Lay summary
Māori, Aboriginal, and Pacific peoples are over-represented in prevalence, mortality, and hospital admission rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. In 2022, Australian researchers implemented a culturally safe pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme within Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) that improved health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with COPD. The programme is an 8-week supervised regimen of exercise training and patient education, with outcomes measured in terms of exercise capacity, health-related quality of life, and health status. This study will look to undertake readying and planning for a future research proposal that would look to replicate a similar culturally safe and relevant programme for Māori. Other successful kaupapa Māori evidence-based long-term conditions programmes (i.e. Mana Tu) will be reviewed in the development of the COPD rehabilitation programme.