Delegate: Barbara Galland
Affiliation: New Zealand Branch of the Australasian Sleep Association
Short Bio:
Activity: The New Zealand branch of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) are hosting a webinar related to the 2024 theme of Sleep Equity for Global Sleep Health.
Friday 15th March 12-1pm on Zoom and advertised across Aotearoa sleep and allied health groups, and to ASA members.
Topic: Health Equity in Sleep: #WorldSleepDay
Speaker: Dr Rachelle Love
What this webinar will cover:
We know that Indigenous health inequities are unacceptable, and that the status quo can’t continue, but what do we know about inequities in sleep health for Indigenous populations? In this talk we will define health disparities and frameworks to understand them, identify sleep inequity and its determinants and identify current trends and opportunities for future research and resources.
About the speaker (photo included):
Dr Rachelle Love is of Ngāpuhi and Te Arawa descent. An otolaryngology, head and neck surgeon in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Dr Love has recently been appointed as Chair of the New Zealand Medical Council. Within the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, she is a member of the Māori Health Advisory Group, the National Committee, and is a cultural advisor to the ORL Training Board. She is also a lecturer for the Māori and Indigenous Health Institute at the University of Otago. Dr Love’s research interests are in Māori health, particularly cultural competency and cultural safety in surgical education, and in sleep surgery, where she is part of a multinational multidisciplinary research group.
Location: On Zoom – chaired
Date of Activity: 15th March
Submitted by: Barbara Galland
