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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...