The centre can offer the following independent, university-based professional research
and evaluation services:
Teaching
CAHRE is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching on a wide range of topics.
At the undergraduate level, topics addressed include:
cross-cultural communication, cultural models and the diversity of the Asian population in health promotion,
and research methods when working cross-culturally.
At a post-graduate level, topics include:
Asian people and mental health,
Asian people and gambling,
cultural models in health promotion,
and complex populations and professional issues in therapy settings. Following the
expansion of the scope of the centre, research and education topics will broaden
in future to include the perspectives of other Ethnic Minority communities.
Workforce training
One focus of
CAHRE, is the development of workforce training initiatives.
To date, workforce training initiatives have been implemented to address a variety of topics, such as
cultural competence training,
working cross-culturally with Asian people in mental health settings,
domestic violence in Chinese communities,
the interplay between migration and mood problems for Asian people,
and working with international students.
CAHRE has also produced an interactive CD teaching package on "Asian mental health: Training and development for real skills".
This provides entry level training on Asian mental health to health and social services students nationwide (commissioned by Te Pou, The National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development).
Furthermore, CAHRE has supported close to ten postgraduate research students to pursue their
masters and doctoral studies on health issues concerning the New Zealand Asian population.
In future, CAHRE intends to widen the focus of
subsequent workforce training development activities to include other Ethnic
Minority communities.
Research collaborations
- Collaborations with agencies and researchers both locally and internationally
- Development of research relating to Asian and other Ethnic Minority health issues
Educational and research opportunities
- Providing research opportunities for those who are interested in studying Asian
and other Ethnic Minority health
- Linking experienced researchers with postgraduate students
Research and evaluation
- Establishing an inter-disciplinary network of scholars undertaking research
- Publishing outcomes of significant Asian and other Ethnic Minority health research
- Conducting evaluation of Asian and other Ethnic Minority health programmes
Consultancy services
- Providing independent consultancy services on Asian and other Ethnic Minority health issues
