better meet the needs of our Māori community. Our study aimed to explore relational practice in an acute mainstream hospital in NZ from the perspective of Māori healthcare professionals and recipients of care.

Methods: This study used a Kaupapa Māori with Grounded Theory design. We conducted interviews with Māori staff and recipients of care. Data were analysed using Birks and Mills (2023) essential grounded theory methods and a concept mapping approach similar to the whakapapa analytic framework (Ware et al., 2018).

Findings: We identified four themes that lay the foundation for our culturally informed grounded theory; 1) whakapapa (origins), 2) tikanga mahi (work ethic), 3) tikanga manaakitanga (cultural and social responsibility), and 4) tikanga whanaungatanga (belonging and inclusion).

Conclusions: This study has the potential to better meet the needs of our Māori community by reorienting patient care from being task driven, to having a relational focus that prioritises the needs of the individual and their whānau.

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