School of Clinical Sciences
The School of Clinical Sciences plays an important role in specialist teaching and research conducted by its academic staff and postgraduate students. This places AUT students at the forefront of much of the ground-breaking research undertaken in New Zealand, especially in the fields of Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Oral Health, Paramedicine, Physiotherapy, Podiatry.
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Ettie Rout – First World War Safe Sex Advocate
(Australasian Military Medicine Association, 2016)Censored by the New Zealand cabinet, referred to in the House of Lords as the “most wicked women in Britain”, and hailed as the “guardian angel of the ANZAC’s” Ettie Rout and her fervent conduct to prevent the spread of ... -
Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Scars Following Tissue Trauma
(SAGE Publications (UK and US), 2019)Introduction: Anecdotally, acupuncture is used in the treatment of scar tissue in order to improve scar quality and reduce symptoms of pain and pruritus. Unlike conditions such as lower back pain, knee osteoarthritis and ... -
Creating a Better Work-life Balance
(New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), 2014)Co-operative inquiry, an action research approach, was selected to investigate the work-life balance of 16 caseloading midwives living in Auckland. For some of the midwives the tension between their professional and personal ... -
Support Workers' Experiences of Work Stress in Long-term Care Settings: A Qualitative Study
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Background: Support-workers' performance and well-being are challenged by increasingly high workloads and poor working conditions, leading to high levels of occupational stress. Aims: To explore the experiences of work ... -
Direct Transport to PCI-capable Hospitals After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in New Zealand: Inequities and Outcomes
(Elsevier, 2019)BACKGROUND: It is widely accepted that survival from OHCA may be improved through direct transfer of patients to hospitals with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capability. However, within the New Zealand healthcare ... -
Contextual Issues That Influence Preparedness of Nurses for Critical Care Nursing Practice in Malawi
(African Journals Online (AJOL), 2019)Background There are no critical care nurse training programs in Malawi despite the high burden of diseases which culminate in critical illness. This paper presents contextual issues that influence preparedness of nurses ... -
Negotiating the Hairless Ideal in Āotearoa/New Zealand: Choice, Awareness, Complicity, and Resistance in Younger Women's Accounts of Body Hair Removal
(SAGE Publications, 2017)Hair removal amongst Western women is ubiquitous, and research continues to highlight the ongoing conformity of almost all women with hair removal practices. Often women are presented as either cultural dupes, following ... -
Frances Rutherford Lecture 2015: Possibilities for the Future: Doing Well Together as Agents of Change
(New Zealand Assoc. of Occupational Therapists Inc, 2016)None of us can predict what the future holds. However, as an agent of change, occupational therapists will not only strengthen the profession, they will make a significant difference to the health, well-being, and occupational ... -
Footwear Interventions for Foot Pain, Function, Impairment and Disability for People With Foot and Ankle Arthritis: A Literature Review
(Elsevier, 2017)Objective: To conduct a literature review on the effectiveness of footwear on foot pain, function, impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis. Methods: A search of the electronic databases Scopus, ... -
Enabling Participation for Disabled Young People: Study Protocol
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background: Participation in community life is vital for health and wellbeing, promoting a sense of belonging, networks of social support and opportunities for physical activity. Disabled young people have lower levels of ... -
Making Sense of Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury Through a Peer Mentoring Intervention: A Qualitative Exploration
(BMJ Journals, 2018)Objective To explore the acceptability of peer mentoring for people with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in New Zealand. Design This is a qualitative descriptive study exploring the experiences reported by mentees and mentors ... -
"I think gorilla-like back effusions of hair are rather a turn-off": 'Excessive hair' and Male Body Hair (Removal) Discourse
(Elsevier, 2016)Men's hair removal practices are becoming mainstream, seen as a consequence of changing masculine norms and men's relationships to their bodies. This is often presented as a straightforward 'shift' from men's ideal bodies ... -
Results of the First Interim Analysis of the RAPPER II Trial in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: Ambulation and Functional Exercise Programs in the REX Powered Walking Aid
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background The RAPPER II study investigates the feasibility, safety and acceptability of using the REX self-stabilising robotic exoskeleton in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are obligatory wheelchair users. ... -
An EEG Experimental Study Evaluating the Performance of Texas Instruments ADS1299
(MDPI, 2018)Texas Instruments ADS1299 is an attractive choice for low cost electroencephalography (EEG) devices owing to its low power consumption and low input referred noise. To date, there have been no rigorous evaluations of its ... -
Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviours (KAB) Surveys on Concussion in Sports: Physiotherapists Survey 2018
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Nursing Students As Agents of Change: Empowering Patients Using Mobile Technology in Health Promotion
(Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre, 2014)Nursing students from AUT University perform health assessments in the workplace as a part of their clinical learning experience. In this study, the authors evaluated the use of iPad mini’s and a Vodafone Pocket Wi-Fi (3G ... -
Pain Catastrophizing, Neuroticism, Fear of Pain, and Anxiety: Defining the Genetic and Environmental Factors in a Sample of Female Twins
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)The objective of the present study was to establish the heritability of pain catastrophizing and its subdomains of helplessness, magnification, and rumination and to further explore the genetic and environmental sources ... -
Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors, Distribution of Public Access Defibrillators and Incidence of Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
(Elsevier, 2019)Background: Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is improved when public access defibrillators are used. Areas of socioeconomic deprivation may have higher rates of OHCA and thus a greater demand for public ... -
Could a Focus on Participation Contribute to Addressing Child Poverty in New Zealand? An Occupational Therapy Perspective
(The School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, AUT University, 2014)What may be missing from the ‘child poverty discourse’ in New Zealand is the potential that a focus on participation could bring to creating sustainable solutions to addressing child poverty and improving health and wellbeing ...