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Decision-making style, nicotine and caffeine use and dependence
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 Brief Telephone Interventions: A Randomised Controlled Trial
(Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora, New Zealand Government, 2012)Summary of project/aims AUT was contracted by the Ministry of Health in January 2009 to deliver a study of the effectiveness of interventions for problem gambling. Five key aims were agreed for this project, which were ... -
Effectiveness of Problem Gambling Interventions in a Service Setting: A Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Evaluation and Clinical Audit of Problem Gambling Intervention and Public Health Services
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)No abstract. -
Evaluation of Problem Gambling Intervention Services: Stage Three Final Report
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2010)The Ministry of Health is responsible for the funding and coordination of problem gambling services and activities in New Zealand. This includes the funding of a national telephone helpline, two national face-to-face ... -
Evaluation of Problem Gambling Intervention Services: Stages One and Two Final Report
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2009)Background The Ministry of Health is responsible for the funding and coordination of problem gambling services and activities in New Zealand. This includes the funding of a national telephone helpline, two national ... -
Examining the Validity of the ActivPAL Monitor in Measuring Posture and Ambulatory Movement in Children
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012)Decreasing sedentary activities that involve prolonged sitting may be an important strategy to reduce obesity and other physical and psychosocial health problems in children. The first step to understanding the effect of ... -
Exploration of the Impact of Gambling and Problem Gambling on Pacific Families and Communities in New Zealand
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, AUT University, 2013)No abstract.