129.037 Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report 2023-24 v8 - Low Res Spreads - Flipbook - Page 15
2023/2024 - Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report
^ Mary-Ann Clueard (General Practice Services Leader), presenting 昀椀ndings of a Tai Tokerau HPV
self-testing study at the 2024 World Indigenous Cancer Conference held in Melbourne in March 2024.
HPV Screening for
Priority Populations
In March 2024 Mahitahi Hauora
General Practice Services Leader,
Mary-Ann Clueard, presented
Te Ara Waiora study 昀椀ndings at
the World Indigenous Cancer
Conference held in Melbourne.
This study, in which Northland
women participated, proved
that Māori wahine, those living
in high deprivation, or those that
had previously not taken part
in cervical screening or were
overdue, were more likely to
participate if their general practice
offered self-test screening than
if the cervical cytology was
performed in general practice.
In May 2024 Mary-Ann started a
new role as Senior Relationship
Manager with the National
Cervical Screening Unit where
she will support Primary Care
with education and training and
deliver a new programme of HPV
self-testing for women across
Aotearoa.
He Kākano Āhau at the
NAISA Conference
The Native American and
Indigenous Studies Association
(NAISA) hosts an annual meeting
that welcomes faculty and
students in colleges, universities,
and tribal colleges, communitybased scholars and elders,
and independent professionals
working in the 昀椀eld.
Primary Mental Health
Coordinator, Erana Peita attended
the conference with her hapu
from Ngāti Manu marae.
At the conference, Mahitahi
Hauora’s youth mental health
project He Kākano Āhau was
discussed in a paper on rangatahi
Māori youth mental health
which was presented by Prof.
Terryann Clark (The University
of Auckland, School of Nursing,
Faculty of Medical Health
Sciences). Indigenous youth are
disproportionately affected by
mental health issues, and service
providers are adapting and
seeking new solutions to respond
to the need.
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