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Mobilising to Transform Institutional Racism in the Public Sector in Aotearoa
(Women's Studies Association (WSA), 2013)The Crown will lie, it will manipulate, it will change the law, it will do everything to maintain its power and that is the overt face of institutional racism. We know they will not muck around, if it comes to anything ... -
Motivation to Learn, Quality of Life and Estimated Academic Achievement: Medical Students Studying in New Zealand
(International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), 2011)The quality of life of medical students and their motivation to learn are critical factors that have an impact on their ability to learn. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between medical students‟ ... -
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, ... -
New Avenue for the Geriatric Depression Scale: Rasch Transformation Enhances Reliability of Assessment
(Elsevier, 2019)Background Depression is a common problem in older adults. The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is a widely used psychometric tool for measuring depression in the elderly, but its psychometric properties have ... -
New Zealand 2012 National Gambling Study: Gambling Harm and Problem Gambling. Report Number 2
(Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora, New Zealand Government, 2014)Summary of project/aims Background The last national studies focused on gambling in New Zealand were conducted in 1991 and 1999. Since then, there has been substantial growth in gambling availability and expenditure and ... -
New Zealand Hospital Stroke Service Provision: A National Survey
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)Introduction The REGIONS Care study assesses stroke care throughout New Zealand. It includes a national audit and here we present organisational survey results assessing current availability of interventions and management ... -
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 ... -
New Zealand National Gambling Study: Qualitative Phase. NGS Series Report Number 8
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre (GARC), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) for the Ministry of Health, 2019)STUDY AIMS: This study sought to enhance understanding of: (1) Why and how people transition between gambling risk levels, (2) The inter-related behaviours for why people increase or decrease their gambling participation ... -
New Zealand Policy Experts’ Appraisal of Interventions to Reduce Smoking in Young Adults: A Qualitative Investigation
(BMJ Journals, 2017)Objectives Reducing smoking in young adults, particularly young Māori and Pacific, is vital for reducing tobacco harm and health inequalities in New Zealand (NZ). We investigated how NZ policy experts appraised the feasibility ... -
New Zealand Should Intensify Efforts to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030: The Views of Women from Communities That Practice FGM/C
In 2016 UNICEF reported on the continuing scale and persistence of female genital mutilation globally, currently known as female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and the need to intensify efforts to eliminate the practice. ... -
Noise Sensitivity and Diminished Health: Testing Moderators and Mediators of the Relationship
(Medknow, 2014)The concept of noise sensitivity emerged in public health and psychoacoustic research to help explain individual differences in reactions to noise. Noise sensitivity has been associated with health problems, but the ... -
Nonparametric Computation of Survival Functions in the Presence of Interval Censoring
(AUT University, 2008)Censoring in time-to-event data poses a challenge in survival analysis. General interval censoring places an interval of doubt around each event time. Even when none of the event times are known exactly, useful analysis ... -
Ordinal-to-interval Scale Conversion Tables and National Items for the New Zealand Version of the WhOQOL-BREF
(PLOS, 2016)The World Health Organisation Quality of Life (WHOQOL) questionnaires are widely used around the world and can claim strong cross-cultural validity due to their development in collaboration with international field centres. ... -
Our People, Our Food, Our Planet: Sustainable Food Systems Policy in the Pacific
(Child and Youth Health Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Pacific Island Countries and Territories are facing a health crisis with non communicable diseases (NCDs) currently accounting for more than 80% of deaths. In the 21st century, advances in health intervention and policy ... -
Pacific Healthcare Workers and Their Treatment Interventions With Pacific Clients With Alcohol and Drug Issues in New Zealand
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2006)Aim To provide an overview of the treatment interventions and practices of Pacific alcohol and other drugs (AOD) services in New Zealand. Methods Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 31 Pacific staff members from ... -
Pacific Islands Families Study: Intimate Partner Stressors and Psychological Distress among Pacific Adults
(Taylor and Francis, 2016)Although there has been increased research about the nature and predictors of sexual problems, relatively little is known about sexual health and well-being among minority ethnic groups across the world. This study explored ... -
Pacific Islands families study: risk and protective factors associated with delinquent behaviour in Pacific 11-year-olds
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016)This paper examines risk and protective factors associated with delinquent behaviour among Pacific youth living in New Zealand (NZ). As part of the longitudinal Pacific Islands Families study, 11-year-olds Pacific youth ... -
Pathways to Parenting in New Zealand: Issues in Law, Policy and Practice
(The Royal Society of New Zealand, 2013)In New Zealand there are many ways to become a parent, including two-parent families of heterosexual and homosexual couples, single parents, adoptive parents, kin carers, wha ̄ngai arrangements, long-term fostering, ... -
Pathways to Transform Institutional (and Everyday) Racism in New Zealand
(Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, 2015)Racism has become a normalised part of New Zealand society despite our governments’ endorsement of human rights treaties and our founding document Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The outcomes of racism appear as significant and ... -
Patterns of Early Primary School-based Literacy Interventions Among Pacific Children From a Nationwide Health Screening Programme of 4 Year Olds
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)Literacy success is critical to unlocking a child’s potential and enhancing their future wellbeing. Thus, the early identification and redressing of literacy needs is vital. Pacific children have, on average, the lowest ...