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Thesis Title
'Tu ga na inima ka luvu na waqa' The cultural constructs of health and wellbeing amongst Marama iTaukei in a Fijian village in Lau and in transnational Fijian community in Whanganui, Aotearoa

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Ms Meo-Sewabu explored the lay understanding of health and wellbeing amongst Indigenous Fijian women. 聽"Tu ga na inima ka luvu na waqa"聽literally means that the bail was in the boat yet the boat sinks. 聽Findings provided a ''bail'' or a cultural lens illustrated in the聽Tanoa Health Belief Framework聽developed from research to assist health and community workers to support women. 聽An Indigenous research methodology called聽''Tali Magimagi''聽was developed and includes the concept of ''cultural discernment'', the ethical requirements within a cultural setting. 聽She developed a social policy framework that incorporates ''culturally embedded agency'' of Fijian women. To date research and development practice have focused on western paradigms and bio-medical models of undersatnidng health and wellbeing often ignoring cultural understandings. 聽Her findings contribute to the beginning of a new approach to health and wellbeing not only for the聽''Marama iTaukei''聽but also for Pacific and Indigenous women globally.

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Professor Robyn Munford
Dr Api Talemaitoga
Dr Apolonia Tamata
Dr Suzanne Phibbs