Dunedin School of Medicine
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Medicine Department [94]
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Surgical Sciences [32]
Collections in Dunedin School of Medicine
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Kōhatu – Centre for Hauora Māori [2]
Kōhatu – Centre for Hauora Māori
Recent Deposits
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Investigating the Methods of Patent Foramen Ovale Detection
A patent foramen ovale is a remnant of the foetal circulation that exists between the right atrium and the left atrium of the heart. It is estimated to be present in 1 in 4 adults in the general population. The presence ... -
Child Poverty Monitor 2020: Technical Report
Whakatōngia te kākano aroha i roto i ā tātou taitamariki kia puāwai i roto i tō rātou tupuranga aranui oranga ‘Plant the seed of love in our children and they will blossom, grow and journey towards the greatest pathway ... -
Interventions for childhood obesity in Southern New Zealand
Background Childhood obesity continues to be a one of the biggest health issues facing children worldwide, with major health effects well recognised. Multiple steps are involved in intervening in childhood obesity. This ... -
An Exploration of Mental Health Promotion in New Zealand: A Qualitative Study
Mental health promotion employs a strengths-based approach and focuses on promoting positive mental health. The current level of knowledge and reporting about mental health promotion efforts occurring in New Zealand is ... -
Profiling the pregnancy-specific glycoprotein genes in pre-eclampsia.
Background: Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy which is characterised by reduced placental cell invasion into the maternal arteries. Lack of invasion causes insufficient transformation of arteries ... -
Targeted Epigenetic Editing Using a dCas9- SunTag Methylation System
DNA methylation is a stable and somatically heritable epigenetic process. It is classically understood as a gene silencing mechanism, whereby hypermethylation of gene promoters is largely associated with transcriptional ... -
Filamin B hinge-1 in joint development
In this study I aim to evaluate how the actin binding protein filamin B influences the development of cartilaginous structures of the skeleton, that when mutated, causes a range of disorders impacting large joints, limb ... -
Flash Glucose Monitoring Among Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Cutaneous Adverse Events and Sensor Longevity
Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Glycaemic control is fundamental to management and involves frequent glucose monitoring, often using self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) which ... -
Sleep in Pasifika Adolescents
Sleep of adequate duration and quality is crucial for maintaining physical and mental health. Recent research, however, suggests that Pasifika youth in New Zealand (NZ) may not be getting enough good quality sleep. This, ... -
Mental Health Service-users’ experiences of people-centred joined-up care in Aotearoa New Zealand: development of a new people-centred joined-up model and questionnaire
Internationally and in New Zealand (NZ), mental health service-users (MHS-users) have been shown to experience inequities in health and wellbeing outcomes, including premature mortality, compared to the general population. ... -
Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typhi globally, and sources, prescribing, and consumption of antimicrobial medicines in Yangon, Myanmar
Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health concern with the worst consequences being increased disease severity, duration, morbidity, and mortality experienced by individuals in low-and middle-income countries, ... -
Self Harm in New Zealand: Perspectives on Hospital Presentations and National Trends Across the Lifespan
Background: According to the World Health Organization, every year, roughly 800,000 people die due to suicide, which is one person every 40 seconds. It has also been shown that many more attempt suicide. Suicide is the ... -
New Zealand’s vocational Rural Hospital Medicine training program: the first ten years
Aims: The Rural Hospital Medicine Training Programme (RHMTP) was established in 2008 to develop NZ’s rural hospital medical workforce. This study evaluates the RHMTP’s first ten- year outcomes. Methods: A mixed-methods ... -
The treatment of obesity in children and adolescents
The main reason why the rising prevalence of childhood obesity is an important public health issue is that obese children are likely to become obese adults at high risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease and ... -
Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
Having sex for the first time is a major milestone in life that almost everyone reaches. In New Zealand, around 37% of secondary school students have had sex by the age of 16 years and around 46% by the age of 17 or more.1 ... -
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
There is substantial evidence from both observational studies of humans, and experimental studies in animals, that fetal alcohol exposure can cause physical malformations, growth retardation and brain damage.1-5 Alcohol ... -
Factors that influence inequity of oral health in New Zealand and what we can do about them
Dental caries has been identified by the New Zealand (NZ) Ministry of Health (MoH) as the country’s most prevalent chronic disease.1 Dental diseases of the oral cavity include, but are not limited to, dental caries, ... -
Making health easier: Reducing inequalities in child health through addressing low health literacy
Keeping their children healthy and safe is one of the most important responsibilities parents and caregivers have. It requires knowledge and skills that are acquired in a number of ways: from families and friends, through ... -
The determinants and consequences of overweight and obesity
According to the World Health Organization, childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century.1 Over the past thirty to forty years there has been a marked increase in the prevalence ... -
Management of Osteoarthritis in the NZ Public Health System
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of health losses and costs in NZ. The burden of OA is rising as a result of population ageing, rising obesity, increasing injury rates, and earlier onset of disease. The New Zealand ...