Maori healers' views on wellbeing: The importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land

Mark, Glenis; Lyons, Antonia C.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.001

Cited by 138 publications

(173 citation statements)

References 36 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

167

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…[64,65] Qualitative description study results have tremendous potential to translate directly to pressing health care situations and provide clear information about ways to improve care. [66] Raine et al [67] found that pregnancy care providers require communications training to encourage empathic interactions that promote constructive provider-user relationships and encourage women to engage effectively and assess the care they need.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions and experiences of pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong on prenatal meditation: A qualitative study

Chan¹

2015

JNEP

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background and Objective: Quantitative research has evidences that prenatal meditation has positive effects on maternal health but lack of qualitative data in this area. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong on prenatal meditation. Methods: A qualitative study. Data were collected using digitally recorded, face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Setting: Prenatal meditation program (Eastern Based Meditative Intervention, EBMI) for pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong who were attending the hospital clinic for routine perinatal care. Participants: 43 participants were chosen from groups of pregnant Chinese women who attended the prenatal meditation program. Results: Six themes were developed during 1st interview when the participants first attended the course, including selfintroduction, changes during pregnancy and how to solve problems, self-reported difference in mental and social condition before and after pregnancy, acceptance of complications arise during pregnancy, beliefs about bio-psycho-socio-spiritual interaction in relation to pregnancy health and child health and reasons why they participate in the intervention. Three themes emerged from the data collected during 2nd interview at 36 weeks, including participants' opinion in practicing EBMI, effects of EBMI on bio-psycho-socio-spiritual aspects and suggestions on improvement of EBMI. Conclusions: This research adds to the overall body of knowledge that prenatal meditation is important to facilitate pregnant women in coping with physical distress, better equipped in crisis management, strengthen social relationship and result in spiritual empowerment. Incorporation of meditation in prenatal care will be a necessity in future.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions and experiences of pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong on prenatal meditation: A qualitative study

Chan¹

2015

JNEP

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…There is support for a Māori connection with the land (Mark & Lyons, 2010), and a general recognition that good health for Aboriginal people relies on "an interconnecting system of land and spirit, body and mind" as noted by Beaton (cited in Elliott & Foster, 1995, p. 96). However, it is unknown whether healers of other Indigenous cultures send healing to the land or the dead, in a similar way as Māori healing, because little discussion has been found about this type of healing.…”

Section: Once I'd Located It [The Area Of Land That Needed To Be Cleamentioning

confidence: 97%

Full Issue

Manager¹

2017

IJIH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Whenua [land] is seen as being centrally relevant to health and illness by Māori spiritual healers [52]. The holistic view includes land as it is seen as a fundamental part of the person's existence and an inclusive part of Māori identity.…”

Section: Cultures Apartmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such poor engagement reinforces a sense of powerlessness in the very people who require the greatest support. They suggested that clinicians must Adapted from [46,52] be willing to be guided by their patients' perceptions of need, not by their own assumptions of similarity and beliefs about illness and clinical management. As chronic conditions such as CVD are increasingly managed within the primary healthcare sector, Government policy must advocate greater engagement with vulnerable populations that emphasize health equity and provide incentives to general practitioners to adopt new approaches [58].…”

Section: Cultures Apartmentioning

confidence: 99%

Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease in New Zealand

Miner-Williams¹

2017

Divers Equal Health Care

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The literature is replete with studies pertaining to ethnic inequities in healthcare. A thorny subject that has been described for decades and yet has few remedial solutions. The pattern of ethnic inequities in healthcare is a global phenomenon that is not confined to any specific race or culture. Worldwide, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the topmost cause of death and a substantial burden on healthcare resources. In New Zealand CVD is the leading cause of death, accounting for 40% of all deaths annually. Diminished life expectancy is one example of racial inequity in healthcare between Māori and Pākehā (the non-indigenous population). This review attempts to clarify the muddy waters of 175 years of post-colonial healthcare inequity in New Zealand and in particular the causes of inequity in the incidence of CVD and mortality in Māori. Such dialogue will hopefully stimulate discussion among policy makers and clinicians to redress the ethnic inequities in healthcare.

show abstract

Maori healers' views on wellbeing: The importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land

Cited by 138 publications

References 36 publications

Perceptions and experiences of pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong on prenatal meditation: A qualitative study

Perceptions and experiences of pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong on prenatal meditation: A qualitative study

Full Issue

Racial Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease in New Zealand

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About