"We Need a System that's Not Designed to Fail Maori": Experiences of Racism Related to Kidney Transplantation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reported experiences of racism in Aotearoa New Zealand are consistently associated with negative measures of health, self-rated health, life satisfaction, and reduced access to high-quality healthcare with subsequent poor health outcomes. In this paper, we report on perceptions and experiences of prejudice and racism by Indigenous Māori with kidney disease and their family members and donors who took part in a wider study about experiences of kidney transplantation.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 40 Māori between September and December 2020. Participants included those with kidney disease who had considered, were being worked up for, or who had already received a kidney transplant as well as family members and potential or previous donors. We

SUBMITTER: Walker RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature