Matire Harwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 107018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matire Harwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matire |
| FAMILY NAME | Harwood |
| SIGNATURE | HARWOOD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1240-5139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kua māwhe te takapū – Understanding Patient Experiences of Apronectomy Surgery in Te Tairāwhiti
This study explores the experiences of patients who have undergone an apronectomy surgical procedure in Te Tairāwhiti, (East Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand). An apronectomy involves the surgical removal of excess abdominal skin, and access to this procedure through the public health system is limited. Utilising Kaupapa Māori Research methodology, interviews were held with patients who had an apronectomy in Te Tairāwhiti between 2015 and 2023. The …
Access to bariatric surgery in Aotearoa, New Zealand – a scoping review
Despite the high burden of obesity-related disease among Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ), Pacific peoples, and people who live rurally experience inequitable access to publicly funded bariatric surgery. This scoping review examines barriers, facilitators, and inequities in access to bariatric surgery, identifying key themes and gaps in the current literature. A Kaupapa Māori-aligned methodological stance was employed to…
Understanding the workforce for Diabetes management with Māori and Pacific Peoples - Using Tangata Hourua as the framework method for analysis of qualitative research
The aim of the study reported in this article was to explore the experiences of (1) people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their whānau, and (2) kai manaaki, community health workers and dieticians who provide care to Māori and Pacific peoples living with T2D in the community. A key objective for this research was for its findings to inform workforce development strategies that will achieve equity for Māori and Pacific peoples with T2D and …
Hauora Māori – Māori health: A right to equal outcomes in primary care
Māori practices are an expression of autonomy in the face of enduring health system failure. Apart from lower immunisation rates, health outcomes were not different from other models of care, despite patients having higher health risk profiles. Across all models, primary care need was unmet for many Māori, despite increased clinical input. Funding must support under-resourced Māori practices and ensure accountability for the health outcomes of Mā…
Nurses’ work in relation to patient health outcomes: An observational study comparing models of primary care
Transferring work to nurses in Traditional, Health Care Home, and Corporate practices, would release general practitioner clinical time for other work. Worse patient health outcomes were associated with higher patient need and higher clinical input. It is plausible that there is insufficient clinical input to meet the degree of patient need. More practitioner clinical time is required, especially in practices with high volumes of complex patients
Manawataki Fatu Fatu for Access (Māori and Pacific Hearts in Unison for Achieving Cardiovascular Care in Equity StudieS). Protocol for a Mixed Methods Programme of Research
Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) face significant inequities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, hospitalisations and management rates, compared with non-Māori, non-Pacific peoples. These inequities are intimately linked to factors such as colonisation and the intergenerational impacts of systemic racism. This is the protocol for Manawataki Fatu Fatu for ACCESS (Māori and Pacific hearts in unison for Achieving Card…
Improving social justice in observational studies: Protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline
Achieving global imperatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDG 10 Reduced inequalities, SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing) requires advancing health equity in research. The implementation of the STROBE-Equity guidelines will enable a better awareness and understanding of health inequities through better reporting. We will broadly disseminate the reporting guideline with tools to enable adoption and use by journal editors, authors…
Is there equity of patient health outcomes across models of general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study
Model-level associations with poor patient outcomes suggest inequity in measures that might be used to target investment in primary care
The Surgical Sisterhood - The Experiences of wāhine Māori and Pasifika Aspiring Surgeons
The establishment of a culturally diverse surgical workforce, largely on the basis of gender, has been highly promoted in Australasia in the last decade. Despite this, discussions of gender diversity in surgery have largely excluded Indigenous women. This study presents the experiences of wāhine Māori and Pasifika doctors in Aotearoa, who formed a surgical sisterhood to support them towards applying for advanced surgical training. Utilising mana …
Tangata Hourua: A framework drawing from Kaupapa Māori and Pacific research methodologies
Despite a growing amount of research with Māori and Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand, frameworks that support robust research methodologies with these peoples are limited. This is particularly so for research involving both Māori and Pacific people, which acknowledges the connections between the two and the uniqueness of all Pacific people. Tangata Hourua (Strength in Combining) is a research framework developed in response to this gap, dra…
Māori experiences of hospital care: A qualitative systematic review
