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Creating workplaces that support early career nurse thriving and retention
Approximately 59% of health professionals are nurses. Covid exacerbated existing nursing shortages. In 2017, 27% of new NZ nurses left within 2 years; in the USA 31% now leave within one year. Improving the attractiveness of nursing in NZ is vital.Funding proposalsMoving beyond love and luck: building right relationships and respecting lived experience in New Zealand autism policy
Research article by Hilary Stace, an HRC Disability Research Placement career development awardee.NewsPersonalised breast cancer screening in Aotearoa/New Zealand
The current New Zealand cancer action plan aims to provide modern cancer care, equitable outcomes, and increased survival.Funding proposalsExploring virtual visiting to improve equity of family access to intensive care
Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is stressful for patients and whānau and causing distress, anxiety, depression and complicated grief.Funding proposalsDeveloping a Digital Twin of Te Manawa Taki | Midlands Region Healthcare
Digital twins combine data science, simulation modelling and artificial intelligence to provide decision makers with a digital copy of their real-world system.Funding proposalsSustainable and inclusive eye health delivery model for Aotearoa
New Zealand's total health and disability spending is about $18 billion a year, which is about 9.5% of the country's gross domestic product GDP). This is above the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average.Funding proposalsScoping solutions to address the epidemic of youth vaping in Aotearoa
Aotearoa is facing an epidemic of youth vaping with associated physical and mental health problems and increased school absenteeism. Data on vaping prevalence show that Māori and Pacific students are overrepresented.Funding proposalsInvisible 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 proposalsHRC’s Liley Medal winner’s research will encourage new ways of thinking about cancer
The HRC's Liley Medal was awarded on Wednesday 10 November 2010 to Professor Stephen Robertson at the Science Honours Dinner in Christchurch.NewsAdvocating 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 proposalsHRC funding announced for top emerging health researchers
$1.51 million awarded to emerging health researchers.NewsAfghan 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 proposals