Pacific Health Promotion Webishops
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Here are some of our recent webishops covering a variety of Pacific Health Promotion topics.
Tufunga Fonua Ola - Effective Pacific leadership in times of great challenges
This webishop explores how good governance and leadership can set and navigate strategic pathways that enable Pacific communities and others to walk a pathway of wellbeing, and take greater control of their future. The aim is to inspire and empower the Pacific public health and health promotion workforce to lead by serving their communities with confidence, care and compassion during these challenging times.
This webishop features guest speakers; Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Public Health Medicine Specialist, Dr Josephine Aumea Herman, Chief Clinical Advisor Pacific Health at Manatū Hauora New Zealand Ministry of Health, and Tevita Funaki, CEO, The Fono.
Pacific Health Promotion - The 'Lotu' Factor
This webishop focuses on the role of the Church, faith, religion, and spirituality in health promotion, healing, and wellbeing of Pasifika peoples. A panel of experts on spirituality, and its relationship to health and wellbeing discuss how significant the impact of worship and prayer is to Pacific peoples.
Pacific Engagement by Design
This webishop explores some powerful approaches to help Pacific and non-Pacific health promoters engage more effectively with Pacific families and communities? Especially during these challenging times, reaching out to our Pacific communities is even more vital, and indigenous wisdom and professional experience tell us that in order to be more effective in engaging Pacific peoples.
Diabetes: Societal malady with Individual Responsibility
This interactive webishop puts the spotlight on the magnitude and impact of diabetes and obesity among Pacific peoples in Aotearoa. The webishop features guest speaker, Dr Viliami Tutone, who as a consultant nephrologist at Middlemore Hospital, deals with the devastating effects of this disease every day. The focus is on obesity and diabetes putting them on par with suicide, mental health, teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse.
Fonofale health model explained
The Fonofale model of health was created by Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann as a Pacific Island model of health for the use in the New Zealand context.
A hard copy of the paper Fonofale Explained, which explains the model, was distributed to those participants who attended the workshop on Pacific models for health promotion that was held at Massey University, Wellington on September 7, 2009.
The author gave permission for this paper to be posted on the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand website.