Overseas health care. Grandmothers' footsteps.
The Maori population of New Zealand has poorer health than the general population and finds access to traditional health services difficult. A programme using non-professionals for health promotion has produced significant results. Take-up of immunisation has improved dramatically.
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D005190:Family; D006293:Health Promotion; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D011634:Public Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors