Eye health for all in Aotearoa New Zealand: summarising our situation using a WHO tool

Silwal, Pushkar Raj; Watene, Renata; Harwood, Matire; Ramke, Jacqueline

doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100665

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“…If the health datasets drawn from do not accurately identify M aori, then M aori remain either absent or incorrectly documented in both data and the research that draws on it (c.f. Silwal et al, 2022). Where health researchers draw from the same medical data sets (which poorly collect information), the findings will not necessarily reflect M aori health needs.…”

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What do we know about the intersection of being blind and being Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? Taking an applied community psychology approach to a systematic review of the published literature

Graham

Masters‐Awatere

Cowan

2023

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Self‐determination and dignity are guaranteed rights for disabled persons under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, such rights have been slow to eventuate for Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand). This paper brings together systematic fashion publications that currently exist regarding blindness and Māori, centring throughout Māori understandings of disability and blindness. We employed a structured approach alongside PRISMA protocols and reflexive dialogue. Included publications were quantitative data reviews, surveys, qualitative studies, literature reviews and works of fiction. For our analysis, we formulated a matrix that drew from Kaupapa Māori, applied community psychology and disability rights literature. This meant we made explicit where research practices included—and excluded—self‐determination, democratic participation and inclusion of both disabled and Māori. Our review highlights inconsistency across disciplines regarding self‐determination and democratic participation by both Māori and disabled key stakeholders. Our approach can be utilised across disciplines as a tool for considering the ways in which researchers uphold Indigenous self‐determination, disability rights and data sovereignty. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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What do we know about the intersection of being blind and being Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? Taking an applied community psychology approach to a systematic review of the published literature

Graham

Masters‐Awatere

Cowan

2023

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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“…11 12 Inequity in eye health has historically received insufficient attention in New Zealand. 13 In order to plan and monitor equitable eye health services that contribute to achieving UHC, decision-makers need information on the prevalence and distribution of eye conditions as well as access to eye health services. The aim of this review was to summarise the nature and extent of evidence in New Zealand on the prevalence and distribution of vision impairment and its major causes, and differential access to eye health services, by ethnicity.…”

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Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review

Rogers,

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Harwood

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IntroductionIn Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific People experience worse health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. No population-based eye health survey has been conducted, and eye health services do not generate routine monitoring reports, so the extent of eye health inequality is unknown. This information is required to plan equitable eye health services. In this scoping review, we aimed to summarise the nature and extent of the evidence reporting vision impairment, its main causes and access to eye health services by ethnicity in New Zealand.MethodsThis scoping review was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. An information specialist conducted a search on MEDLINE and Embase databases in October 2022. Included studies reported outcomes among any population group resident in New Zealand or attendees at New Zealand health facilities. Data screening, full-text review and data extraction were performed independently by two authors. We summarised the characteristics of studies and outcomes, and the results were synthesised narratively.ResultsOur search identified 2711 reports, of which 53 (from 47 studies) were included. We mapped 72 outcomes, many of which were access-related (n=32), published since 2000 (n=28) and largely focused on diabetic retinopathy (n=21) or cataract (n=13) in facility-based settings (n=18). Over two-thirds of reported outcomes were disaggregated by at least two ethnicities. When outcomes were disaggregated by ethnicity, Māori and Pacific People were consistently included, and experienced worse access and outcomes compared with other New Zealanders.ConclusionThe findings of this review highlight the presence of ethnic disparity in access to diabetic retinopathy and cataract services. Closing the evidence gap identified for refractive error, glaucoma and macular degeneration service coverage could be a priority for future research. Furthermore, future research can be strengthened to enable consistent monitoring of eye health service coverage over time.

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Eye health for all in Aotearoa New Zealand: summarising our situation using a WHO tool

Cited by 2 publications

References 7 publications

What do we know about the intersection of being blind and being Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? Taking an applied community psychology approach to a systematic review of the published literature

What do we know about the intersection of being blind and being Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? Taking an applied community psychology approach to a systematic review of the published literature

Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review

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