Experiences of New Zealand Māori Mothers’ Engagement with Health and Social Services Post-COVID-19 2020 Lockdown
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 22, 2025
Abstract
Background
Despite
universal
provision
of
maternity
care,
Māori
(Indigenous
peoples
Aotearoa/New
Zealand)
experience
significant
maternal
and
infant
health
disparities
compared
to
their
dominant
Pākehā
(non-Māori)
counterparts.
This
paper
examined
the
lived
realities
postnatal
māmā
(mothers)
engaging
with
social
services.
Enablers
barriers
were
identified
better
understand
what
is
required
strengthen
services’
responsiveness
needs
aspirations.
Methods
Underpinned
by
Kaupapa
research
principles,
which
are
grounded
in
cultural
values,
emphasising
self-determination,
aspirations,
a
small
cohort
17
expectant
recruited
from
childbirth
education
programme
participate
three-phase
study.
Phase
three,
focus
this
paper,
involved
seven
semi-structured,
open-ended
telephone
interviews
māmā.
A
thematic
analysis,
underpinned
mana
wahine
(authority
inherent
women)
theoretical
perspective
amplified
these
experiences.
Results
Five
themes
that
encapsulated
participants’
engagement
interactions
These
as
follows:
(1)
right
enact
tino
rangatiratanga
(autonomy)
self-achievement;
(2)
services;
(3)
service
system
issues;
(4)
need
for
greater
choice
opportunity;
(5)
impact
COVID-19.
Conclusions
study
privileged
voices
wāhine,
highlighting
experiences
complex
often
unresponsive
system.
Participants
valued
services
enabled
them
exercise
rangatiratanga.
Echoing
other
Indigenous
Peoples,
incorporating
culturally
relevant
practices
into
perinatal
crucial
achieving
equity
addressing
disparities.
Language: Английский
Maternal drinking, stress and use of aggressive parenting over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic
Alcohol and Alcoholism,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
60(3)
Published: March 25, 2025
The
COVID-19
pandemic
had
a
demonstrated
impact
on
parenting
but
little
is
known
about
how
parental
drinking,
stress,
and
use
of
aggressive
discipline
(a
behavior
associated
with
abusive
negative
outcomes
for
children)
have
changed
over
time.
We
examine
rates
alcohol
use,
at
three
time
points
during
the
investigate
what
maternal,
child,
time-varying
factors
predict
weekly
parenting.
longitudinal
data
from
Central
Ohio
Family
Study
(COFLS),
including
women
(n
=
234)
child
between
ages
0-12
recruited
via
Facebook,
Craigslist.org,
word
mouth.
Participants
completed
an
on-line
survey
3
consecutive
years
beginning
in
April-May
2020
1
2
later.
Multilevel
logistic
regression
models
were
used
to
points,
controlling
time-varying,
maternal
characteristics.
Past
week
peaked
Wave
(35.9%)
decreased
(3.8%)
(28.2%;
OR
.463;
95%
CI:
.369,
.580).
Parental
stress
(OR
1.052;
1.010,
1.096),
social
isolation
1.412;
1.197,
1.668),
companionship
1.113;
1.007,
1.229),
frequency
drinking
1.049;
1.014,
1.085)
significantly
related
higher
odds
using
waves.
Although
declined,
consistent
pattern
relation
pandemic.
Language: Английский
Addressing the diversity principle–practice gap in Western higher education institutions: A systematic review on intersectionality
British Educational Research Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 20, 2024
Abstract
Extant
research
has
focused
on
the
barriers
faced
by
minority
faculty
in
academia.
Despite
outward
notions
of
commitment
to
diversity,
higher
education
institutions
remain
largely
exclusive
anyone
who
does
not
prescribe
‘ideal’
faculty.
Recently,
more
attention
been
given
possess
intersectional
identities,
highlighting
their
increased
marginalisation.
Equality,
diversity
and
inclusivity
(EDI)
initiatives
have
identified
as
a
primary
enabler
supporting
groups,
yet
intersectionality
its
operationalisation
into
practice
is
relatively
scattered
across
disciplines.
To
provide
an
evidence‐based
analysis
integration,
this
article
systematically
reviews
literature
context
using
common
categories.
We
reviewed
thematically
summarised
key
findings
38
empirical
studies
conducted
from
1990
2022,
which
recommendations
related
EDI
were
identified.
Recommendations
categorised
three
levels
based
where
onus
for
action
lay:
individual,
organisational
institutional.
Through
lens,
our
paper
provides
theoretical
insights
problematic
nature
power
critiques
initiatives.
While
we
practitioners
with
tangible
redress
inequality
academia,
heed
caution
being
overly
reductionist
contend
there
no
single
solution,
delineating
importance
applying
recommendations.
Future
needed
empirically
evaluate
vis‐à‐vis
adopting
praxis
lens.
Language: Английский