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Decision-making style, nicotine and caffeine use and dependence

Phillips, J; Ogeil, RP (Wiley, 2015)

Rationale As therapeutic interventions are being developed utilising telehealth and mobile phones, it is important to understand how substance-dependent individuals will respond to offers of online assistance. Objectives ...

Decolonising healthcare services one prejudice at a time: Psychological, sociological, ecological and cultural considerations

Fay, J (Taylor & Francis, 2015)

This paper describes a minority and marginalised psychiatric patient named ‘Lucy’ and offers an analysis of the multiple ‘colonising’ or ‘power-over’ relations that dominate her life. Lucy’s colonisation and consequent ...

Dermatological Disease in the Older Age Group: A Cross-sectional Study in Aged Care Facilities

Deo, M; Kerse, N; Vandal, AC; Jarrett, P (BMJ Publishing Group Limited, 2015)

Background: Older people living in aged care facilities face multiple potential barriers to accessing dermatological care including physical and/or cognitive disability. This group is therefore at risk for undiagnosed and ...

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

Thorpe, M (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.

Distance to School Is Associated With Sedentary Time in Children: Findings From the URBAN Study

Hinckson, EA; McGrath, L; Hopkins, W; Oliver, M; Badland, H; Mavoa, S; Witten, K; Kearns, RA (Frontiers Media S. A., 2014)

Sedentary behavior is associated with overweight and obesity in children, and distance to school has been negatively associated with active commuting to school. It is not known how distance to school relates to sedentary ...

Does Public Subsidy of the Cost of Malaria Chemoprophylaxis Reduce Imported Malaria? A Comparative Policy Analysis

Neave, PE; Taylor, S; Behrens, RH (BioMed Central, 2013)

Chemoprophylaxis is recommended for at-risk travellers visiting malaria endemic regions. The majority of travellers with imported malaria have not used this, and travellers visiting friends and relatives have the largest ...

Doing Research in Aotearoa: A Pākehā Exemplar of the Application of the Te Ara Tika Ethical Framework

Came, H (Taylor & Francis, 2013)

Kaupapa Māori was once and still is for some ordinary in the context of Aotearoa. Active processes of colonisation and assimilation led by the settler government in New Zealand have served to significantly displace Māori ...

'domesticating' Low Carbon Thermal Technologies: Diversity, Multiplicity and Variability in Older Person, Off Grid Households

Wrapson, W; Devine-Wright, P (Elsevier, 2014)

The uptake of low carbon heating technologies forms an important part of government strategies to reduce carbon emissions. Yet our understanding of why such technologies are adopted and how they are engaged with post-adoption, ...

Drei Equali

Taylor, SM (The Mutopia Project, 2011)

This is a high quality type-setting of a trombone quartet composed by Beethoven, created using LilyPond software from an old public domain scanned score. The original source was Breitkopf & Härtel, Beethoven Gesamtausgabe, ...

Effect of intermittent sitting time on acute postprandial lipemia in children

Ross, K; Hinckson, E; Zinn, C (Elsevier, 2015)

Objective: To investigate the effect of interrupting sitting time with intermittent moderate exercise on acute postprandial plasma triglyceride (TG) in healthy children following high-fat meal consumption. Methods: Twelve ...

Effectiveness of Problem Gambling Interventions in a Service Setting: A Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial

Abbott, M; Bellringer, M; Vandal, AC; Hodgins, DC; Battersby, M; Rodda, SN (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2017)

Introduction: The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the relative effectiveness of 2 of the best developed and most promising forms of therapy for problem gambling, namely face-to-face motivational interviewing ...

Environmental and Socio-demographic Associates of Children's Active Transport to School: A Cross-sectional Investigation From the URBAN Study

Oliver, M; Badland, H; Mavoa, S; Witten, K; Kearns, R; Ellaway, A; Hinckson, E; Mackay, L; Schluter, PJ (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)

Active transport (e.g., walking, cycling) to school (ATS) can contribute to children's physical activity and health. The built environment is acknowledged as an important factor in understanding children's ATS, alongside ...

Epidemiology of Stroke Long-term Trends in Stroke Incidence in New Zealand: 1981-2012

Abbott, M (John Wiley & Sons, 2014)

Background: In the context of declining stroke mortality rates, reliable data on long-term trends of stroke incidence and case fatality is required to understand reasons for the decline and to plan long-term health care ...

Estimating the size of the population of persons who inject drugs in the island of Montéal, Canada, using a six-source capture-recapture model

Leclerc, P; Vandal, AC; Fall, A; Bruneau, J; Roy, É; Brissette, S; Archibald, C; Arruda, N; Morissette, C (Elsevier, 2014)

Background To plan and implement services to persons who inject drugs (PWID), knowing their number is essential. For the island of Montréal, Canada, the only estimate, of 11,700 PWID, was obtained in 1996 through a ...