Indigenous experiences of hospitalisation may contribute to maintenance of Indigenous health inequities. We undertook a qualitative systematic review of Māori experiences of hospital care within New Zealand. We performed electronic database searches and used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement to assist study selection. We were guided by Kaupapa Māori (Māori centred) research methodology and used the C…
Interventions to promote access to eyecare for non-dominant ethnic groups in high-income countries: A scoping review
PURPOSE: People who are distinct from the dominant ethnic group within a country can experience a variety of barriers to accessing eyecare services. We conducted a scoping review to map published interventions aimed at improving access to eyecare for non-Indigenous, non-dominant ethnic groups residing in high-income countries. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health for studies that described an intervention to promote access to ey…
Eye care delivery models to improve access to eye care for Indigenous peoples in high-income countries: A scoping review
PURPOSE: Globally, there are ~370 million Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples typically experience worse health compared with non-Indigenous people, including higher rates of avoidable vision impairment. Much of this gap in eye health can be attributed to barriers that impede access to eye care services. We conducted a scoping review to identify and summarise service delivery models designed to improve access to eye care for Indigenous peoples…
The whitewashing of contracts: Unpacking the discourse within Māori health provider contracts in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Māori health providers emerged in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 1980s as a mechanism to achieve self-determination for Māori communities. However, the contracts funding Māori health providers limit expressions of self-determination and fail to reflect Te Tiriti O Waitangi, the founding treaty of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Significant health reforms are proposed in Aotearoa/New Zealand, including the creation of a Māori Health Authority that will commiss…
The long shadow of inequity for Māori with gout
Gout is a health condition that can be managed to prevent morbidity and premature mortality. Mori have a higher prevalence of gout yet are less likely to receive appropriate care than non-Mori. There is scant literature presenting the patient/whnau voice relating to the health system response to gout. The study reported in this article aimed to highlight barriers and enablers in achieving best practice management of gout as defined by patients in…
Māori experiences of bariatric surgery in South Auckland, New Zealand
Access to publicly funded bariatric surgery in New Zealand is limited, but privileges patients who identify as New Zealand European or Other European. This example of institutional racism in the New Zealand health system further reiterates that Māori face inequitable access to gold standard medical interventions. This article analyses semi-structured interviews undertaken with Māori who had bariatric surgery at Counties Manukau Health which house…
A qualitative Kaupapa Māori approach to understanding infant and young child feeding practices of Māori and Pacific grandparents in Auckland, New Zealand
Objective The present research sought to better understand the barriers, facilitators, attitudes and beliefs that influence the way Māori and Samoan grandparents feed their grandchildren in a deprived urban neighbourhood in New Zealand. Design The research adopted a qualitative methodology that was consistent with a Kaupapa Māori research approach. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with grandparents to collect narrative data. Settin…
Cardiovascular disease medication health literacy among Indigenous peoples: Design and protocol of an intervention trial in Indigenous primary care services
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ACTRN12612001309875; date of registration 18/12/2012)
The Use of Interpretive Description Within Kaupapa Māori Research
Kaupapa Māori research (KMR) is an Indigenous research approach that is decolonizing and transformative. Interpretive description (ID) is a qualitative methodology used to generate knowledge relevant to the applied health disciplines. In this article, we discuss how we combined KMR and ID to investigate the experiences of Māori (the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) with aphasia and their whānau (extended family). This is novel because it is the…
Recruiting equal numbers of indigenous and non-indigenous participants to a ‘polypill’ randomized trial
The Use of Interpretive Description Within Kaupapa Māori Research
Kaupapa Māori research (KMR) is an Indigenous research approach that is decolonizing and transformative. Interpretive description (ID) is a qualitative methodology used to generate knowledge relevant to the applied health disciplines. In this article, we discuss how we combined KMR and ID to investigate the experiences of Māori (the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) with aphasia and their whānau (extended family). This is novel because it is the…
Māori experiences of hospital care: A qualitative systematic review
Indigenous experiences of hospitalisation may contribute to maintenance of Indigenous health inequities. We undertook a qualitative systematic review of Māori experiences of hospital care within New Zealand. We performed electronic database searches and used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement to assist study selection. We were guided by Kaupapa Māori (Māori centred) research methodology and used the C…
