Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
The research carried out at AUT's Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences can be broadly defined in three themes:
- Health Sciences
- School of Clinical Sciences
- School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies
- School of Interprofessional Health Studies
- Sciences
- School of Science
- Sport
- School of Sport and Recreation
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Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Motor Impairment in Stroke: A Narrative Review on the Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Economic Statistics of Stroke and State of the Art Therapies
Stroke has been one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and is still a social health issue. Keeping in view the importance of physical rehabilitation of stroke patients, an analytical review has been compiled in ... -
Global Mortality From Dementia: Application of a New Method and Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021)Introduction: Dementia is currently one of the leading causes of mortality globally, and mortality due to dementia will likely increase in the future along with corresponding increases in population growth and population ... -
The Effects of Spray Drying Conditions on the Physical and Bioactive Properties of New Zealand Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) Powder
This research investigates the effect of spray drying conditions on the chemical and physical characteristics of tamarillo powders encapsulated with either maltodextrin (MD), gum arabic (GA), or a combination of both ... -
Burden of Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children and Adolescents in Europe: Hospital Discharges, Deaths and Years of Life Lost
(MDPI AG, 2022)Children and adolescents are at high risk of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). To identify those most at risk across Europe, a comprehensive epidemiological study on the burden of TBI is needed. Our aim was to estimate the ... -
Ultrasound Imaging Acquisition Procedures for Evaluating the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint: A Scoping Review
(Elsevier, 2021)The aim of this scoping review was to investigate ultrasound imaging (USI) acquisition procedures and guidelines used to assess the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ). MEDLINE, CINAHL, AMED and SPORTDiscus were ... -
Estimation of the Global Prevalence of Dementia in 2019 and Forecasted Prevalence in 2050: An Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Summary Background Given the projected trends in population ageing and population growth, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase. In addition, strong evidence has emerged supporting the importance of ... -
One-Year Risk of Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke in Hunter New England, Australia (INSIST Study)
(Frontiers Media, 2021)Background: One-year risk of stroke in transient ischemic attack and minor stroke (TIAMS) managed in secondary care settings has been reported as 5-8%. However, evidence for the outcomes of TIAMS in community care settings ... -
Fostering Children’s Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction Through Play: A Case Study of LEGO and Minecraft
(Springer, 2021)This article focuses on children’s participation in disaster risk reduction. It draws on a 2018 study done in New Zealand with 33 school children who conducted participatory mapping with LEGO and the video game Minecraft ... -
The Environmental Impact of Landfill Fires and Their Contaminant Plumes at the Chunga Landfill Site, Lusaka, Zambia
The management of solid waste is recognised as a challenging activity with respect to the environment, particularly within rapidly growing urban centres in Lower Income Countries. This paper examines the issue of ... -
Strengthening Public Health Contracting: Findings of a Follow-Up Nationwide Survey From Aotearoa
In 2010 and 2015 nationwide surveys monitored government management of public health providers. These surveys found evidence of inconsistent management which disadvantaged Māori providers, consistent with institutional ... -
Effect of Tamarillo Fortification and Fermentation Process on Physicochemical Properties and Nutrient and Volatiles Content of Yoghurt
Bright-red Laird’s Large tamarillo is a unique and under-utilised fruit that is a dietary source of carotenoids, vitamins C and E, and dietary fibre. The effects of the addition of freeze-dried tamarillo powder (5–15%) to ... -
Deeply Touching
In many ways, this remarkable collection of eco-fiction essays, produced by students at UiT Norges arktiske universitet, commissioned and curated by Filip Maric, Liv Johanne Nikolaisen, and Åse Bårdsen, and beautifully ... -
Risk Factors for Increased Online Gambling During COVID-19 Lockdowns in New Zealand: A Longitudinal Study
(MDPI AG, 2021)Recent research investigating changes in gambling behaviors during periods of COVID-19 social restrictions, such as enforced lockdowns, are somewhat limited by methodology, being generally cross-sectional in nature and ... -
Positive Association Between Ambulance Double-Crewing and OHCA Outcomes: A New Zealand Observational Study
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Background and objectives New Zealand emergency medical service (EMS) crewing configurations generally place one (single) or two (double) crew on each responding ambulance unit. Recent studies demonstrated that double-crewing ... -
Knowing Me, Knowing You: Humanitas in Work-Integrated Learning During Adversity
(Office of the Academic Executive Director, University of Tasmania, 2021)Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is a variety of learning opportunities that can extend beyond the application of theory to practice, to include complex situational, personal, material, and organisational factors. Central ... -
Nutritional and Volatile Characterisation of Milk Inoculated With Thermo-Tolerant Lactobacillus bulgaricus Through Adaptive Laboratory Evolution
In this study, thermo-tolerant strain of Lactobacillus bulgaricus (L. bulgaricus) was developed using gradual increase in temperature to induce Adaptive Laboratory Evolution (ALE). Viable colony count of 1.87 ± 0.98 log ... -
The Proportion of Lower Limb Running Injuries by Gender, Anatomical Location and Specific Pathology: A Systematic Review
(University of Uludag, 2019)Running is associated with a higher risk of overuse injury than other forms of aerobic exercise such as walking, swimming and cycling. An accurate description of the proportion of running injuries per anatomical location ... -
Preliminary Evidence for the Clinical Utility of Tactile Somatosensory Assessments of Sport-Related mTBI
(2021)Objectives: To evaluate the clinical utility of tactile somatosensory assessments to assist clinicians in diagnosing sport-related mild traumatic brain injury (SR-mTBI), classifying recovery trajectory based on performance ... -
Injury Incidence Within Male Elite New Zealand Cricket From the Early T20 Era: 2009–2015
(BMJ, 2021)Objectives This study aimed to describe the injury epidemiology of domestic and international level male New Zealand cricketers from seasons 2009–2010 to 2014–2015 across all match formats given the increasing popularity ...