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Trends and age profile of 0–24 year olds hospitalised with gastroenteritis
Background
Hospitalisations for gastroenteritis have been increasing internationally. New Zealand rates were 6.0 per 1,000 0–14 year olds in 2006–2010. Yet hospitalisation for gastroenteritis is potentially avoidable. For ...
Illuminating Otago Heritage
Poster introduction:
Goal: Optimise the University Library's DAMS (Digital Asset Management System) workflows relating to ingest and curation of our digital collections.
Issue: The standard ingest process for Islandora ...
I can see clearly now: Survey results from neonatal staff on mydriatic use in retinopathy or prematurity screening
Aims:
Very preterm infants require mydriatic eye drops in preparation for retinopathy of prematurity examination. Mydriatic dosing needs to provide adequate pupil dilation for the examination and yet, avoid adverse ...
Trans Wretchedness Theory and disrupting the focus on negative health outcomes
The number of academic publications on transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse (TGD) health issues has been steadily increasing over the years. This would generally be an indicator that health science is gaining a ...
What monitoring strategies are most successful for promoting weight loss? A randomised controlled trial
Objectives: While tracking progress is one of the strongest predictors of success in healthy eating and physical activity interventions, it is uncertain whether it matters which behavior (diet, activity or weight) is being ...
Making health easier: Reducing inequalities in child health through addressing low health literacy
Background:
Low health literacy is a major contributor to disparities in child health outcomes between different population
groups and a powerful mediator of the social determinants of health. This review aimed to identify ...
The effect of recent adverse events and psychotic symptomatology among people with schizophrenia
There have been considerable investigations in recent years of the correlation of early life event interactions, with psychotic symptomatology, with suggestions of causal links.. However, most of these investigations do ...
Constipation: A commonly costly complex condition
Background: The 2015 New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service reports to NZ district health boards (DHBs) on the health status of children and young people found that constipation was a common reason for acute and ...