Treaty of Waitangi and Person-Centred Diet Plan

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Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6th of February 1840 by the representatives of the
British Crown and Maori in New Zealand. The aim of the Treaty is to enable the British
settlers and the Mori people to live together under complete harmony in New Zealand under
the jurisdiction of the common laws and agreement. Te Three principles of Treaty include
partnership, participation and protection. Partnership involves working together with the
iwi, hapū,whānau and Māori communities in order to develop strategies for overall health
promotion of the Maori population and at the same time develop special disability services.
Participation deals with involvement of the Maori at all levels of health promotion along with
decision-making, planning, effective development and delivery of the health service.
Protection deals with role of the government in ensuring health equality for the Maori by
framing culturally sensitive healthcare plans based on their spiritual values and goals
(Ministry of Health New Zealand, 2019).
Thus nutritionist I will use the Treaty of Waitangi in framing of the person-centred
diet plan for my patients. Sladdin et al. (2017) conducted a study in order to evaluate the
effectiveness of the person-centred diet plan for the management of diabetes. The qualitative
study highlighted that the application of the person-centred diet plan helps in the
establishment of positive dietician-patient relationships or therapeutic relationship. The
generation of the therapeutic relationships help in redistribution of the power to the patient
and at the same time helps in the development of trust. This helps to increase the adherence
of the anti-diabetic diet plan and thereby helping to improve overall outcome of care.
In order to first step for the generation of the person-centred diet plan will include
indulging in effective partnership with patients. I will indulge in effective partnership with
the patient or the service users by the use of the effective communication skills or
interpersonal communication. Use of proper verbal and non-verbal communication skills help
to indulge in therapeutic relationship with the service users. Active listening and maintenance