Deprivation requires a response: ‘Build back better’ for the health of Pacific peoples

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Deprivation requires a response: ‘Build back better’ for the health of Pacific peoples

By Nicolette Sheridan, Debbie Ryan, Jacqueline SchmidtBusby, Teuila Percival, Tim Kenealy and Tom Love
Samoan art [Image: Tarres ChiTar]
The call is to ‘build back fairer’ for equitable primary care for Pacific peoples [Art by Tarres ChiTar]

A research team has produced the largest-ever dataset on general practice in New Zealand. Research leads Nicolette Sheridan, Debbie Ryan, Jacqueline Schmidt-Busby, Teuila Percival, Tim Kenealy and Tom Love report on Pacific patient health outcomes in all models of general practice. They found patients in Pacific practices were more likely to experience mental deprivation.

This is the final part of the five part series from these authors. Read the first article here

The study included 312,670 Pacific patients enrolled in 924 practices, with 29,715 in 15 Pacific-owned practices at September 2018. Models of pract