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Making health easier: Reducing inequalities in child health through addressing low health literacy
Background: Low health literacy is a major contributor to disparities in child health outcomes between different population groups and a powerful mediator of the social determinants of health. This review aimed to identify ... -
Where to From Kyoto?
This brief paper considers climate change law from an inter- and intra-national perspective. Three issues are touched upon. Firstly, given that New Zealand is likely to fall-short of it’s Kyoto emissions reduction target, ... -
Gait stability during shod and barefoot walking and running on a treadmill assessed by correlation entropy
This study tests correlation entropy, 𝐾2, as a measure of stability for gait analysis. An average of 13 strides from 10 participants in each combination of one footwear (barefoot vs shod) condition and one gait mode ... -
Legal and Jurisprudential Aspects of Mandatory 'Environmental Literacy' Programmes in Tertiary Education
There is a significant and growing body of literature that considers how Universities might act as a catalyst in fostering sustainability from the perspectives of management and administration, promoting research into ... -
Focus on Housing: The New Affordable Housing Legislation
This paper begins with a warning! The Government has recently signaled its intention to review the Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Act 2008. Given National’s opposition to the legislation when it was ... -
Impact of thumb base osteoarthritis: a qualitative study of patients' perspectives
Introduction: Despite the high prevalence of thumb base osteoarthritis (OA), little is known about the patient perspective. This study aimed to explore the impact of thumb base OA from the perspective of people with the ... -
Towards Energy-Aware Optimisation of Business Processes
Time dependent energy tariffs are a matter of concern to managers in organisations, who need to rethink how to allocate resources to business processes so that they take into account energy costs. However, due to the ... -
MUSIC for Medical Students: Validation of the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation in New Zealand
Introduction/background: An important aspect of student learning is that of academic motivation. Academic motivation can be defined as “a process that is inferred from actions … and verbalizations …, whereby goal- directed ... -
What monitoring strategies are most successful for promoting weight loss? A randomised controlled trial
Objectives: While tracking progress is one of the strongest predictors of success in healthy eating and physical activity interventions, it is uncertain whether it matters which behavior (diet, activity or weight) is being ... -
Researching smarter: five years of online self-paced information skills learning with Health Sciences students.
Introduction: ResearchSmart is a modular, self-directed and self-paced online course originally designed by Health Sciences Library subject librarians for second year medical students (25% of whom enter the course with ... -
Health needs of children in State care
Background There are over 5,500 children and young people in the custody of the State in New Zealand. Their complex experiences and life stories have important implications for health services. Research has shown that ... -
The power to shock: Perceptions of visual and textual horror in Rammstein's performance aesthetics
The use of monumental imagery, period clothing, German Romantic texts and guttural chants, which include nasal gestic speaking, all combine to make up what I regard as the Rammstein "formula". This formula has been apparent ... -
I can see clearly now: Survey results from neonatal staff on mydriatic use in retinopathy or prematurity screening
Aims: Very preterm infants require mydriatic eye drops in preparation for retinopathy of prematurity examination. Mydriatic dosing needs to provide adequate pupil dilation for the examination and yet, avoid adverse ... -
Lack of evidence and consequential harm caused by mydriatic regimens used in retinopathy of prematurity screening.
Approximately 3,500 infants in New Zealand and Australia are screened annually for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). To view the retina and diagnose ROP, adequate pupil dilation with mydriatic medicines is required. ... -
The Teaching of Clinical Reasoning by Senior Clinicians
Background. At our medical school, the teaching of clinical reasoning starts in a well-structured curriculum in the pre-clinical years. In the clinical years, however, teaching is less structured and delivered by multiple ...