Preventive and Social Medicine
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Spirituality, Healthcare and Medical Education: Views from New Zealand Medical Students
Background: Spiritual care is becoming increasingly recognised as important for achieving better health outcomes as identified by patients, families of patients and healthcare professionals. However, spiritual care is not ... -
For Love, Not Money! A study of health-related decision making in a group of female healthcare assistants who work in residential aged care and who live in low-income households
Issues of social inequality have increasingly featured in public debate in New Zealand and around the world, as the widening gap between rich and poor, both within and across countries, is highlighted and becomes more ... -
Tertiary student hazardous drinking : epidemiology and development of a brief intervention trial
The misuse of alcohol is one of New Zealand's major social and health concerns. The cost of alcohol misuse, after adjustment for the economic benefits of consumption, was estimated at $16.1 billion in 1990,4% of gross ... -
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 ... -
Predicting the impact of chemoprophylaxis strategies against leprosy in South Tarawa, Kiribati
Background Leprosy is widely thought to be a disease of the past, but globally there are still around 200,000 new cases annually. Current strategies of early diagnosis and treatment are proving ineffective in interrupting ... -
Assessment of occupational noise-induced hearing loss for ACC: A practical guide for otolaryngologists
The guideline includes summaries of ACC-commissioned systematic literature reviews on key aspects of ONIHL, and references to resources to assist you to provide robust, evidence- based reports. Background information on ... -
The impact of leptospirosis in northern Tanzania
Leptospirosis is an underappreciated cause of human illness and livestock production loss in the tropics. Our understanding of the burden of disease, reservoirs and sources of human infection, and the performance of ... -
Health promotion planning and evaluation in public health units in New Zealand
An ageing population, increasing rates of chronic disease, along with growing inequities in health status, and rising costs in health care and treatments are all placing a strain on the New Zealand health system. Combine ... -
Early childhood caries (ECC): A Waikato-Tainui Kaupapa Maaori approach to reducing chronic illness dental decay amongst tamariki and mokopuna “He awa o Mokopuna oranga niho”
Early childhood caries (ECC) are a significant health concern for Indigenous Maaori children in Aotearoa New Zealand. In an effort to address the significant impact of ECC on the health of Indigenous children, the Health ... -
Risk factors for Staphylococcus capitis pulsotype NRCS-A colonisation among premature neonates, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dunedin Hospital
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS) are the most common cause of bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). S. capitis, a species of CONS, has recently emerged as a common cause of neonatal disease, ... -
Injured Migrant Study (IMS): A prospective study of post-injury outcomes in New Zealand
Background The burden of injury has been well documented, and migrants are more likely to have both higher risks of injury and experience poorer outcomes following injury compared to non-migrants. In New Zealand, a significant ... -
Evidence updates on risk factors for occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) Update 2: Review of impact and impulse noise evidence
This review is an update of the impact and impulse sections of the 2010 report ‘Guideline for diagnosing occupational noise-induced hearing loss. Part 1: noise effects and duration’. It has been carried out to inform ACC’s ... -
Risk factors for venous thromboembolism
Background Many risk factors for venous thromboembolism have been identified, but two particular exposures - the use of combined oral contraceptives and long-distance air travel - have generated considerable concern in ... -
Healthy & Climate-friendly Eating Patterns for New Zealand
Under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand (NZ) committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs): all major government policies should, therefore, consider impacts on the climate. Given that the Ministry of ... -
Innate Factors in Early Clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Introduction: Early clearance (EC) is the eradication of M. tuberculosis infection by innate immunity, before an adaptive immune response develops. Case contact studies consistently report a group of highly exposed but ... -
Abortion in a New Zealand cohort - Incidence, reasons and emotional impact
Background: Abortion is a relatively common experience for New Zealand women. The reasons for abortion have not been studied in a New Zealand context. While the potential links between mental health outcomes have been ... -
Transport and well-being among older adolescents
Background Discussions of teenage transport issues are typically framed from the perspective of crash risk and physical health. This research addresses transport in the context of well-being, from the Positive Youth ... -
Hospital Admissions for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Contributing factors, Risk prediction and Prognosis
Background: Hospitalisations for acute exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are associated with high mortality. Clinical indicators and prognostic scores have been explored previously to identify ...