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- Coronavirus infections can lead to severe respiratory complications including pulmonary oedema.
- ‘Vaping’ or e-cigarettes have been promoted as a tool to support smoking cessation to improve public health, with their use growing at exponential rates. However the toxicity and long-term health effects of compounds generated during vaping are not known.
- Congenital and early-acquired hearing impairment is a major public health issue that has driven the development of newborn hearing screening programmes worldwide.
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability that is misunderstood, often not recognised, and blanketed with stigma in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ).
- Tissue-engineered heart valves are being explored as new prosthetic alternatives for patients undergoing valve replacement surgery because current types of prostheses have each faced some limitation precluding their routine use. Our protocol involves the
- Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the greatest threats to society this century. We suspect that a recently-discovered DNA-ligase, an enzyme that joins pieces of DNA, is central to the ability of many pathogenic bacteria to gain resistance.
- Our heart rate is not fixed. A heart rate of 60 beats per minute does not mean the heart beats every second. Rather, there are time differences between one beat and the next. This naturally-occurring phenomenon is called heart rate variability (HRV).
- Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a devastating, mid-life onset neurodegenerative disorder with no treatment. We recently identified very high levels of the metabolite urea in the brains of HD patients.
- Up to 1 in 4 New Zealand couples have trouble conceiving and many seek help trying to start a family. Often their treatment will be IVF, but success rates remain low.
- Management of dental disorders such as decay, gum disease, and implant failures are a major economic burden to New Zealand. The Māori community present the poorest oral health outcomes among all communities in the country.
- Neurological disease, such as stroke, has a devastating effect on sensation in the throat and the cough reflex.
- The trillions of bacteria that live in our gut (called the gut microbiome) have an important role in the normal functioning of the healthy gut, but they can also modify or influence biological functions, which can result in disease.
- Pathogenic bacteria such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae reside within human cells and represent a reservoir of infection that is difficult for the host immune system to clear and for antibiotics to access.
- Osteoarthritis (OA) affects over 10% of New Zealanders and is commonly treated using metallic prostheses.
- Improving maternal health and wellbeing of wāhine Māori and whānau is a priority. We have significant gaps in our maternal and child health outcomes and an urgent need to do better for Māori.
- This Health Sector Research Collaboration Grant includes the following research activities: He Pou Oranga: Developing a Framework for Integrating Technology and Health The aim is to engage in research that promotes well-being across our population and com
- Knee osteoarthritis causes considerable pain, disability and reduced quality of life, disproportionately impacting Māori.
- The maternity system is unsafe for Māori. Wāhine, pēpi and whānau experience persistent health inequities that impact wellbeing throughout the maternal-child continuum.
- Adult onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) is predominantly managed in primary care, but there is much variability in NZ with regard to the support offered to newly diagnosed patients.
- Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects more than 250,000 New Zealanders and is significantly associated with diabetes-induced cardiovascular and renal disease.
- Stroke affects over 8000 New Zealanders each year, with a quarter occurring in people of working age. As such there is an increasing number of people wanting to return to work (RTW) following stroke.
- Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with worse outcomes for mothers and their babies, identifying and treating diabetes in pregnancy reduces the risks of these complications.
- Poor community awareness and inconsistent laboratory testing for leptospirosis means cases go undiagnosed. Leptospirosis can be mistaken for the flu and half of sufferers experience debilitating symptoms over months.
- Māori surgeons comprise less than 1% of the medical workforce. There is a desperate need for more Māori surgeons due to persistent health inequities in access to gold-standard surgical interventions and health outcomes for Māori in surgery.
- New Zealand (NZ) has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world. Asthma is the third leading cause of death in NZ, and is a significant contributor to health inequity, with Māori having three times higher hospitalisation rates than non-Māori.
- This project is a collaborative effort involving Auckland University of Technology's departments of Management and Midwifery, the New Zealand College of Midwives, Rua Pokai Nga Maia I Te Rauroha, and Pasifika Midwives Aotearoa.
- For this activation grant, we will draw on the findings from the pilot, undertake an integrative literature review, and undertake community consultation, to develop a research proposal for implementation of a programme that supports people living with chro
- New Zealand has a significant problem with family violence and strangulation, evidenced by 1246 charges of strangulation being laid after becoming a separate offence in December 2018.
- Telerehabilitation is a niche area of telehealth, where people are engaged over a prolonged period.
- Pancreatic cancer (PC) has a poor prognosis across the world. In New Zealand (NZ), PC has the lowest 1 year cancer survival rate of 24.8%. People with PC also face disease-related symptoms that reduce quality of life.
- We are applying for funding to develop and assess an ehealth digital application to meet the needs of Maori and Pasifika patients in New Zealand.
- Damage to nerves and blood vessels are feared complications of diabetes. In the foot, this leads to loss of sensation making patients unable to feel pressure and pain, especially on their soles.