Fund to improve health of Pasifika communities
Hon Tariana Turia
Associate Minister of Health
24 May 2012
Fund to improve health of Pasifika communities
A new $6 million Pacific Innovation Fund will help improve the health of Pasifika people, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia says.
“The fund recognises the need to design responsive services across health, education, housing, justice, social services, employment, and lifestyle.
“The fund, to be invested over four years, is aligned to the vision of Whanau Ora for Pasifika people,” Mrs Turia says.
“This fund will support Pasifika people to develop Pasifika solutions to the issues they face as distinct communities.”
The key objectives of the Pacific Innovation Fund, which draws on operating spending, are:
• Implement proven Pasifika models of
care that are responsive to the needs of Pasifika
people.
• Evaluate Pasifika health outcomes, along with
quality and safe care.
• Promote sustainable Pasifika
service delivery systems that value health and social
service integration, and employ family-centred
interventions.
• Improve the health of Pasifika people
by delivering clinical and non-clinical
interventions.
“This fund will help empower Pasifika communities to determine and achieve their own measures of wellbeing,” Mrs Turia says.
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