Women's and Children's Health
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High and increasing rates of skin infection hospitalisation for Pacific children in Aotearoa
Background: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections are common among children, and are typically bacterial in origin (e.g. impetigo, cellulitis, and skin abscesses which can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus ... -
Genetics of Digitocutaneous Dysplasia
The development of the human skeleton is a precisely controlled process. The study of Mendelian diseases involving abnormalities in the skeleton enables the idenfication of factors critical to skeletal development. Digi ... -
What are the barriers to equitable maternal health in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Background: Aotearoa New Zealand has a socialised health care system with free at point of delivery maternity care. Care is also uniquely structured, led by autonomous, principally community based, lead maternity care ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in the South Island 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in Southern District Health Board 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in Canterbury and West Coast 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in Nelson Marlborough and South Canterbury 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in Hutt Valley, Capital & Coast, and Wairarapa 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in MidCentral and Whanganui 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in Hawke's Bay 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in the Midland region 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
Health and wellbeing of under-25 year olds in the Northern region 2019
In this report the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES) presents information to assist in the planning and funding of services that can collectively improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ...