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...
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...
Pasifikology – the heart that networks, supports, promotes and grows psychology for Pasifika, in every way, shape and form. Pasifikology is a network of Pasifika psychologists, graduates and students of psychology who promote, inform, educate and mentor the...
Le Va responds primarily to the needs of the health, disability and social services workforce, but we also connect with organisations outside these sectors whose work may also impact on Pasifika communities – providing tailored cultural responsiveness training...
Beautiful clear skies, a warm climate and the smell of the tropics set the scene for the Forever Young: Better Health and Wellbeing for our Culturally Diverse Older Australians conference held in Cairns, Queensland last month. The aim of the forum was to enhance the...
Enhancing the cultural responsiveness of our services and systems is recognised as an essential means of reducing ethnic disparities in access, quality and outcomes for health and disability services (Ministry of Health 2014).1 The recent More than numbers survey...
