TY - SER AU - Detzel, John G. AU - Ruru, Stacey AU - Zhang, Yingsha AU - Simpson, Mary L. AU - Nock, Sophie AU - Meha, Pare AU - Holmes, Kath AU - Clark, Marama AU - Adams, Hariata AU - Akapita, Ngapera AU - Ngaia, Kawarau AU - Murphy, Shane AU - Moses, Reuben AU - Reddy, Rangimahora AU - Hokowhitu, Brendan TI - Enhancing well-being and social connectedness for Māori elders through a peer education (tuakana-teina) programme : : a cross-sectional baseline study PY - 2021/// PB - Frontiers, KW - ELDER ABUSE KW - HAUORA KW - HEALTH KW - HOUSING KW - INTERVENTION KW - KAUMĀTUA KW - MĀORI KW - OLDER PEOPLE KW - ORA KW - RANGAHAU MĀORI KW - TE AO MĀORI KW - TIKANGA TUKU IHO KW - WELLBEING KW - WHARE HOHO KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022, 9:775545 N2 - Background: Māori kaumātua (elders) face stark health and social inequities compared to non-Māori New Zealanders. The tuakana-teina (older sibling-younger sibling) peer education programme is a strengths-based approach to enhance well-being and social connectedness. The purpose of this study is to present the baseline data from this programme and identify correlates of well-being outcomes. Method: Participants included 128 kaumātua who completed a self-report survey about health-related quality of life, spirituality, social connection and loneliness, life satisfaction, cultural identity and connection, elder abuse, health service utilisation and demographics. Findings: Multiple regression models illustrated the following correlates of outcomes: (a) self-rated health: needing more help with daily tasks (β = −0.36) and housing problems (β = –0.17); (b) health-related quality of life: needing more help with daily tasks (β = –0.31), housing problems (β = –0.21), and perceived autonomy (β = 0.19); (c) spiritual well-being: understanding of tikanga (cultural protocols) (β = 0.32) and perceived autonomy (β = 0.23); (d) life satisfaction: social support (β = 0.23), sense of purpose (β = 0.23), cultural identity (β = 0.24), trouble paying bills (β = –0.16), and housing problems (β = –0.16); (e) loneliness: elder abuse (β = 0.27), social support (β = –0.21), and missing pleasure of being with whānau (extended family) (β = 0.19). Conclusions: Key correlates for outcomes centred on social support, housing problems, cultural connection and perceived autonomy. These correlates are largely addressed through the programme where tuakana/peer educators provide support and links to social and health services to teina/peer recipients in need. This study illustrates needs and challenges for kaumātua, whilst the larger programme represents a strengths-based and culturally-centred approach to address health issues related to ageing in an Indigenous population. (Authors' abstract). This research is part of the Kaumātua Mana Motuhake Pōi project, part of the aging well National Science Challenge. Follow the link to learn more about the research. Record #8730 UR - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.775545 UR - https://www.ageingwellchallenge.co.nz/research/kaumatua-mana-motuhake-poi/ ER -