The Surgical Sisterhood - The Experiences of wāhine Māori and Pasifika Aspiring Surgeons
The establishment of a culturally diverse surgical workforce, largely on the basis of gender, has been highly promoted in Australasia in the last decade. Despite this, discussions of gender diversity in surgery have largely excluded Indigenous women. This study presents the experiences of wāhine Māori and Pasifika doctors in Aotearoa, who formed a surgical sisterhood to support them towards applying for advanced surgical training. Utilising mana …
The whitewashing of contracts: Unpacking the discourse within Māori health provider contracts in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Māori health providers emerged in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 1980s as a mechanism to achieve self-determination for Māori communities. However, the contracts funding Māori health providers limit expressions of self-determination and fail to reflect Te Tiriti O Waitangi, the founding treaty of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Significant health reforms are proposed in Aotearoa/New Zealand, including the creation of a Māori Health Authority that will commiss…
Recruiting equal numbers of indigenous and non-indigenous participants to a ‘polypill’ randomized trial
Cardiovascular disease medication health literacy among Indigenous peoples: Design and protocol of an intervention trial in Indigenous primary care services
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ACTRN12612001309875; date of registration 18/12/2012)
The Use of Interpretive Description Within Kaupapa Māori Research
Kaupapa Māori research (KMR) is an Indigenous research approach that is decolonizing and transformative. Interpretive description (ID) is a qualitative methodology used to generate knowledge relevant to the applied health disciplines. In this article, we discuss how we combined KMR and ID to investigate the experiences of Māori (the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) with aphasia and their whānau (extended family). This is novel because it is the…
A qualitative Kaupapa Māori approach to understanding infant and young child feeding practices of Māori and Pacific grandparents in Auckland, New Zealand
Objective The present research sought to better understand the barriers, facilitators, attitudes and beliefs that influence the way Māori and Samoan grandparents feed their grandchildren in a deprived urban neighbourhood in New Zealand. Design The research adopted a qualitative methodology that was consistent with a Kaupapa Māori research approach. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with grandparents to collect narrative data. Settin…
The long shadow of inequity for Māori with gout
Gout is a health condition that can be managed to prevent morbidity and premature mortality. Mori have a higher prevalence of gout yet are less likely to receive appropriate care than non-Mori. There is scant literature presenting the patient/whnau voice relating to the health system response to gout. The study reported in this article aimed to highlight barriers and enablers in achieving best practice management of gout as defined by patients in…
Māori experiences of bariatric surgery in South Auckland, New Zealand
Access to publicly funded bariatric surgery in New Zealand is limited, but privileges patients who identify as New Zealand European or Other European. This example of institutional racism in the New Zealand health system further reiterates that Māori face inequitable access to gold standard medical interventions. This article analyses semi-structured interviews undertaken with Māori who had bariatric surgery at Counties Manukau Health which house…
Interventions to promote access to eyecare for non-dominant ethnic groups in high-income countries: A scoping review
PURPOSE: People who are distinct from the dominant ethnic group within a country can experience a variety of barriers to accessing eyecare services. We conducted a scoping review to map published interventions aimed at improving access to eyecare for non-Indigenous, non-dominant ethnic groups residing in high-income countries. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, Embase and Global Health for studies that described an intervention to promote access to ey…
Eye care delivery models to improve access to eye care for Indigenous peoples in high-income countries: A scoping review
PURPOSE: Globally, there are ~370 million Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples typically experience worse health compared with non-Indigenous people, including higher rates of avoidable vision impairment. Much of this gap in eye health can be attributed to barriers that impede access to eye care services. We conducted a scoping review to identify and summarise service delivery models designed to improve access to eye care for Indigenous peoples…
The whitewashing of contracts: Unpacking the discourse within Māori health provider contracts in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Māori health providers emerged in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 1980s as a mechanism to achieve self-determination for Māori communities. However, the contracts funding Māori health providers limit expressions of self-determination and fail to reflect Te Tiriti O Waitangi, the founding treaty of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Significant health reforms are proposed in Aotearoa/New Zealand, including the creation of a Māori Health Authority that will commiss…
Tangata Hourua: A framework drawing from Kaupapa Māori and Pacific research methodologies
