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HEALTH EQUITY - Māori CommunitiesThe prevalence of smoking amongst Māori communities is higher than the norm and the same is true of Māori nurses. Smokefree Nurses have a Māori Strategy Leader who, in conjunction with colleagues and advisors, has been working on developing strategies to address this imbalance.
Tobacco use is a major barrier to enlisting New Zealand's largest Māori workforce to undertake smoking cessation training and to help patients and whanau to quit smoking. Unsurprisingly, those who smoke find it difficult to advise patients who smoke to quit. TheMāori Strategy reflects the desire of Māori nurses to support quitting amongst their colleagues and to support Tupeka Kore Aotearoa.The Māori Strategy flowchart can be found here.
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