Inequity in cardiometabolic hospital admissions and blood screening in New Zealand Indigenous Māori with psychosis.

Background: People with psychosis experience worse cardiometabolic health than the same-aged general population. In New Zealand, Indigenous Māori experiencing psychosis have greater risk of cardiometabolic and other physical health problems.

Aims: To identify a cohort of adults accessing secondary mental health and addiction services in New Zealand, with a previous psychosis diagnosis as of 1 January 2018, and compare odds of hospital admission outcomes, mortality and receipt of cardiometabolic blood screening between Māori and non-Māori in the following 2 years.

The physical health and premature mortality of Indigenous Māori following first-episode psychosis diagnosis: A 15-year follow-up study.

Background: People experiencing psychosis are at greater risk of physical health conditions and premature mortality. It is likely that Indigenous Māori youth, who experience additional systemic inequities caused by settler-colonisation, face even greater physical health and mortality risks following a diagnosis of first-episode psychosis.

Objective: Compare Māori and non-Māori for risk of hospitalisation and mortality for up to 15 years following first-episode psychosis diagnosis.

The "standard story" of anti-Māori talk in Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill submissions.

Aim: To review some common patterns of race talk in a sample of submissions made to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill. This bill proposed a structural reform of the health system in Aotearoa New Zealand to address long-standing health inequities experienced by Māori, the Indigenous peoples, and other priority populations.

Method: In a sample of 3,000 individual submissions made in late 2021, we found 2,536 explicit references to race.

Indigenous Māori responses to COVID-19: He waka eke noa?

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has had significant impacts on communities and infrastructures across the globe. Indigenous health experts have called for culturally responsive Government support to mitigate pre-existing inequities and vulnerabilities in Indigenous communities. In Aotearoa New Zealand, official responses to the pandemic typically reflect the worldviews of the settler majority, while Māori interests are treated as part of the national concern.