Pacific Communities Stocktake Report

As an initial step in the process of engaging with Pacific communities, in 2009 CCN developed a Pacific Communities Workplan to determine appropriate steps to be taken to develop strong engagement processes, as well as identify key focus areas for reducing inequalities for Pacific communities. This is based on the premise that while engagement is important, it is more likely to be successful if it is based around specific issues of mutual interest to Pacific communities and to CCN.

The Pacific Communities Workplan identified the need for pre-engagement informating gathering to occur. The following information was gathered in the Pacific Communities Stocktake Report, completed December 2009;

  • A description of Pacific communities within the Central region; and
  • An analysis of the Cancer Registration Trends for Pacific Peoples in the Central Region, supplied by Central Region’s Technical Advisory Services (TAS)
  • A stocktake of current strategies, programmes and activities aimed at reducing inequalities for Pacific communities within cancer control

Demystifying Cancer for Pacific Communities Workshop Toolkit

This Toolkit has been developed to support the planning for and delivery of Demystifying Cancer workshops in the districts within the Central Cancer Network (CCN) region as one means of addressing inequalities in cancer control for those communities where there are high incidences of inequalities. In New Zealand, it is often the Maori community and Pacific communities who experience such inequalities.

Capital and Coast/Hutt Valley District Health Board (CCDHB/HVDHB) Addressing Inequalities Pilot Funding Project 08/09

This project has been developed to translate selected cancer treatment information into specific Pacific languages and develop a cancer support services directory, with translation of this also.

This project is designed to address inequalities in access to

  • Information about cancer support services in the CCDHB/HVDHB region for Maori and Pacific people with a diagnosis of cancer
  • appropriate information for specific Pacific people about key cancer treatment modalities and palliative care services

    • Stakeholder (including consumer) support for development of both materials targeted to specific ethnic groups and of a resource directory has been obtained prior to the commencement of this project.

    Once resources are translated/developed there will be review within each language group. It is proposed currently that this will be by identified leaders within the relevant communities. As the material is aimed at the lay-person with no previous experience of cancer we have not proposed specific focus groups with cancer service consumers.

    Part of the project agreement is that HVDHB and CCDHB liaise with CCN through Caren Rangi, Service Improvement Facilitator, Pacific Communities with regard to the project approach, processes and progress.

    At a project update meeting 12 November, CCN (through Caren) suggested that they could provide additional support to the project by conducting a process evaluation of the project. This would evaluate the process used to conduct the project, as a means of identifying lessons that could be applied to future addressing inequality projects. This could also supplement the findings from the final project evaluation.

    Last updated 29th July 2010