A Pūrākau Analysis of Institutional Barriers Facing Māori Occupational Therapy Students

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aut.relation.journalAustralian Occupational Therapy Journalen_NZ
aut.researcherCame-Friar, Heather
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Gen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorCame, Hen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-07T02:21:11Z
dc.date.available2022-04-07T02:21:11Z
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Across Aotearoa (New Zealand), there are chronic shortages of qualified Māori (Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa) health practitioners and systemic ethnic health inequities. This study, focussing on the discipline of occupational therapy, explores Māori graduates' recollections of the institutional barriers that impacted on their study in this field over a 25-year period. Methods This qualitative study interviewed seven Māori occupational therapy graduates using pūrākau—an innovative Māori narrative inquiry method. Pūrākau (stories) were collected in 2018 via kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) semi-structured interviews. They were analysed using the kaupapa Māori (Māori philosophical) framework of Pū-Rā-Ka-Ū which draws on traditional Māori mātauranga (knowledge). Findings The institutional barriers identified were (1) cultural dissonance, (2) cultural (in)competency and (3) the limitations of (Western) pastoral care. Conclusion This study highlighted how racism is embedded within the Western tertiary education system. To create a safe learning environment for Māori students, tertiary education institutions require a planned approach to address racism within policy, procedures, the curriculum, teaching and professional staff.
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Occupational Therapy Journal, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12800
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1440-1630.12800en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0045-0766en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1440-1630en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15047
dc.languageenen_NZ
dc.publisherWileyen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1440-1630.12800
dc.rights© 2022 The Authors. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Occupational Therapy Australia. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectCultural competence; Education; Health inequities; Institutional racism; Maori students; Qualitative research
dc.titleA Pūrākau Analysis of Institutional Barriers Facing Māori Occupational Therapy Studentsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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