by Esther Faitala | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Research into New Zealand’s mental health and addictions populations demonstrate that although Pasifika people have high rates of mental illness, Pasifika people have low access rates to services – and when they do access, it tends to be in a crisis situation or...
by Esther Faitala | Sep 5, 2017 | Engaging Pasifika
It is important that our Engaging Pasifika cultural competency programme meets the needs of mainstream health professionals in attendance; sometimes this requires working in #collaborACTION with key people within organisations in each region. Last month we had the...
by Esther Faitala | Nov 2, 2016 | Disability, Engaging Pasifika, Le Va
Le Va had the privilege to be hosted by health and disability services in Whanganui and Palmerston North this month. Over 50 health and disability workers from 5 organisations registered to attend one of three workshops. Two workshops focussed on enhancing the...
by Esther Faitala | Aug 3, 2016 | Mental health and addiction
We’ve awarded 340 Pasifika Mental Health and Addiction Scholarships since 2009 and we are currently supporting a 2016 cohort of 47 people as part of our Futures that work programme. We are delighted to announce that 2015 academic results are all now in for our 49...
by Esther Faitala | May 24, 2016 | GPS conference
One of the different approaches we took at #GPS2016 was focussing a holistic lens on our traditional sectors. This included combining public health and disability into one workshop stream – which, according to our Youth Action Komiti, allowed those present to look at...
