The application of kaupapa in lab-based research Research Completed
Title
The application of kaupapa in lab-based research
Lead Author
Issac Warbrick , Amohia Boulton, Stephen Stannard, Chris Cunningham
Organisation(s)
AUT, Whakauae Research for Maori Health and Development, Massey
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
MAI JOURNAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3, 2014
Contacts
Senior Research Fellow, Taupua Waiora Centre for Mäori Health Research, Auckland University of Technology,New Zealand. Email: isaac.warbrick@aut.ac.nz
Abstract
Type- 2 diabetes and other illnesses associated with a sedentary lifestyle have a high prevalence among Mäori. While the application of knowledge from exercise physiology, a specific discipline of the health sciences, could be used to enhance Mäori health aspirations, Mäori- led research in this field is relatively uncommon. Exercise physiology seeks to understand physical performance and the relationships between fi tness, body composition, health and illness. Rarely have the key tenets of exercise physiology been applied to Mäori populations. This paper discusses the application of, and interface between, kaupapa Mäori methods of research and those traditionally used in exercise physiology. Specifi cally we discuss the application of four kaupapa—rangatiratanga, wairuatanga, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga—in a lab- based setting. The paper concludes that exercise science has the potential to bridge Indigenous and Western approaches to research, informing both the prevention and the treatment of lifestyle illnesses that impact significantly on Mäori communities.
Keywords:
research methodology, exercise science, Mäori health, Indigenous health services, exercise, physical
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November 27, 2014