Department of Public Health
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Motivational Interviewing for adolescent engagement in group trans-diagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy: A randomised clinical trial
Background. Anxiety and mood disorders are prevalent, chronic and highly comorbid in adolescence, with detrimental personal, societal and economic outcomes. Given the high rates of attrition and limited resources available ... -
The cost-effectiveness of fixed-dose combinations for preventive cardiovascular pharmacotherapy
Background: Pharmaceutical non-adherence as a consequence of large pill burdens is a noted issue in the management of cardiovascular disease risk (CVD), particularly for populations with high CVD risk or with coexisting ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and intentions of general practitioners and practice nurses and Christchurch and HPV and HPV vaccines
Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a very common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and nearly all cervical cancers are causally related to infections by HPV. Gardasil®, a quadrivalent HPV vaccine, is now on the ... -
Evaluation of the National Cervical Screening Program by calculation of the positive predictive value and standardized mortality rate
Cervical cancer is the 3rd commonest cancer occurring among women worldwide, behind breast and colorectal cancer. (Parkin et al. 1999) Screening via the use of cervical smears to detect preclinical disease has been successful ... -
Acute rheumatic fever and group A Streptococcus in New Zealand: A descriptive epidemiological study
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a preventable immune mediated condition triggered in response to Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) can result from a single episode of ARF and is particularly ... -
The extent and nature of children’s real-time exposure to alcohol marketing using wearable cameras and GPS devices
Alcohol places substantial financial, physical, social and psychological burdens on society. There is mounting evidence that childhood exposure to alcohol marketing increases the likelihood children will begin drinking, ... -
An exploratory study of Muslim women's attitudes towards and experiences of cervical screening
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide in women, yet the cervical screening test is able to detect precancerous cells, improving the prognosis. Internationally, Muslim women have been found to have poor ... -
Pre-hospital antibiotics in meningococcal disease
Introduction Invasive meningococcal disease is a devastating infection and early treatment is considered critical in reducing the risk of death. To this end, in some countries general practitioners (GPs) are advised to ... -
Breastfeeding trends in New Zealand from 1997-2002 and implications for policy implementation
This thesis is about breastfeeding trends, examined in the light of national and local breastfeeding policy implementation. It compares the rates of breastfeeding to governmental breastfeeding targets as specified by the ... -
Improving Pacific Health and Reducing Health Inequalities: Policy Implications
Pacific people migrated to New Zealand in search of a better life. However, despite making important social, sports, cultural, and economic contributions in New Zealand, they continue to face challenges in other areas such ... -
Quantifying Children's Exposure to Outdoor Food Advertising
The marketing of unhealthy food is a key modifiable influence on children’s dietary behaviours and childhood obesity. The WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) has recommended that settings where children gather ... -
Reversing the decay of preschool oral health: a mixed methods approach to examining the influences on preschool oral health.
The prevalence of early childhood caries is high in certain populations. Early childhood caries has a significant effect on an individual’s immediate oral health status as well as their oral health status later in life. ... -
Improved access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and the declining abortion rate
The New Zealand abortion rate declined significantly from 2008 to 2014. Internationally, increased use of LARC methods has been recognised as having played an important role in declining abortion rates. LARC are highly ... -
Estimating the health burden of influenza in New Zealand
Background Influenza causes a large number of hospitalisations and deaths each year. This thesis is the first study to use modelling in a single country to estimate the health burden of influenza across demographic ... -
Grass Routes: An observational analysis of how children use green spaces
Aim This research aimed to investigate whether there is inequality relating to the use of green space among different demographic groups and disadvantaged populations. Method Children’s use of green space was observed ... -
Understanding Men’s Mental Health: Gender Relations and Mental Well-Being
Men’s mental health has remained understudied and undertheorised. Much of the early research on men’s mental health comes from large scale quantitative studies focusing on gender differences in mental illness. It is only ... -
Coping has limits: 'Mixed Presenters' emergency department presentations for self-harm and other reasons
Suicide is largely preventable, in part through effective emergency department (ED) care of people at risk of self-harm. Ample research on people presenting to ED for self-harm (including suicidal ideation, deliberate ... -
Assessing the nature and extent of children's screen time
Background and aims New Zealand children are currently ranked the third most overweight and obese in the developed world. Further, differences by ethnic and socioeconomic factors are evident, with Māori and Pacific ... -
Observations, and the cost-effectiveness, of sun protection in schools
Background: New Zealand (NZ) has the highest incidence rate of melanoma skin cancer in the world. Although most cases of melanoma, and other skin cancers, can be prevented by reducing sunlight exposure, sun-safety ... -
E te tākuta, kei a koe te tikanga - A qualitative study of factors influencing treatment decision-making in cancer consultations with Māori patients and whānau
Aim This research explores factors influencing treatment decision-making in cancer consultations with Māori patients and whānau (extended families) to ascertain if any of these factors could be contributing to cancer ...