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The Determinants of Health for Children and Young People in Counties Manukau (2009)
The early years of life provide a crucial foundation for future health and wellbeing. The Determinants of Child and Youth Health in this DHB is the second report in a three part series on the health of children and young ...
Cancer in the Context of Severe Mental Illness in New Zealand: An Epidemiological Study
Background
Experience of severe mental illness is associated with poor physical health and premature death. This issue has received little research attention in New Zealand. This thesis explores the burden of cancer amongst ...
Vestibular Function in Vestibular Schwannoma
Abstract
Introduction: Traditionally vestibular function has been assessed using caloric irrigations; new methods have failed to reach the same level of accuracy. Vestibular nerve dysfunction occurs with ‘acoustic neuroma’ ...
Assessment of the Dynamic Insulin Secretion and Sensitivity Test (DISST) in a morbidly obese population pre and post gastric bypass surgery
Type two diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is in epidemic proportions world wide (1, 2) with obesity being the main driver over the last 30-40 years. Obesity increases the risk of T2DM through an increase in insulin resistance. ...
Large men and New Zealand primary care: the views of practitioners and patients regarding obesity and its management
Background
New Zealand is ranked third in terms of obesity prevalence globally, with male obesity rates equalling those of females. There have been calls for primary care to take a more proactive approach to the diagnosis ...
The Health Status of Children and Young People in the Hutt Valley, Capital & Coast and Wairarapa DHBs (2015)
This report is based on an Indicator Framework1 developed in 2007 in which the indicators for each of the three reports in the series were identified. The indicators in this year’s report were developed from Craig et al’s ...
The Health Status of Children and Young People in Canterbury and the West Coast (2015)
This report is based on an Indicator Framework1 developed in 2007 in which the indicators for each of the three reports in the series were identified. The indicators in this year’s report were developed from Craig et al’s ...
DNA Methylation in Polycystic Kidney Disease and Bio-distribution of the C3-G12 peptide
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited form of renal disease, and is characterised by the formation of fluid-filled cysts within organs, particularly in the kidneys. The two genes ...
The Health of Children and Young People with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities in the Hawke's Bay (2010)
This report reviews a range of routinely collected data on children and young people in the DHB, with a view to identifying the numbers of children and young people with chronic conditions and disabilities accessing health ...
The Health of Children and Young People with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities in Midcentral DHB (2010)
This report reviews a range of routinely collected data on children and young people in the DHB, with a view to identifying the numbers of children and young people with chronic conditions and disabilities accessing health ...