Despite a growing amount of research with Māori and Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand, frameworks that support robust research methodologies with these peoples are limited. This is particularly so for research involving both Māori and Pacific people, which acknowledges the connections between the two and the uniqueness of all Pacific people. Tangata Hourua (Strength in Combining) is a research framework developed in response to this gap, dra…
Māori experiences of hospital care: A qualitative systematic review
Indigenous experiences of hospitalisation may contribute to maintenance of Indigenous health inequities. We undertook a qualitative systematic review of Māori experiences of hospital care within New Zealand. We performed electronic database searches and used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement to assist study selection. We were guided by Kaupapa Māori (Māori centred) research methodology and used the C…
Manawataki Fatu Fatu for Access (Māori and Pacific Hearts in Unison for Achieving Cardiovascular Care in Equity StudieS). Protocol for a Mixed Methods Programme of Research
Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) face significant inequities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, hospitalisations and management rates, compared with non-Māori, non-Pacific peoples. These inequities are intimately linked to factors such as colonisation and the intergenerational impacts of systemic racism. This is the protocol for Manawataki Fatu Fatu for ACCESS (Māori and Pacific hearts in unison for Achieving Card…
Improving social justice in observational studies: Protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline
Achieving global imperatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDG 10 Reduced inequalities, SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing) requires advancing health equity in research. The implementation of the STROBE-Equity guidelines will enable a better awareness and understanding of health inequities through better reporting. We will broadly disseminate the reporting guideline with tools to enable adoption and use by journal editors, authors…
Is there equity of patient health outcomes across models of general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study
Model-level associations with poor patient outcomes suggest inequity in measures that might be used to target investment in primary care
The Surgical Sisterhood - The Experiences of wāhine Māori and Pasifika Aspiring Surgeons
The establishment of a culturally diverse surgical workforce, largely on the basis of gender, has been highly promoted in Australasia in the last decade. Despite this, discussions of gender diversity in surgery have largely excluded Indigenous women. This study presents the experiences of wāhine Māori and Pasifika doctors in Aotearoa, who formed a surgical sisterhood to support them towards applying for advanced surgical training. Utilising mana …
Understanding the workforce for Diabetes management with Māori and Pacific Peoples - Using Tangata Hourua as the framework method for analysis of qualitative research
The aim of the study reported in this article was to explore the experiences of (1) people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their whānau, and (2) kai manaaki, community health workers and dieticians who provide care to Māori and Pacific peoples living with T2D in the community. A key objective for this research was for its findings to inform workforce development strategies that will achieve equity for Māori and Pacific peoples with T2D and …
Hauora Māori – Māori health: A right to equal outcomes in primary care
Māori practices are an expression of autonomy in the face of enduring health system failure. Apart from lower immunisation rates, health outcomes were not different from other models of care, despite patients having higher health risk profiles. Across all models, primary care need was unmet for many Māori, despite increased clinical input. Funding must support under-resourced Māori practices and ensure accountability for the health outcomes of Mā…
Nurses’ work in relation to patient health outcomes: An observational study comparing models of primary care
Transferring work to nurses in Traditional, Health Care Home, and Corporate practices, would release general practitioner clinical time for other work. Worse patient health outcomes were associated with higher patient need and higher clinical input. It is plausible that there is insufficient clinical input to meet the degree of patient need. More practitioner clinical time is required, especially in practices with high volumes of complex patients
Kua māwhe te takapū – Understanding Patient Experiences of Apronectomy Surgery in Te Tairāwhiti
This study explores the experiences of patients who have undergone an apronectomy surgical procedure in Te Tairāwhiti, (East Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand). An apronectomy involves the surgical removal of excess abdominal skin, and access to this procedure through the public health system is limited. Utilising Kaupapa Māori Research methodology, interviews were held with patients who had an apronectomy in Te Tairāwhiti between 2015 and 2023. The …
Access to bariatric surgery in Aotearoa, New Zealand – a scoping review
Despite the high burden of obesity-related disease among Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ), Pacific peoples, and people who live rurally experience inequitable access to publicly funded bariatric surgery. This scoping review examines barriers, facilitators, and inequities in access to bariatric surgery, identifying key themes and gaps in the current literature. A Kaupapa Māori-aligned methodological stance was employed to…
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