Rātā Foundation: Hauora Project
Project Background
The Rātā Foundation Board recently adopted a new purpose statement which expresses the Board’s desire to make positive change through funding for more equitable outcomes and to ensure care for the environment for future generations. Rātā Foundation commissioned this piece of work to help determine the focus for strategic funding under the Health Pou.
What we did
An exploratory sequential mixed method approach was used, and 19 interviews were conducted with key community health stakeholders. A survey was developed from the interview data to understand the generalisability of the main themes. Sixty-five individuals undertook the survey. A desk-based review of health data identified that data and evidence is an issue in the system.Much of the data available on health outcomes is aggregate data which masks characteristics of inequity including, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, income levels and geography.
Outcome
An exploratory sequential mixed method approach was used, and 19 interviews were conducted with key community health stakeholders. A survey was developed from the interview data to understand the generalisability of the main themes. Sixty-five individuals undertook the survey. A desk-based review of health data identified that data and evidence is an issue in the system. Much of the data available on health outcomes is aggregate data which masks characteristics of inequity including, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, income levels and geography.
“Rātā should focus its attention on the people who can easily be overlooked and who miss out.”
- stakeholder
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We’ll work with you to find out what’s working, where investment could be put to best use or how to improve anything not going to plan. We can help you define success and set tangible, measurable goals. And we talk in real language so you can understand and engage with the findings. We engage with the community to conduct community research and consultations for private companies, trusts, government agencies, NGOs and more. But we have a special interest in research that has a purpose - to better society and teach lessons. We aim to help those we work with build capacity to enact positive change.
