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Dr Renall is a dietitian interested in improving nutrition-related health inequities for Māori.Funding proposalsAudit of implementation of single-dose rifampicin chemoprophylaxis for leprosy
Control and elimination of leprosy is a major goal identified in the Strategic Plan published by the Kiribati Ministry of Health (MoH).Funding proposalsMāori attitudes towards vaccination in Aotearoa New Zealand
Māori immunisation rates are significantly lower than non-Māori immunisaiton rates throughout Aotearoa in both COVID-19 and childhood immunisation rates. The disparities and rates between Māori and non-Māori are only going to increase.Funding proposalsPerceptions of caregivers of Māori children attending Māori-centred childcare
Māori children have been reported to be more likely than non-Māori children to have experienced unmet needs for primary healthcare and a lack of culturally competent care contributes to health inequities.Funding proposalsWhakamana Tāngata (WT): Researching whānau in desperate need.
This grant will support the planning and scoping of a new research project to be submitted in the HRC’s Annual Contestable Funding Round (2023) focused on researching issues for whānau in desperate need e.g.Funding proposalsMa wai e to taku kauae ki uta
The training course is a part of the Kanohi Kitea HRC funded Mā wai e tō taku kauae ki uta research project HRC 19/970.Funding proposalsKaupapa Māori approaches to maternal mental health
In Aotearoa, mental health statistics for Māori wāhine highlight disparities in both engagement and outcomes. Māori wāhine experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, substance abuse and maternal suicide.Funding proposalsSetting occupational therapy research priorities in the Waikato
The project intent is to set the top 10 research priorities for occupational therapy healthcare needs and service delivery in the Waikato.Funding proposalsHe Piki Toroa - Intervention to improve health outcomes and equity
Research has established that Māori face pervasive health inequities, and there is an ongoing need for prevention research tackling these inequities from early life onwards.Funding proposalsMedicine storage
I will be looking at medication storage within seven Pacific families located in Dunedin and Porirua.Funding proposalsNatural products of Samoan medicinal plants
The overall objective of this summer project is to use a range of analytical techniques to chemically profile selected Samoan medicinal plants, and then to isolate bioactive compounds.Funding proposalsMai Mana - A Pacific resilience project
A study assessing those resilience factors that enabled our Pasifika communities to flourish in the face of adversity during and post-COVID 19 lockdown periods.Funding proposalsOranga kaumātua - Development Grant
Research undertaken in the Family Centre with older Māori/kaumātua has shown a keen interest from older Māori in my community to have their voices heard, and to influence and inform the design of services which can help them be healthy and fulfilled as oldFunding proposalsBringing our mokopuna home: Reconnecting Māori to whakapapa whānau
Whakapapa understanding is an integral element of being Māori, but for some Māori disconnection from their whakapapa (whānau, hapū, marae, iwi or waka) is a reality.Funding proposalsKnowledge, attitudes and practices of Samoans towards the COVID-19 vaccine
With the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic claiming over 4 million deaths worldwide, devastating every aspect of society, to date there is still no definitive therapy.Funding proposalsInvestigating the barriers to re-connection to whakapapa, hapū and iwi for hauora Māori
Many Māori grow up not connected to their iwi or hapū and current statistics can struggle to define Māori identity in one consistent way as Māori identity is multidimensional (Kukutai, 2011).Funding proposalsDBT skills groups in Te Whānau ō te Maungārongo
In a partnership between Te Whānau ō Te Maungārongo (a kaupapa Māori family violence agency) and the University of Otago, we want to offer 6 months’ of DBT weekly skills groups to up to 15 young adults with a history of suicidality and exposure to family vFunding proposalsImproving pre-diabetes/type 2 diabetes care in high needs populations
Rates of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are high in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with inequalities in those of Pacific, Māori and Asian descent, and those experiencing socio-economic disadvantage.Funding proposalsA data and literature review of Stats NZ's surveys for Māori wellbeing, Te Kupenga
The literature review will focus on aspects of statistical precision in Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ’s surveys of Māori wellbeing, Te Kupenga.Funding proposalsSynthesis of fluorescently labelled ligands for therapeutic applications
As a student of Māori descent, I strive to conduct research that could help to create a more even playing field in the healthcare system. Research into MAIT cells can be used to address health issues Māori face.Funding proposalsAnalysing vitamin status and early intravenous nutrition in the NICU
Vitamins are essential nutrients with many roles supporting healthy metabolism. Extremely preterm babies are born before vitamins are transferred across the placenta in late pregnancy and are therefore at risk of vitamin deficiency.Funding proposalsComputer assisted diagnosis in pathology: Guiding a pathway to translation
The use of artificial intelligence in pathology (computer assisted diagnosis in pathology/computational pathology) has the potential to benefit patients, health delivery and the economy.Funding proposalsFeasibility of oral pathology tissue bank for Māori and Pasifika
Many oral disorders and neoplasms are associated with population risk factors (smoking, alcohol etc). Therefore, we can estimate that if this risk is high among certain communities, the disorder should also be expected to rise.Funding proposalsEmergency ambulance care in the event of a death: What matters?
Emergency ambulances attend the deaths of thousands of New Zealanders every year. Some deaths are the result of advanced age or illness, while others are due to accidents, suicides or sudden unexplained events.Funding proposalsPsychosocial interventions for post-treatment haematological cancer survivors
Previous research has shown that many haematological cancer survivors in New Zealand are significantly distressed in the post-treatment period, and often do not have the psychosocial support they require.Funding proposalsPalliative care for people who are homeless and vulnerably housed
International evidence suggests people who are homeless and vulnerably housed often experience unmet palliative care needs at end of life.Funding proposalsMaking nutrition support accessible and applicable for New Zealand communities
Two substantial health information reports (PWC and NZIER) confirm that nutrition support is central to prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).Funding proposalsExploring educational outcomes among young people with diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is one of the most common childhood diseases and is estimated to affect roughly 20,000 individuals and whānau in New Zealand.Funding proposalsTāngata kāpō Māori and health service (non)delivery
Tāngata kāpō (blind, deafblind, low vision) Māori and their whānau report that health service provision is patchy, inadequate, hard-to-access and contains multiple administrative hoops and bureaucratic barriers.Funding proposalsUnderstanding the enablers of innovation in the hospital environment
The New Zealand Health Research Strategy 2017-2027 communicates a vision for Aotearoa to become a world-leading hub of health research and innovation.Funding proposalsTooth wisdom: Integrating refugee cultural competency into dental practice
New Zealand’s former refugees have unmet oral health treatment needs.Funding proposalsKaiāwhina Hauora Hapori (Community Health Helpers)
Community responses to cardiac arrest, such as the provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation, unequivocally improve survival.Funding proposals