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Relational nature of Maori Men’s Health. Linda Waimarie Nikora, Neville Robertson, Mohi Rua & Darrin Hodgetts Maori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato. Overview. Quick intro’s A bit about us and current research directions
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Relational nature of Maori Men’s Health Linda Waimarie Nikora, Neville Robertson, Mohi Rua & Darrin Hodgetts Maori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato
Overview Quick intro’s A bit about us and current research directions But most about where ‘we’ (you and us) think research on Maori relational health should go in the future
Maori & Psychology Research Unit Maori focused Social, psychology, systems, qualitative and ethnographic orientation with eye to demography Everyday life Applied
Maori Development Goals Survival Remaining Maori Creating a better world
Linda Waimarie Nikora Director, PhD, AProf Maori & Psychology Research Unit University of Waikato
Ongoing work Culturally patterned worlds and ways of being
Future ideas Positive relational health
Neville Robertson Programme Covenor, PhD, Senior Lecturer Maori & Psychology Research Unit University of Waikato
Current work Fathers & domestic violence • Interviews with men and women on • Role of father • Father’s relationship with children • Impact of the violence on children and mother • Children and parent’s decision making An Evaluation of Te Whakaruruhau Whānau Ora Wellbeing Programme • Whānau case studies • Staff and other agency perspectives • Issues • What does whānau ora mean in the context of DV? • Being set up to fail?
Mohi Rua Research Fellow Maori & Psychology Research Unit University of Waikato
Research with Maori men • The cultural construction of Maori masculinity • A history of research on Maori men • Research with Maori men • Maori men’s relationships and how these promote health today • Addressing the crucial gap in research by studying the everyday lives and positive relationships of Maori men in the context of men’s health
Some questions to address • What do we know about Maori men… • who do not offend? • who are not in the justice system or prisons? • who do not beat their children and partners? • who have no gang affiliations? • who lead relatively healthy lifestyles and are positively contributing and engaging constructively with their whanau and communities? Quite frankly not much at all.
Darrin Hodgetts Professor (Societal Psychology) Maori & Psychology Research Unit University of Waikato
Work in progress • Bloke Culture • Homeless Men • Medications – Men who mother, Proxy Symptoms
Some discussion questions + others? • What are your projects and research agendas? • Do you see any synergies with our directions? • What are the big gaps? • What’s important not to forget? • How might our work help what you do? • What don’t we know?