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Taurite Tū- achieving equitable injury prevention outcomes for ageing Māori
Falls are a leading cause of injury and leads to major impacts for ageing Māori. ACC acknowledge there are inequities for older Māori accessing injury prevention and rehabilitative services.Funding proposalsWhaioranga te Pā Harakeke – Iwi-driven injury prevention and recovery for Māori
Māori older adults are more likely to experience injury than non-Māori, yet less likely to effectively access ACC prevention/rehabilitation services, further increasing inequities in health outcomes.Funding proposalsA drug harms ranking study for Aotearoa New Zealand
All drugs, including illicit drugs, licit drugs (e.g. alcohol and tobacco), and emerging synthetic drugs (e.g. carfentanil) can cause harm.Funding proposalsHealth equity and wellbeing among older people’s caregivers during COVID-19
Unpaid caregivers are crucial in Aotearoa-New Zealand, especially in areas with inequitable access to health and social care.Funding proposalsCan we attenuate inflammation in metabolic syndrome? A feasibility study
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an increasingly prevalent condition that comprises a group of risk factors, including abdominal obesity, insulin resistance (pre-diabetes), hypertension and hyperlipidemia, which together significantly increase the risk of typeFunding proposalsWellbeing of essential workers during COVID-19: Community support
This project works in partnership with community support workers and their unions E tū and the PSA. Community support workers' wellbeing has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 policy and practice response.Funding proposalsA pandemic response and recovery framework supporting equity for older people
Older people are unequally vulnerable to health effects of the current pandemic. This project will provide a public health response and recovery framework to support people aged over 55 during infectious disease threats in Aotearoa.Funding proposalsWHIRI: Pandemic system redesign to maximise Māori health gains
Māori with cancer are twice as likely to die after a diagnosis of cancer as non-Māori. Cancer pathways deprive Māori of health gain and are not pandemic resilient.Funding proposalsNeuropathology of repetitive sport-related head injury
Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in sport can lead to a progressive neurodegenerative disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).Funding proposalsImproving mitochondrial metabolism to rescue diabetic heart failure
New Zealand currently faces a diabetic epidemic, with heart failure remaining the leading cause of premature death. In patients with Type 2 diabetes, their hearts progressively and abnormally enlarge and thus require increased energy supply.Funding proposalsLight-responsive molecular tools to study Tau-mediated neurodegeneration
Unfortunately, effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently unavailable, simply due to the fact that we still do not understand what exactly causes the decline in brain function.Funding proposalsCommunity-based Intensive Activation Therapy for major depression
The New Zealand Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (He Ara Oranga) identified two important issues.Funding proposalsRāpua te Mārama: Bereaved Māori whānau experiences of palliative care and death
This qualitative kaupapa Māori study uses a public health lens to investigate the end-of-life experiences of 26 Māori whānau who had someone in their ‘bubble’ die during COVID-19 lockdown.Funding proposalsNovel white crowns for drill-free treatment of dental caries in NZ children
Dental caries is the most common chronic childhood disease in New Zealand. Traditional treatment involves surgical removal of the infected dental tissues and restoration using a filling material.Funding proposalsMolecular profiling for precision cancer therapies in breast and ovarian cancer
Hereditary predisposition to breast (BC) and ovarian cancer (OC) frequently occurs in at-risk families, involving genes such as BRCA1, BRCA2 and other genes.Funding proposalsPreventing subsequent injuries: A feasibility study
Injuries are costly not only to those injured and their families but also to wider society.Funding proposalsAnti-inflammatories and physiotherapy for people with knee osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is common and prevalence is increasing with ageing populations and rising levels of obesity.Funding proposalsEnvironmental determinants of national physical activity and nutrition behaviour
The way we design our cities influences people’s physical activity and nutrition behaviours, which in turn affects chronic disease.Funding proposalsTitiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua
Pathways to wellbeing for tamariki and their whānau in emergency accommodation during COVID-19.Funding proposalsEthics of animal-only antimicrobials as a novel approach to emerging infectious disease control from a One Health perspective
From a One Health perspective, is the use of separate antimicrobials in humans and animals an ethical approach to control of emerging infectious disease? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is regarded as one of the biggest threats to global human health.Funding proposalsWhy does medical education change how some students view Euthanasia/Assisted Dying?
Euthanasia or assisted dying (EAD) involves administering or prescribing a lifeending substance to a person. Soon New Zealanders will vote on whether EAD should be lawful in New Zealand.Funding proposalsDecolonising Pandemic Responses in Aoteaora New Zealand
Numerous health and economic challenges have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting a swift, universalist response from the government of New Zealand.Funding proposalsMoral reasoning in the New Zealand government’s press briefings on Covid-19
This project will explore the moral reasoning of New Zealand’s leaders during Covid-19, by analyzing transcripts of government’s daily press briefings throughout the initial lockdown period, and the return to Level 3 (in Auckland) and 2 (nationwide).Funding proposalsTe matatini o te horapa: a population based contagion network for Aotearoa NZ
Aotearoa has a world-class resource in the linked microdata of the StatisticsNZ Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI).Funding proposalsThe M.E.K.E. Initiative: Taking health and fitness to whānau
The isolation experienced by people in high deprivation communities has increased after the COVID-19 pandemic with job losses and fears for health for people with chronic diseases. The M.E.K.E.Funding proposalsConnecting Kai
July 2020 marked a milestone for the Common Unity Project Aotearoa. They had given 60,000 meals in 6 years to their Te Awa Kairangi community.Funding proposalsTe Puna Rongoā : Achieving Medicines Access Equity for Māori - Pharmacists' role
Māori do not experience the same benefits from medicines as non-Māori due to inequities in access to and the quality use of medicines.Funding proposalsAddressing the COVID-19 impacts upon Māori with mental illness
Pandemics disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Māori with serious mental illness who receive care through the public mental health system could have been the hardest affected in regard to COVID-19.Funding proposalsEnsuring equity for Pacific families: Learning from a pandemic
Pacific peoples are particularly at risk from worsening wellbeing outcomes as a result of COVID-19. Key contributing factors include a high prevalence of long-term and respiratory conditions, leaving Pacific peoples vulnerable if they catch the virus.Funding proposalsNeurovascular pathology in human neurodegenerative disorders
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease are currently incurable.Funding proposalsVascular risk equity for all New Zealanders
Cardiovascular and associated metabolic conditions are major preventable causes of health-expectancy gaps, particularly for Māori and Pacific people. Combined population-level and individualised interventions can halve cardiovascular-metabolic risk.Funding proposalsTranslating treatments for lymphatic dysfunction associated with organ failure
In New Zealand and globally, the leading cause of death in intensive care units is organ failure, for which there is no specific and effective treatment.Funding proposals