integrates all child and youth health services provided by Waikato District Health Board, whether they are provided in hospital, clinics in the community or in people homes. The role of Waikids is to deliver child-centered, youth-centered and family/whanau focuses and friendly care to raise awareness about health issues, care for children with health issues and their families and keep children healthy (Waikato DHB, 2016). Action Area 3: Promote Oral Health Waikato DHB focuses on parent/family/whanau
Dietitians play an important role in the New Zealand health-care system, as their work directly affects numerous risk factors for many serious diseases and conditions. They are specialists in diet choices and nutrition and work in a variety of roles within different organisations, encouraging the general public, groups, and individuals to make healthy diet choices. As the New Zealand health system has an increasing focus on preventing disease at the primary sector and the integration of many different
Health is a complex and developing concept moving away from a mere understanding of the absence of illness and infirmity to a more holistic view. Therefore as society has changed rapidly over the last century, there has also been a shift in the burden of disease universally. These factors that are now playing the big roles in causation of disease have changed from biological to social. It has become increasingly clear that the components that lead to poor health outcomes are complex and multidirectional
CULTURAL COMPETENCY DEFINITIONS – A paper to inform development of Cultural Competency Framework for First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples of British Columbia, Canada Cultural Definitions in health care – what does it all mean? There are many definitions and iterations of culture in health care – all with different meanings but many with overlaps. In order to develop a Cultural competency framework, it will be important for stakeholders to agree on what ‘cultural competency’ means and the differences