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Making 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 proposalsNgā Toronga o Te Kukunetanga: The branches of the Te Kukunetanga family
The purpose of this research activation grant is to support further engagement and participation of key Māori stakeholders and wāhine Māori and their whānau in the Te Kukunetanga: Developing Cycle of Life Research Programme, particularly the Physical EvoluFunding proposalsA new research agenda to support safe and accessible assisted dying in Aotearoa
The End of Life Choice Act (2019), which begins on 7 November 2021, heralds a paradigm shift in end-of-life care in New Zealand Aotearoa.Funding proposalsA technology-based intervention for early detection of post-natal depression
This project proposes to scope out technology-based interventions for early screening of peri- and post-depression/distress in parents.Funding proposalsGaps analysis of mental health and addiction services for rainbow communities
People with a diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) experience poorer mental health and a higher risk of experiencing distress, addiction, and suicide in Aotearoa New Zealand, linked to social discrimFunding proposalsImproving access to primary healthcare: Integrating nurse practitioner roles
The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce has the potential to improve access to primary healthcare services in Aotearoa, particularly for Māori, Pacific, rural and other high-priority communities.Funding proposalsMenstrual health information delivery for Aotearoa New Zealand
Waiwhero/menstruation is part of an incredible process that prepares the female body for pregnancy. Despite being a normal physiological process, and counter to traditional Māori beliefs, menstruation is often linked with shame and embarrassment.Funding proposalsIntravenous antibiotic duration for children with bronchiectasis
We have high rates of children with bronchiectasis; lung scarring after early infection. The burden of disease is greater in Māori, Pasifika and children from the lowest socio-economic quintile.Funding proposalsCreating food havens in South Auckland
Within New Zealand the burden of obesity is felt disproportionately among Māori and Pacific peoples.Funding proposalsMāmā aroha: A digital breastfeeding resource to improve support for māmā
In order to improve the significant inequities in breastfeeding for Māori, support and resources need to be accessible, culturally responsive, appealing to young māmā, and demonstrated to improve breastfeeding outcomes.Funding proposalsTe Rourou Iti ā-Haere – Improving health outcomes for diabetic kaumātua
Type 2 diabetes is a major long-term condition in New Zealand with significant inequities for Māori resulting in poorer outcomes (higher rates of incidence, hospitalisation and mortality), especially for those living in areas of high deprivation.Funding proposalsSchool absence and stand-down: Preventive trauma and tikanga-informed approach
Education is one of the strongest predictors of good health. Tamariki who achieve at school are more likely to grow up healthy and successful. There is a clear dose-response: the more school you attend, the higher your achievement.Funding proposalsInvestigation of services and programmes available in Aotearoa for FASD
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is under-researched in Aotearoa New Zealand. Little is known about what services are available to individuals and families affected by FASD and how those services are accessed.Funding proposalsCo-design of core outcome measures for a multidisciplinary frailty intervention
Frailty identifies those at risk of adverse outcomes including disability, hospitalisations and quality of life. Those living with frailty have high health and social care needs and frequently present to healthcare providers.Funding proposalsExploration of inherited propensity for codeine misuse and dependence
Codeine is commonly prescribed for pain relief. To become active, codeine needs to be converted into morphine by an enzyme called CYP2D6. Some people inherit high activity forms of this enzyme and are called “ultrarapid metabolisers”.Funding proposalsTe Matahourua: Charting the course of Rongoa and medical collaboration
This research project will trial the co-location of Rongoā Māori practitioners within a surgical outpatient clinic that focuses on the multidisciplinary management of patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers and complex benign conditions.Funding proposalsDeveloping momentum for computer assisted diagnosis in pathology
Personalised cancer care will optimise patient outcomes and improve survival.Funding proposalsSupportive self-management for new medications in type 2 diabetes
This grant will look at the importance in supporting primary care to deliver new medicines for type 2 diabetes like Empagliflozin, in a way that connects with males aged under 40, in particular Māori and whānau together.Funding proposalsModels of diabetic retinopathy screening across Aotearoa
In its Diabetic Retinopathy Guidance, the Ministry of Health (MoH) recommends that people living with diabetes regularly attend retinal screening to avoid vision loss from diabetes.Funding proposalsMaximising the evidence-based management of self-harm in schools
In New Zealand, 25% to 50% of high school students engage in self-harm each year. These young people are at increased risk of suicide.Funding proposalsInvestigating navigational support for people living with stroke
Stroke affects over 8000 New Zealanders annually, with poorer outcomes for Māori than non-Māori.Funding proposalsRealising the potential of the Primary Care Allied Health workforce
One in three people could be helped by rehabilitation because of a long-term health condition (LTC). LTCs (e.g. heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and osteoarthritis) are a leading cause of suffering and early death in Aotearoa.Funding proposalsInvestigating Parkinson’s disease among Māori and Pacific peoples
Parkinson's disease is a neurological condition affecting people usually over 65 years old.Funding proposalsIntegrating exercise and nutrition therapy to equitably address multi-morbidity
Osteoarthritis is commonly comorbid with other non-communicable diseases including diabetes, excess weight and cardiovascular disease.Funding proposalsWhakapiri: nationally prioritised Māori māmā and pēpi health clinical trials
Our national clinical trials network for mothers and babies health, the ON TRACK Network, has facilitated a national equity-driven prioritisation project to identify future clinical trials research that will most support the needs of Aotearoa.Funding proposalsEquity by 2030: Achieving equity in lung cancer survival for Māori
Lung cancer remains the most common cause of cancer death for Māori. Alarmingly, Māori lung cancer patients are 30% more likely to die compared to non-Māori – with this survival disparity unchanged for at least the last two decades.Funding proposalsMāori and Pacific women's pre-diagnostic experiences of uterine cancer
New Zealand uterine cancer rates are increasing, particularly among Pacific women and, to a lesser extent, Māori women. Delayed diagnosis of uterine cancer leads to worse outcomes.Funding proposals