Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Health Sciences"
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A Case Study of Industrial Injury Reduction: New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited
Research aim: To assess the safety performance of New Zealand Aluminium SmeltersLimited (NZAS), 1971-2011. Research objectives sought 1) to quantify the NZAS safety improvement, and 2) to describe interventions used to ... -
A cohort study of psychosocial factors in relationship to pain in patients with Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke in New Zealand
Background. Pain is common after stroke and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and it affects the sufferer’s ability to engage in important activities. Little is known about the associations between psychosocial factors and pain ... -
A study of practices and attitudes of a local Community Alcohol and Drug Service Workforce in relation to consumers with coexisting mental health and addiction problems
The first comprehensive national study on the opinions and attitudes of the New Zealand addiction workforce in addressing coexisting problems (CEP) was carried out by Gilbert (2010) using a telephone survey. The aim of ... -
A survey of Canterbury nurses' perceptions of the activities, effectiveness and benefits of professional supervision
Effective professional supervision (PS) offers nurses the opportunity to develop both personally and professionally through formal conversations with a trained supervisor. Perceived benefits, in the situation of efficacious ... -
An Audit of New Zealand's Intellectual Disability Specialty In-Patient Units: Focussing on Antipsychotic Medication Use
Whilst a number of international studies discuss the use of antipsychotic medication for people with intellectual disability, there have been few studies within New Zealand. At the most basic level, we do not know the ... -
An observational study investigating the objective and subjective impact of a structured gynaecology service for women who have undergone allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Hypothesis: The hypothesis for this study is that the provision of consultative gynaecological care and the delivery of gynaecological information to women undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplant will mean a better ... -
An Online Mindfulness Intervention for Pain and Wellbeing
Chronic pain is a prevalent health care issue that needs to be better addressed. Mindfulness techniques are a promising method to help individuals reduce the negative impact of chronic pain. Research has also indicated the ... -
An orthodontic tooth brushing technique to enhance oral hygiene in patients with fixed appliances: interim results of a randomized controlled clinical trial
Introduction: Traditional tooth brushing techniques, such as the Modified Bass technique, are designed and aimed at the general population without orthodontic appliances. An effective tooth brushing technique for patients ... -
Anthropometric Assessment Tools as Postoperative Risk Indictors in Adult Orthopaedic Patients: A Pilot Study.
Obesity is not only known to contribute to health risks such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type II diabetes mellitus, but can also be associated with post operative complications (Amin, Sales & Brenkel, 2006; Best, ... -
Are we ready yet?: New graduate nurses' experience of workplace violence and agression and their sense of readiness
Aim: The aim of this study was explore new graduate nurses’ experience of WPVA and their sense of readiness for responding to such events. Background: Considerable evidence exists indicating that workplace violence and ... -
The Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards' Professional Development and Recognition Programme for Nurses: A Comparative Study of Participants and Non Participants
Background: In response to recruitment and retention issues, professional development recognition programmes for nurses have become widespread internationally. In addition, in New Zealand the introduction of the Health ... -
Careering into the future: Nurses' opinions of the PDRP
Background: The Professional Development and Recognition Programme (PDRP) is a national model of nursing career progression in New Zealand (NZ), based on the Benner “Novice to Expert” model (1984). To progress on the PDRP ... -
Change in Hearing Conservation and Legislation and Prevention of Permanent Threshold Shift
Background: Between 1985 and 2006 there were improvements in hearing conservation at Nyrstar Hobart Smelter, including engineering controls and the introduction of mandatory hearing protection in noisy areas. In 1996 there ... -
Characteristics of vocally disruptive behaviour in residents with dementia in specialist dementia care hospitals and possible interventions
Background In 2002 the New Zealand Ministry of Health estimated there were 38,000 people with dementia living in New Zealand. A significant number of people with dementia show challenging behaviours; one of the most ... -
Child Abuse: Understanding the Biomechanics of Rib Fractures in Infants
There are some general assumptions made by forensic paediatricians and pathologists about how infants in child abuse cases suffer fractured ribs; the main assumption being that rib fractures are resultant from ‘shaken baby ... -
Clinical Assessment of the child: Does drawing help children talk about their presenting problems?
Child psychopathology is a significant mental health issue in New Zealand and overseas. When child mental health services are required, clinicians should conduct assessments that are developmentally sensitive and include ... -
Clinical Responsibility: The Mental Health Nursing Perspective
This study sought to identify mental health nurses’ perceptions of clinical responsibility. Clinical responsibility refers to the tasks and skills that professional bodies, employers and the court of law can legitimately ... -
Community-Dwelling Older People and Falls Reporting: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
One third of people aged over 65 years fall each year. Falls, and their consequences, are major concerns for individuals, health care providers and funders in terms of injury, reduced independence, and financial costs. ... -
Conceptualising the Foundation of an Effective Clinical Supervision Cycle in Mental Health Nursing
Clinical supervision is an activity that is interpreted widely in terms of its definition, purpose and its practical application to the practice of mental health nursing. Despite methodological limitations in research, in ... -
Coping and Multiple Sclerosis:Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and their Significant Others
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative condition which affects everyone differently as regards emergence of symptoms. The illness uncertainty associated with MS has ramifications for how those with the condition and ...