Reports
A Review of the Process and Accuracy of Ethnicity Data Collection at the Two South Island Cancer Centres
This project was developed to establish whether anecdotal concern around ethnicity data collection at the two public cancer centres in the South Island (Dunedin and Christchurch) was justifiable. As well as reviewing the accuracy of the ethnicity data collected, the views of staff involved in ethnicity data collection were collated, regarding the process and barriers to it.
In this project the level of agreement between the self-identified ethnicity of patients that was collected at the two public cancer centres showed a good level of concordance with the ethnicity data held in the National Health Index database and the National Minimum Data Set.
Responses to a staff survey highlighted the low level of formal training received by staff in relation to the 2004 Ethnicity Data Protocols. It was concluded that this low level of formal training probably underpinned the various other issues identified by the survey of staff, and that provision of more structured training could resolve the other issues.
A Review of the Process and Accuracy of Ethnicity Data Collection at the Two South Island Cancer Centres
PHO Assessment of the Responsiveness of Primary and Community Health Care Providers to Māori and Pacific Peoples and other Disadvantaged Population Groups
This project sought to assess the responsiveness of Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) to Māori and Pacific peoples. The rationale for the project related to the evidence that for Māori and Pacific peoples, there are barriers to accessing primary health care and consequently access through the wider health system.
This project is in the process of being reshaped and updated.
