Experiences of Pacific Peoples and their ‘āiga/kāinga/kāiga/vuvale living with Parkinsons: A qualitative study

Charleen Silcock; Megan Lupe; Salote Makasini; Leigh Hale; Christopher Higgs; Rose Richards

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0355989

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Experiences of Pacific Peoples and their ‘āiga/kāinga/kāiga/vuvale living with Parkinsons: A qualitative study

Charleen Silcock ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Charleen Silcock, Megan Lupe, Leigh Hale, Rose Richards

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Megan Lupe ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Charleen Silcock, Megan Lupe, Leigh Hale, Rose Richards

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Salote Makasini ,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ SM and CH also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Leigh Hale ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Charleen Silcock, Megan Lupe, Leigh Hale, Rose Richards

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: leigh.hale@otago.ac

Affiliation Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2730-5843

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Christopher Higgs ,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ SM and CH also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4207-5513

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Rose Richards

Contributed equally to this work with: Charleen Silcock, Megan Lupe, Leigh Hale, Rose Richards

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Experiences of Pacific Peoples and their ‘āiga/kāinga/kāiga/vuvale living with Parkinsons: A qualitative study

Charleen Silcock,
Megan Lupe,
Salote Makasini,
Leigh Hale,
Christopher Higgs,
Rose Richards

Published: August 12, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0355989

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