2305 Results
Invisible inequity: Healthcare insights from people with rare disorders
Rare disorders (RD) are classified as low-prevalence health conditions. However, 6% of the worldwide population has a diagnosed RD; this reflects the prevalence of RD in the community in Aotearoa.Funding proposalsFeeding disorders and dysphagia in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities
Neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are commonly associated with impaired orosensory (oral-related senses) functions, which can cause critical health issues, such as chokingFunding proposalsWhat are the priorities for youth mental health and dependencies research?
Research in youth mental health has been primarily led by clinicians and has not always met the needs and priorities of community based service providers, Māori or people with lived experiences.Funding proposalsMātauranga Moana: enhancing Bee Healthy Dental Hubs with Māori & Pacific whānau
Mātauranga Moana re-imagines how Māori and Pacific knowledge systems can reshape health sector services for our Māori and Pacific peoples.Funding proposalsEstablishing research priorities of primary care patients in southern Aotearoa
Analysing routinely collected primary healthcare data is a cost-effective means to understand health outcomes, patient safety and health equity.Funding proposalsAdvocating for brain tumour research through comics
The project is a form of science communication known as 'graphic medicine' , which is the use of comics to promote medical and health issues.Funding proposalsMāori and Pacific Women's views of Endometrial Cancer Microbiome Research
Endometrial Cancer (EC) is a significant health and equity issue in Aotearoa. There are inequities for Māori and Pacific women in both EC incidence and mortality.Funding proposalsThe meaning and value of physical activity for Samoan men's wellbeing
We propose to undertake a Pacific-led, community-based participatory research approach to explore the meaning and value of physical activity for Samoan men living with long-term conditions as a means of enabling improvements to their health.Funding proposalsThe impact of health system factors on diabetes management in ethnic minorities
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is generally managed in primary care, and extensive literature demonstrates that management is often sub-optimal, particularly with regard to appropriately prescribing medications for both glycemic control and associated cardiovasculaFunding proposalsAdvertising 101: marketing unhealthy commodities to children
The marketing of alcohol, tobacco/vape and unhealthy food/drink products increases children’s risk of developing a variety of ill-health conditions including digestive issues, obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, poor oral health and mental health probFunding proposalsDeveloping a predictive framework for reducing hospital-acquired infections
This research seeks to develop a predictive framework using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) amongst Aotearoa-NZ population.Funding proposalsThe COVID-19 lockdown cohort: investigating the utility of a longitudinal study
During winter 2020, at Middlemore Hospital, the number of under two-year-olds hospitalised with respiratory infections dropped by more than 80%.Funding proposalsCo-design and pilot of a mobile app to improve sleep and emotional wellbeing
Up to 40% of university students struggle with chronic sleep disturbances; often attributed to depression and anxiety. Poor sleep appears to be a strong predictive factor for emotional distress.Funding proposalsCreating a community engaged research agenda for tamariki with asthma
This project aims to directly impact children and young people (and their whānau) with asthma, community leaders and educators, resulting in improved long-term care outcomes.Funding proposalsVisualising heart health: Promoting cardiovascular health in Māori populations
The study aims to explore the feasibility of using a series of animated instructional videos titled "Talking about medicines" to inform patients about how cardiovascular medicines work and why they need to take them.Funding proposalsAfghan Health Survey
The experience of Afghan refugees in New Zealand is not well understood.Funding proposalsExploring the understandability of paediatric medicine labels in Aotearoa
Dispensed medicine labels provide instructions about how much medicine to take and how often. Though some information is legally required, how information is presented on labels is unregulated in Aotearoa.Funding proposalsCellulitis being treated through Acute Demand; what is the scope of the problem?
In Canterbury, we have the ability to treat patients with intermediate severity cellulitis with outpatient intravenous (IV) antibiotics in the community via our Acute Demand Management Service (ADMS.) This saves many unnecessary hospital stays and is consiFunding proposalsA novel non-surgical approach for anterior cruciate ligament injury
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is one of the most common and debilitating knee injuries. Surgery is the preferred treatment with 2,800 reconstruction surgeries per annum costing over $38 million per year.Funding proposalsWellbeing at work - reducing harm and improving health
Annually in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is estimated that between 750-900 people die from work-related diseases and a further 6000 people are hospitalised due to work-related ill-health.Funding proposalsImproving respiratory service outcomes for people with neuromuscular disorders
Neuromuscular disorders (NMD) affect peripheral nerves and muscles, and can cause respiratory muscle weakness, resulting in reduced cough strength, chronic respiratory failure and increased frequency and severity of acute respiratory infections with protraFunding proposalsCo-occurring traumatic brain injury among people with spinal cord injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common among people who sustain traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) although rates vary associated with difficulties consistently identifying TBI.Funding proposalsTelehealth: providing timely evidence for equitable models of care
This research aims to advance Māori health by establishing up-to-date robust evidence on successful telehealth design to drive transformative change in an equitable and dynamic way in Aotearoa New Zealand.Funding proposalsCollaborative and comprehensive care of IBD delivered via a digital platform
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic condition that significantly affects patients' physical and mental health.Funding proposalsResearch collaboration to support effective, equitable immunisation in Aotearoa
Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has a strong vaccination history, with the National Immunisation Schedule providing a series of publicly funded vaccines for infants, children, pregnant people, and older adults.Funding proposalsAn examination of maternity care services during a crisis event in Aotearoa
Pregnancy and birth are pivotal life events, having the potential to both empower and create inequities. During the last two months, approximately 3,000 pregnant women were impacted by the devastating weather events following Cyclone Gabriel.Funding proposalsCreating and coordinating local informal support
In old age, loneliness is common, kills and yet is avoidable. A higher proportion of older people/kaumātua live alone in Aotearoa-NZ than other OECD countries and thousands of older people/kaumātua report extreme loneliness each year.Funding proposalsImpacts of losing child disability allowance funding in type one diabetes
In NZ, all people under 18 with type one diabetes can apply for a universal child disability allowance (CDA) of ~$53/week, which recognises the extra care needed for a child with a significant disability or illness.Funding proposalsImproving delivery of symptom control for kidney failure
People with kidney failure experience severe symptoms that have insufficient treatment options. Symptoms reduce quality of life and life participation for patients and their whānau.Funding proposalsClassifying complex illness in linked data: Test case with multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system which causes high levels of disability.Funding proposalsThe Baby heAd Elevation Device (BEAD) Feasibility study
In New Zealand, each year 1,500 term babies are born by cesarean section when the mother's cervix is fully dilated. Cesarean at this late stage is more likely to result in harm to mum or baby, compared to cesarean performed earlier in labour.Funding proposalsMRI-informed computational model for non-invasive detection of brain pressure
Management of several conditions, characterized by high intracranial pressure (ICP), is hampered by the lack of a reliable, non-invasive technique to confidently determine if ICP is elevated. Raised ICP can severely compromise brain perfusion.Funding proposals