Lay summary
Objectives: Career: Health development among Pacific people.
Research: Identify how a sustainable economic development policy influences health behaviours in Rarotonga.
Methodologies: Review of Economic and policy documentation from relevant Cook Island Government departments,
Qualitative methods: Interviews and focus groups
Health outcomes: Reducing obesity rates by integrating health into sustainability policies. Providing new economic opportunity for disadvantaged communities. Advancing collaboration between agencies including government departments for population health gain