M ā ori Responsiveness – HRC 2010

Māori Responsiveness – HRC 2010

Papaarangi Reid

February 2010

Māori Responsiveness

Purpose

To provide advice on ‘Māori Responsiveness’ for FMHS staff and students submitting research proposals into the upcoming HRC round.


Structure

1. Context – what is “Māori Responsiveness” & why is it relevant to my research?

2. Conditions – getting sign-off for “Māori Responsiveness” – what does it entail?

3. Benefits of doing this right4. Suggestions for grant writing5. Useful references


Context – 1

HRC funding from Vote:RSD comes with elements of delegated Crown responsibility including those related to the Treaty of Waitangi.

A basic Treaty obligation is consultation with Māori - ranging from iwi to sector stakeholders.

In the Administrative Agreement, the University is required to sign off that appropriate consultation with Māori has taken place.


Context – 2

Within FMHS, the Tumuaki takes primary responsibility for this consultation.

Around 20 HRC full applications are being worked up this year within this Faculty and a process is necessary to manage this consultation.

What constitutes ‘Consultation with Māori’, in terms of intention, extent, format and the rights and responsibilities of parties has been argued in many decisions of the Waitangi Tribunal.

The Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori) has an interest in the adequacy of university processes in respect to ‘Consultation with Māori’.


Conditions - 1

As Tumuaki, taking on this primary responsibility within the FMHS, the rights I insist on include:

1. That I am informed about each of the projects2. That I am able to give advice and have this advice

considered by the researchers 3. That I receive information about the outcome of the

proposed study (if funded)


Conditions - 2

This year will be the sixth year where I have provided this process. I am aware that this process seems to work well for some applicants, while others struggle with either the concept of “Māori responsiveness” or my approach and/or my advice.

This internal process does not stop researchers participating in other activities of Māori consultation for their project, indeed this is often important. However my sign-off is still required.

I am open to researchers providing suggestions to improve this process.


Benefits - 1

When fully considered, “Māori Responsiveness” can increase the likelihood of your application being funded.

Applications recommended by the assessing committees as “Highly Ranked & Fundable” are assessed further for their fit with the HRC’s priority for publicly funded health research

Applicants should see the relevant page in the Annex of Application Guidelines to familiarise themselves with the criteria that contribute to the prioritisation score. “Māori Responsiveness” advice is given with this in mind.

Māori ResponsivenessBenefits - 2

In providing advice, I intend to improve your application where possible, by:

1. Suggesting engagement with Māori individuals or groups who have a parallel interest

2. Suggesting changes that, in my experience, will improve the research process or outcomes for Māori

3. Suggesting how the wording in some sections of the application be framed more appropriately

4. Proposing how you may contribute to Māori health research development

5. Suggesting changes to improve feedback from Māori reviewers

Māori ResponsivenessKey areas to discuss:

NOTE different sections for different application types:• General project grants – Sections 2B5, (2B1), 4A

• Programme Grants – Sections 2B9 and 4A

• Health Delivery Projects – Sections 2Bc and 4A (please note that 4A is slightly different in this project)

Māori ResponsivenessKey areas to discuss: PROJECT GRANTS

1. Section 2B-5 - Relevance to Māori Health Outcomes2. Section 4A-2– Research Team Competencies with Māori 3. Section 4A-3 - Consultation with Māori – people4. Section 4A-4 - Consultation with Māori - processes5. Section 4A-5 - Methods - protecting Māori study

participants6. Section 4A-6 - Methods – contribution to Māori

methodologies 7. Sections 4A-7 - Dissemination to Māori

Māori ResponsivenessSection 2B-5 - Relevance to Māori Health Outcomes

From previous section (2B-1) on relevance to health – review whether your hypothesis is an issue of importance to Māori health and if ethnic inequalities exist. Because reducing inequalities is an overarching goal of the health sector and ethnic inequalities are the generally the strongest and most consistent, they are worth noting. See p12 of the GA210F guidelines for types of information to include

• Relates to scoring of relevance• A variety of reference sources are available for you to

find incidence/prevalence data and inequalities data. I will provide any specific additional references after I review the application

Māori ResponsivenessSection 4A-2 - Research team competencies with Māori

You are asked to describe the competency – (cultural, relevant training, networking or supervision) of team members to undertake the research.

