Exploring Pacific identities in rehabilitation
To date, there is limited knowledge regarding how New Zealand-born Pacific health professionals working within rehabilitation navigate the complexity of their own and their clients’ Pacific identities and how this frames and informs their clinical practice.
We are using talanoa to explore how New Zealand-born Pacific health professionals in rehabilitation navigate the complexities of their own and their clients’ Pacific identities and to understand how their identities frame and inform their clinical practice, contributing to culturally responsive and effective rehabilitation services.
This will help inform how such an identity might be responded to in rehabilitation practice in New Zealand and inform future research that may navigate the intersection between Pacific and Māori health.
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Project details
Funder:
Faculty of Health, AUT
Research team:
Christine Cummins, Professor Nicole Kayes, Nari Guthrie
Principal investigator:
Dr Alana McCambridge
Contact person:
alana.mccambridge@aut.ac.nz
Timeline:
February 2025 – November 2025
Current status:
Active