Step up to partnership before deciding how the disability part of the health reforms will look

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Step up to partnership before deciding how the disability part of the health reforms will look

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

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A health system aimed at being pro-equity must grapple with, and eliminate, its ableism, and guarantee self-determination for tāngata whaikaha

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Partnership with Māori is especially important where tāngata whaikaha (Māori with lived experience of disability) are concerned, writes health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker

Tāngata whaikaha are uniquely under-served by our current health system. Intersectionality helps give context So much has happened in the health
References

Jones B, King PT, Baker G et al. COVID-19, intersectionality, and health equity for indigenous peoples with lived experience of disability. Am Indian Cult Res J 2020;44,2: 7187.