• For basic sciences research, the generic wording suggested is – “n/a – the research proposed is biomedical research”

• Others should discuss this with me• For those committed to developing Māori workforce,

you may wish to note that “Any vacancies will be advertised on the www.mahi.co.nz website” [& budget costs] and/or that student vacancies will be advertised with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, the Māori CORE at UoA.

Māori ResponsivenessSection 4A-3 - Consultation with Māori – people

• FMHS staff and students who have followed this process should add in section 4A-3 under ‘Other Māori Group’ - Assoc. Prof Papaarangi Reid

• Where appropriate, other Māori groups and/or individuals should also be added.

Māori ResponsivenessSection 4A-4 - Consultation with Māori – processes

The generic wording suggested for 4A-4 is – “ This proposal was developed using the 2010 protocols for Māori responsiveness developed by the Office of the Tumuaki for the FMHS, UoA.”

• Where appropriate, descriptions of other Māori consultations and relationships should be added.

• A letter of acknowledgement from the Office of the Tumuaki will be available.


Section 4A-5 Methods – protecting Māori participants 1

• If the proposed research does not involve humans or human tissue, the generic wording suggested are “n/a – this research uses animal models” or “n/a – this is basic biomedical research” etc

• If the proposed research uses human tissue you should discuss it with me



• If the proposed research involves individuals or populations there are two issues of interest.

A) Where ethnicity is not a variable of analysis in your hypothesis, the generic wording suggested is: “n/a ethnicity is not a variable of analysis” although this will need to be argued if you noted ethnic inequalities in your relevance section.

• NB HRC documents note that it is unethical to exclude Māori from your study because of perceived difficulties with consultation



• If the proposed research involves individuals or populations there are two issues of interest.

B) Where ethnicity is a variable of analysis, a number of issues arise – e.g. the classification of ethnicity, population and sample frameworks. Please discuss these proposals with me.



• Take care using the word “race” • MoH guidelines re classification of ethnicity on their

website – www.moh.govt.nz • Consider whether ethnicity or ancestry is the most

appropriate for your hypothesis• Consider the construction of your sample to avoid

creating inequalities [ref. Equal Explanatory Power paper]

• Avoid “deficit” framing – (likewise romantic ones)

Māori ResponsivenessSection 4A-6 Methods - Contribution to Māori methodologies

• Proposals where this is applicable are infrequent in FMHS therefore for most applications the generic suggested wording is “n/a”

• If you have any issues or queries about this you should discuss them with me

Māori ResponsivenessSections 4A-7 - Dissemination to Māori

• Consultation, by definition, contains a feedback loop. • Researchers should inform the Tumuaki of project

outcomes (if funded) • The generic wording suggested for this section is: “In

addition to the generic processes noted in 2B-6, research results arising from this proposal will be provided to the Office of the Tumuaki. If these results are considered important for Māori health development, the researchers will be invited to present to a forum of Māori researchers and communities of interest organised by the Office of the Tumuaki. If invited to such a forum, the research team will be happy to participate.”

Māori ResponsivenessProgramme Grants

Programme grants have a section 2B9 where the reseach group is asked about “their policies and general activities with respect to responsiveness to Māori as it relates to health and health research”.

Investigators are welcome to discuss with me the way they intend to answer this section.

Māori ResponsivenessHealth Delivery Grants

In these grants, information that is usually found in 2B-5 of Project Grants on Relevance to Māori Health Outcomes is now placed in Module 4.1. Please see slide 12 for information and the rest of Module 4 can be filled inwith advice from slides 13-21.

A new section in Module 2B-C asks you to consider the contribution the research may have on health equity. This could mean contribute to the reduction and elimination of inequalities including those between Māori and other New Zealanders. The guidelines ask researchers to refer to the relevance of this in the Investment Signal. You are welcome to discuss this with me.

Māori ResponsivenessReferences

For comprehensive Māori health statistics and inequalities - www.hauora.maori.nz

For comprehensive data on cancer and inequalities - Robson B, Purdie G, Cormack D. 2006 Unequal Impact: Māori and non-Māori Cancer statistics 1996-2001 Wellington Ministry of Health http://www.moh.govt.nz

For information about Māori responsiveness- HRC 2008 Guidelines for Researchers on Health Research involving Māori. http://www.hrc.govt.nz

See Māori Responsiveness on the FMHS website

M ā ori Responsiveness – HRC 2010

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