There Was No Love, I Can Tell" Samoans Experience of MH Care in Aotearoa, NZ
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Overview
Dr Taavale Ioana Mulipola, Auckland University Of Technology
Speaker
Dr Taavale Ioana Mulipola
Lecturer
Auckland University Of Technology
"There was no love, I can tell" Samoans experience of MH care in Aotearoa, NZ.
Abstract
Equitable access and cultural inclusiveness for diverse population
Presentation title: “There was no love, I can tell” Samoans experience of the person-centred care approach in adult MHS, Aotearoa, NZ.
Presenter’s name, organisation, state, country: Dr Ta’avale Ioana Mulipola, Auckland University of Technology AUT, Auckland, New Zealand.
Acknowledgement: Associate Professor Sione Vaka, Waikato University and Professor Eleanor Holroyd, AUT, Associate Dean International and Engagement.
An indigenous methodology fa’afaletui was used to guide an exploration of 13 Samoans on their experiences of the person and family centred model of care in mental health services. The findings highlighted participants spiritual faith in God; stigma of mental illness; challenges with communication and dealings with the services; clinical service delivery misaligned with the model of care aim and vision; and Samoan values of alofa and fa‘aaloalo; enablers of positive experience.
Using Samoan indigenous methodology fa’afaletui to guide the study, and the researcher being Samoan who also has lived experiences of the culture and language were the strengths of my study. Also, the involvement of the Samoan Advisory Group.
My research highlights the need for understanding cultural language and practices in mental health care. Also, for Pacific culture awareness programmes to be mandatory for all MH professionals are urgently needed. In addition, to include Pacific culture awareness programmes in undergraduate training for future health professionals.
Currently I am a nursing lecture at AUT. My teaching is focus on the Samoan/Pacific way of communication and engagement in healthcare especially in mental health. The representation of Samoan/Pacific in the nursing workforce in New Zealand is lower than the number of Pacific patients seeking healthcare. Therefore, it is valuable to educate the future nursing workforce about the way we communicate and the values that underpinned how we engage with others.
Health Research Council NZ-Pacific Training Clinical Fellow scholarship.
Presentation title: “There was no love, I can tell” Samoans experience of the person-centred care approach in adult MHS, Aotearoa, NZ.
Presenter’s name, organisation, state, country: Dr Ta’avale Ioana Mulipola, Auckland University of Technology AUT, Auckland, New Zealand.
Acknowledgement: Associate Professor Sione Vaka, Waikato University and Professor Eleanor Holroyd, AUT, Associate Dean International and Engagement.
An indigenous methodology fa’afaletui was used to guide an exploration of 13 Samoans on their experiences of the person and family centred model of care in mental health services. The findings highlighted participants spiritual faith in God; stigma of mental illness; challenges with communication and dealings with the services; clinical service delivery misaligned with the model of care aim and vision; and Samoan values of alofa and fa‘aaloalo; enablers of positive experience.
Using Samoan indigenous methodology fa’afaletui to guide the study, and the researcher being Samoan who also has lived experiences of the culture and language were the strengths of my study. Also, the involvement of the Samoan Advisory Group.
My research highlights the need for understanding cultural language and practices in mental health care. Also, for Pacific culture awareness programmes to be mandatory for all MH professionals are urgently needed. In addition, to include Pacific culture awareness programmes in undergraduate training for future health professionals.
Currently I am a nursing lecture at AUT. My teaching is focus on the Samoan/Pacific way of communication and engagement in healthcare especially in mental health. The representation of Samoan/Pacific in the nursing workforce in New Zealand is lower than the number of Pacific patients seeking healthcare. Therefore, it is valuable to educate the future nursing workforce about the way we communicate and the values that underpinned how we engage with others.
Health Research Council NZ-Pacific Training Clinical Fellow scholarship.
Biography
Ioana was born and raised in Samoa. She is fluent in the Samoan language and has competent knowledge about Samoan cultural practices. Ioana migrated to NZ with her family and trained as a RN and she decided to specialise in MH services. She worked in areas of adult community services, intensive complex care, primary care, and Pacific MH services for over 17 years. Ioana is a Lecturer in the Nursing Department at Auckland University Technology with special focus on Samoan/Pacific MH. Her research focus on Samoan language & cultural practices and how this is core to Samoan holistic health wellbeing.
