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Realising the Rhetoric: Refreshing Public Health Providers' Efforts to Honour Te Tiriti O Waitangi

Came, H; McCreanor, T; Doole, C; Simpson, T (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

Objectives This paper investigates the ways two groupings of public health providers, public health units and non-governmental organisations meet their Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in terms of service delivery to Māori. ...

Rebalancing Health and Social Care for Older People: Simulating Policy Options in an Ageing Society

Lay-Yee, R; Pearson, J; Davis, P; Kerse, N (The Selwyn Foundation; The Hope Foundation, 2014)

No abstract.

Resorting to (un)secure(d) Aging

Came, H; Humphries-Kila, Maria (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017)

The commodification of later life by the retirement village industry opens a gated existence to a small portion of the globe’s elderly. Such villages are presented in media images as glamourous and fun-filled life-styles, ...

The Shame of Fat Shaming in Public Health: Moving Past Racism to Embrace Indigenous Solutions

Warbrick, I; Came, H; Dickson, A (Elsevier, 2018)

Indigenous peoples in developed nations are more likely to be overweight, obese, and disproportionately affected by the comorbidities and physical disorders associated with weight when compared with their counterparts. ...

Shifting Ground: Reflecting on a Journey of Bi-cultural Partnership

Hall, A; Poutu-Morice, M (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 ...

Shifting Ground: Reflecting on a Journey of Bicultural Partnership

Hall, A; Morice, M (New Zealand Association of Psychotherapist, 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 ...

Sites of Institutional Racism in Public Health Policymaking in New Zealand

Came, H (Elsevier, 2014)

Although New Zealanders have historically prided ourselves on being a country where everyone has a ‘fair go’, the systemic and longstanding existence of health inequities between Māori and non-Māori suggests something isn’t ...

Social, Leisure and Everyday Activities That Occupy People Living in Advanced Age

Wright St Clair, V; Kerse, N; Hayman, K; Dyall, L (AUT UniversityLeecareSolutions™ (www.leecare.com.au), 2010)

•Aim of the Living to Advanced Age study •The purpose of this paper •Background to researching elders‟ social, leisure & everyday activities •The outcome measures used •The findings •What do they mean?

Strengthening Participation by Young Women Sex Workers in HIV Programs: Reflections on a Study From Bangkok, Thailand

Conn, C; Modderman, K; Nayar, SS (Dove Medical Press, 2017)

Background: Participation is an accepted means of increasing the effectiveness of public health programs, and as such, it is considered an important component of HIV interventions targeting at-risk youth. The situation of ...

Strengths and difficulties questionnaire: Internal validity and reliability for New Zealand preschoolers

Kersten, P; Vandal, AC; Elder, H; McPherson, KM (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2018)

OBJECTIVES: This observational study examines the internal construct validity, internal consistency and cross-informant reliability of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in a New Zealand preschool population ...

The Struggle to Live and Let Live: The Psychology, Ethics and Politics of Tolerance, or, Why Discrimination is Preferable to Tolerance

Fay, J (New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Inc., and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2014)

When faced with the intolerance of the imperialist who denigrates and annihilates other ways of life, one answer is the principle of tolerance as advocated by multiculturalism and biculturalism. This asserts that each way ...

Student Writing Weekends: A Model for Encouraging Undergraduate Student Publication

Scherman, R

Supporting People With Gambling Problems to Seek Help and Recover: Guidelines for the Public

Bond, KS; Jorm, AF; Miller, HE; Rodda, S; Reavley, NJ; Kelly, CM; Kitchener, BA (Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, 2015)

No abstract.

Symbolic Diseases and ‘mindbody’ Co-emergence. A Challenge for Psychoneuroimmunology

Broom, BC; Booth, R; Schubert, C (Elsevier, 2012)

Physical diseases that appear to be symbolic somatic representations of patients’ personal meanings or individual ‘stories’ continue to be reported in the medical literature. The identification of a symbolic disease requires ...

Symptom clusters in people living with HIV attending five palliative care facilities in two sub-Saharan African countries: a hierarchical cluster analysis

Moens, K; Siegert, RJ; Taylor, S; Namisango, E; Harding, R; ENCOMPASS; EURO IMPACT (PLOS, 2015)

Symptom research across conditions has historically focused on single symptoms, and the burden of multiple symptoms and their interactions has been relatively neglected especially in people living with HIV. Symptom cluster ...