School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies
The School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies research institutes and centres play an important role in specialist teaching and research conducted by academic staff and postgraduate students. This places AUT students at the forefront of much of the ground-breaking research undertaken in New Zealand in the field of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Public Health.
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Ko Rangitoto, Ko Waitematā: Cultural Landmarks for the Integration of a Māori Indigenous Psychotherapy in Aotearoa
(New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Inc., and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Rangitoto is one of many small islands within the Hauraki Gulf which sits at the entrance to the Waitematā harbour. Rangitoto was formed through a series of seismic eruptions approximately 600 years ago when ... -
Kainga: Healing Home with Indigenous Knowledge
(New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Inc., and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2013)This article, which is based on a keynote speech delivered at the 2011 Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists, firstly briefly elaborates the concepts, pōrangi, wairangi, haurangi, and ... -
Shifting Ground: Reflecting on a Journey of Bi-cultural Partnership
(New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Inc., and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The return to Otautahi | Christchurch in 2015 provided an opportune moment for us to participate, observe, ponder, and reflect on the partnership agreement between Waka Oranga and the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists ... -
Measuring the Burden of Gambling Harm in New Zealand
(New Zealand Ministry of Health, 2017)Project overview The Ministry of Health engaged Central Queensland University’s (CQU) Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory and Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Gambling and Addictions Research Centre to ... -
Vegetables: New Zealand Children Are Not Eating Enough
(Frontiers Media, 2019)We know that eating a variety of vegetables every day is associated with favorable health across the lifecourse. Internationally, food-based dietary guidelines encourage the consumption of a variety of vegetables and fruit ... -
Keep Fit: Marginal Ideas in Contemporary Therapeutic Exercise
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018)Exercise has a long history as a therapeutic modality and has existed, in some form, in all cultures throughout recorded history. In recent years, therapeutic exercise has taken on new significance as a relatively low cost ... -
Upholding Te Tiriti, Ending Institutional Racism and Crown Inaction on Health Equity
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2019)When te Tiriti o Waitangi is upheld there should be no racism against Māori and in particular institutional racism should disappear, meaning there should be no health disparities and the aspiration of health equity could ... -
Three Approaches to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Aotearoa New Zealand
(New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists Inc., 2016)This paper discusses three styles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy commonly practiced in Aotearoa New Zealand. Judi Blumenfeld Hoadley writes on object relations, Gustavo Restivo on the Lacanian orientation, and Sarah Calvert ... -
The Development of Psychoanalysis in New Areas, Revisiting the Analytic Attitude and Melanie’s Klein’s Depressive Position - A Review of Maria Teresa Savio Hooke’s Lecture and Workshop
(The New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Inc., and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies at Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The development of psychoanalysis in new areas, revisiting the analytic attitude and Melanie’s Klein’s depressive position. -
Unravelling the Whāriki of Crown Māori Health Infrastructure
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2017)New Zealand’s central government and more specifically the Ministry of Health consistently acknowledges their special relationship with Māori and the strategic importance of Māori health, and, certainly, strengthening Māori ... -
Walking the Talk: The 2013 Collection of Oral Presentations From the AUT School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies
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New Zealand National Gambling Study: 2018 Participant Re-contact and Implications for a 2019 Interview Wave
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Introduction The National Gambling Study (NGS) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of adults aged 18 years and older, designed to provide information on the prevalence, incidence, nature and effects of ... -
Comparing an Additional High-risk Gambler Cohort With National Gambling Study High-risk Gamblers. NGS Series Report Number 7
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Background The New Zealand National Gambling Study (NGS) is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of adults aged 18 years and older. The purpose of the NGS is to provide information on the prevalence, incidence, ... -
Including Gaming Disorder in the ICD-11: The Need to Do so From a Clinical and Public Health Perspective
(Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt, 2018)The proposed introduction of gaming disorder (GD) in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) has led to a lively debate over the past year. ... -
Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: Third Edition
(Gambling Research Exchange Ontario Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO), 2018)Although it is seen by many as a form of leisure and recreation, gambling can have serious repercussions for individuals, families, and society as a whole. The harmful effects of gambling have been studied for decades in ... -
Evaluation and Clinical Audit of Problem Gambling Intervention and Public Health Services
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Gender and Water in Northeast Thailand: Inequalities and Women's Realities
(Bridgewater State University, MA, USA, 2015)The water world is socially constructed, reflecting continuous global gender inequalities and discrimination by those who hold dominant perspectives on water. While there is a strong global acknowledgement of the roles of ... -
The Whole and Inclusive University: a Critical Review of Health Promoting Universities From New Zealand
(Oxford University Press, 2018)In Aotearoa New Zealand there are eight Western universities and three whare wānanga (indigenous universities), many of which teach curricula related to hauora (health). To date none of these institutions have formally ... -
Māori and Pasifika Leaders’ Experiences of Government Health Advisory Groups in New Zealand
(The Royal Society of New Zealand, 2018)Māori and Pasifika populations in New Zealand experience poorer health outcomes than other New Zealanders. These inequalities are a deeply entrenched injustice. This qualitative study explores the experiences of six Māori ... -
A National Public Health Programme on Gambling Policy Development in New Zealand: Insights From a Process Evaluation
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background In New Zealand, a public health programme on gambling policy development is part of a national gambling harm reduction and prevention strategy mandated by the Gambling Act 2003. Funded by the Ministry of Health, ...