University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Collections in University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anaesthesia [2]
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Population Health [21]
Recent Deposits
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The Global Health Classroom: Collaborative Global Health Learning between New Zealand and Samoan Medical Students in a Virtual Classroom
Background Global Health is recognised as an essential component of undergraduate medical curricula to equip future doctors with the relevant knowledge, attitudes, and skills to practice in a globalised world. The Global ... -
Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by slowness of movement, rigidity, and tremor. However, most patients additionally develop cognitive impairment and eventual dementia (PDD), ... -
The relationship between smoking cessation, depression and weight gain: a mixed method study
Introduction Public health measures have been effective in many countries including New Zealand in reducing the prevalence of smoking, but smokers with co-existing problems, including mental illnesses, are now becoming a ... -
Is it ACE? The influence of the Advanced Choice of Employment scheme on new graduates’ decisions to accept a position in the Nurse Entry to Specialist Practice in Mental Health and Addiction programme.
The nursing recruitment crisis has generated research into strategies to improve retention of newly qualified nurses. In New Zealand, all 20 DHB’s are committed to the Nurse Entry to Practice (NETP) and Nurse Entry to ... -
The Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Type One Diabetes Mellitus in Children
Introduction Type one diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is one of the most common, serious chronic diseases of childhood. Hyperglycaemia causes well known micro- and macro- vascular complications. Less well explored are the ways ... -
"What's helpful, what's problematic, what's missing" during your stay? Fathers' experiences of supports in NICU: A qualitative study.
Background: The birth of a premature or unwell baby results in the need for a neonatal admission and a period of stay within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This ushers a period of time of uncertainty and stress for ... -
Measuring Markers of Immune Response in Patients Treated with Nivolumab (Opdivo®) and Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®)
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have drastically improved the clinical outcome for many cancer patients. However, not all patients treated with ICIs show a clinical response and the development of a unique spectrum of ... -
Coroners' Recommendations and Suicide Prevention in Specialist Mental Health Services
Suicide is considered to be a serious health and social issue and the improvement of services that cater for those affected by mental disorder is one of the principal targets for suicide prevention. All cases of suspected ... -
The Analysis and Stability of Carboplatin
Carboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used in a variety of cancers with the primary toxicity being exposure-dependant myelosuppression. We present the development and validation of a simple, robust inductively coupled plasma ... -
The impact of homeless men's use of city spaces on their wellbeing
Homelessness is a broad and somewhat blunt term to describe a complex concept. Beneath the concept and many varied definitions are people who are living with inadequate, insecure or no housing at all; these are often among ... -
Development and Validation of Medical Decision Tools in Detection and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a permanent dilatation of the infrarenal segment of the abdominal aorta which can be fatal if the aneurysm ruptures. Ruptured AAA is the second leading cause of global surgical mortality, ... -
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques
Introduction Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) has been described as a ‘silent epidemic’ and is a significant health burden to the global population. New Zealand specific data estimates mTBI to occur 749 in 100,000 ... -
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 ... -
Biological and Behavioural Markers of Parkinson’s Disease
Today, upwards of 10 million people—approximately 9 500 of whom reside in New Zealand—are living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Yet, the means of diagnosing PD remain somewhat similar to those available to James Parkinson ... -
Investigation of MARS Spectral CT: X-ray Source and Detector Characterization
This thesis describes a series of interrelated studies that I performed to characterize two key modules of MARS spectral CT scanner: the x-ray source and the x-ray detector. Characterizing and optimizing the outputs of ... -
Understanding the risks of drinking water self-supplies from the perspective of rural people
Due to the potential for serious and widespread outbreaks of waterborne disease, managing the risk of microbiological contamination of drinking water is of particular importance. In New Zealand, drinking water quality and ... -
The Lived Experience of Person-Centred Care in Residential Homes in New Zealand and Singapore: The perspectives of Residents, Frontline Caregivers and Family Members
Ageing is an inevitable part of life. The intent to age gracefully and in a dignified manner is held as important by many, but a number of challenges can influence an individual’s ability to control their lives at an older ... -
Development, validation and application of a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay for uracil and 5,6-dihydrouracil along with 5-fluorouracil and its metabolites, in human plasma
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), a pyrimidine analogue, is one of the commonly prescribed chemotherapeutic drugs for solid tumours, principally of the digestive tract, breast plus head and neck. Conventional 5-FU dose normalisation ... -
The key components of cancer nurse coordination: An integrative review
With one in three New Zealanders experiencing a diagnosis of cancer during their lifetime, the New Zealand (NZ) national health care system plays a pivotal role in providing services to ensure optimal health outcomes for ... -
Application of emerging sequencing and genomic technologies to diagnostic molecular genetics.
The advent of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has provided much broader opportunities in the field of molecular genomics. Previously, sequencing approaches were limited to a small number of single genes or exons. MPS ...