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Healthy Cities South Auckland: A Focus on Youth Leadership and Sustainability in the Post-COVID World
(Child and Youth Health Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Introduction: This paper draws on a presentation given at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Philadelphia in 2019 (Drs. Conn and Field). It is based on an innovative public health initiative ... -
Healthy Pacific Grandparents: A Participatory Action Research Project Exploring Ageing Well Amongst Pacific People in New Zealand
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The New Zealand older adult population (aged 65+ years) is growing at a faster rate than the younger population, with many of those in the later years living much longer. The proportion of older Pacific people is forecast ... -
The Healthy Steps Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Pedometer-based Green Prescription for Older Adults. Trial Protocol
(BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Graded health benefits of physical activity have been demonstrated for the reduction of coronary heart disease, some cancers, and type-2 diabetes, and for injury reduction and improvements in mental health. ... -
Heeding the Call of Covid-19
(WellBeing International Publications, 2021)We are grateful to all of our commentators. They have provided a wide range of valuable perspectives and insights from many fields, revealing a broad interest in the subject matter. Nearly all the commentaries have helped ... -
High-intensity Interval Training Is Equivalent to Moderate-intensity Continuous Training for Short- and Medium-term Outcomes of Glucose Control, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Microvascular Complication Markers in Men With Type 2 Diabetes
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2018)We sought to determine the efficacy of 12 weeks high-intensity interval training (HIIT), compared to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on glucose control, cardiometabolic risk and microvascular complication ... -
HIV/AIDS Among Young Women in Malawi: A Review of Risk Factors and Interventions
Young women aged 10-24 years in Malawi currently experience HIV prevalence of about 5%. This high HIV prevalence amongst young women reflects a heart-breaking feature of the serious epidemic in southern Africa for the ... -
Holding a Mirror to Society? Sociodemographic Diversity Within Clinical Psychology Training Programmes Across Aotearoa
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How Gambling Harms Experienced by Pacific People in New Zealand Amplify When They Are Culture-related
(Springer, 2017)Pacific people in New Zealand are a minority ethnic population identified in national prevalence studies as having the highest risk of developing gambling problems. As earlier studies identified some links between culture ... -
IGF Gene-network Identifies Specific Interactions Underlying Extreme SBP in Developing Children
(The New Zealand Statistical Association (NZSA), 2015)Genes of the Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) network have been shown to be associated with blood pressure and cardiovascular health. Here we aim to further current knowledge relating to the molecular mechanisms underlying ... -
Improving adherence to secondary stroke prevention strategies through motivational interviewing
(American Heart Association, Inc., 2015)Background and Purpose—Stroke recurrence rates are high (20%–25%) and have not declined over past 3 decades. This study tested effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) for reducing stroke recurrence, measured by ... -
Improving Health Equity Among the African Ethnic Minority Through Health System Strengthening: A Narrative Review of the New Zealand Healthcare System
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background: In New Zealand, health equity is a pressing concern and reaching disadvantaged populations has become the goal to close the inequity gap. Building and strengthening health systems is one way to secure better ... -
In Vitro and In Vivo Dendritic Cell Immune Stimulation Effect of Low Molecular Weight Fucoidan from New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida
Low molecular weight fucoidan (LMWF) has been reported to have immunomodulation effects through the increase of the activation and function of macrophages. In this study, the regulating effect of LMWF from Undaria pinnatifida ... -
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. ... -
Information technologies and gambling: a Durkheimian perspective
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, AUT University, 2014)Gambling has a long history as a social practice, through which bonds can be created and maintained, and as a part of creative and reenacted social habits and celebrations. Problem gambling runs counter to such orientations, ... -
Informing Consent for the Publication of Case Material: Principles, Considerations and Recommendations
(School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Inc., 2014)In this article, the authors examine the ethical issues involved in the use of case studies by health professionals when presenting research, specifically focusing on how informed consent is obtained from or, rather, ... -
Initial Thoughts: Building a Social Movement to Transform Institutional Racism in Aotearoa
(Public Health Association, 2013)In the 1980s public servants exposed systemic institutional racism within the administration of the public sector through a series of reports; the most well-known of which being Puao te a Ata tu (Ministerial Advisory ... -
Investigation of Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure and Lung Function, Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Geothermal Area of New Zealand
(PLoS ONE, 2015)Results have been conflicting whether long-term ambient hydrogen sulfide (H2S) affects lung function or is a risk factor for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Rotorua city, New Zealand, has the world's ... -
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 ... -
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 ...