Tobacco researchers look for community action
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22 Aug 2019 13:48 PM | |
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Māori tobacco control advocates hope a new research programme will give Māori communities the tools they need to become smokefree. Whakaha o Te Pā Harakeke is a collaboration between Otago University, Hāpai Te Hauora, Kōkiri Marae, Keriana Olsen Trust, and ESR. It was launched this morning at Kōkiri Marae in Petone. The collective has a $4.95 million programme grant from the Health Research Council to work with Māori communities to help eliminate smoking inequities and accelerate progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa. Otago University primary investigator Anaru Waa says work is needed to better understand what is causing smoking disparities to exist and what can be done from a policy perspective and a community perspective. Hāpai chief executive Selah Hart says a tobacco-free nation is a Māori nation. Copyright © 2019, UMA Broadcasting Ltd: www.waateanews.com |