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Should it hurt? – Experiencing clinic based gynaecological procedures
Most women in New Zealand will undergo a clinic-based gynaecological procedure during their lifetime.Funding proposalsConsultation for a national Pacific youth wellbeing advisory group
In today's rapidly changing world, the wellbeing of Pacific youth has become a central concern for healthcare providers, educationalists, communities, and organisations.Funding proposalsUnderstanding service needs of young people with non-traumatic brain injury
Non-traumatic brain injuries in children and adolescents can occur through stroke, tumours, infections, or toxicity. Young people with non-traumatic brain injury are an understudied population with significant physical and psychological health needs.Funding proposalsNavigating systemic conditions for cultural safety
Existing evidence demonstrates the need and legislative imperative for culturally safe care. How healthcare systems are structured (e.g.Funding proposalsResearch collaboration to support mental health of refugee children and youth
New Zealand responded to an unprecedented globally increased refugee crisis by increasing its refugees’ quota and allowing their families to settle in Aotearoa.Funding proposalsHRC announces $74.56 million funding investment into health research
Groundbreaking new research on cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and the human impact of natural disasters is included in the $74.56M of government research funding announced by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).NewsComparing nail versus locking plate in three-part proximal humerus fractures
We aim to conduct a randomised controlled pilot trial to develop the skill and capacity for conducting an RCT comparing Intramedullary Nail (IMN) with Locking Plate (LP) in patients with three-part Proximal Humerus Fractures (PHFs).Funding proposalsFood literacy where it matters: co-designing a food literacy assessment tool with whānau.
A scoping project interviewing community health service providers and users indicated that nutrition knowledge is widely varied and demonstrates significant misconceptions.Funding proposalsTauhi Vā: Building relationships between the Pacific community and pharmacists
The Pacific population in Oamaru and the surrounding Waitaki region has grown rapidly and continues to grow. An estimated 20% of the population are now Pacific.Funding proposalsReconceptualising person centred services for older adults
This study will explore the specific needs of Aotearoa New Zealand’s older adults who cannot afford to pay for care, with the guidance from successful projects that examined the social and economic impact of co-ordination for people living with complex conFunding proposalsImproving health through sleep resources for occupational therapists
The aim of this research is to improve rehabilitation and health outcomes in Aotearoa. Sleep plays a significant role in illness and injury recovery.Funding proposalsMaungārongo: Exploring the end-of-life care needs of incarcerated New Zealanders
There is very little published research exploring palliative care provision in prison in Aotearoa. Improving end-of-life experience in prison is a significant health issue for Māori as approximately half of the incarcerated population is Māori.Funding proposalsNōnā te ao: Establishing a physical activity reference group
Indigenous ways of being are becoming more popular in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kori tinana (physical activity) is a context in which language (reo), culture (maoritanga), knowledge (mātauranga) and identity (mana motuhake) can be realised and manifested.Funding proposalsOranga whānau
MSD statistics illustrate that Māori make up over 60% of all social benefit recipients in Northland.Funding proposalsMāori nurse practitioners: Kaupapa Māori workforce development realising equity
The Māori nurse practitioner (NP) workforce can potentially transform health outcomes for whānau Māori and local hapori (communities) by delivering comprehensive and meaningful primary healthcare services.Funding proposalsMining for novel antibiotics through precursor-directed biosynthesis
For over 60 years, antibiotics have been crucial in modern medicine, curing infectious diseases and preventing infections in immunocompromised individuals.Funding proposalsCanterbury residents to participate in unique HRC-funded study
Study into the personal impact on Christchurch earthquake victims.NewsA multi-layered predictive solution to combat sepsis and its complications
This research project aims to evaluate an advanced multi-layered predictive system, using artificial intelligence and machine learning, to assess the burden of sepsis and its associated complications, such as amputation, mortality, ICU days, and sepsis itsFunding proposalsResident outcomes in homelike models of care in aged residential care
In homelike aged residential care (ARC) facilities, residents live in small houses supported by staff to continue household and cultural activities essential to wellbeing.Funding proposalsPatient-centred education for newly diagnosed adults with type one diabetes
Children and adolescents have typically been understood to be the most common age group in which diagnoses of Type 1 diabetes occur. However, just as global prevalence of T1D is changing, so too is the age of diagnosis.Funding proposalsEffect of prophylactic antibiotics on anastomotic leaks in colorectal surgery
As a leading clinical research scientist, my team's high-impact publications have driven changes in practice and international collaborations in surgical outcomes research.Funding proposalsCurrent journeys through health and wellbeing services after stroke
Stroke can be a lifechanging event for people with stroke and their whānau (family). The impacts of stroke are diverse and consequently there can be a varied path through health and wellbeing services.Funding proposalsEnhancing the health and wellbeing of rangatahi experiencing early psychosis
Psychosis is a disabling condition that has significant impact on quality of life and health and wellbeing, with disparities in physical health in particular being described as the ‘scandal of premature mortality’.Funding proposalsChallenges to health equity: Service provision in a low-cost general practice
This project focuses on improving general practice services to meet the needs of individuals with complex health needs and diabetes and living in low decile communities.Funding proposalsAchieving Pae Ora for children surviving hospitalised injuries
Injuries are the leading cause of death and hospitalisation in New Zealand children.Funding proposalsA family centred group intervention for children with neurodevelopmental delay
Children with neurodevelopmental delays and disabilities hugely benefit from early intervention services, which are best delivered under a family centred framework.Funding proposalsImproving service delivery for NZ South Asian women with gestational diabetes
South Asian women are at high risk of developing gestational diabetes and are almost four times more likely than other New Zealand ethnicities.Funding proposalsThe Kidz First Lungs4Life programme 2017-2021: Health outcomes and whānau voice
The “Lungs4Life” programme seeks to reduce inequities in respiratory health in the northern region.Funding proposalsEvidencing the causal mechanisms of kaupapa Māori health transformation
Kaupapa Māori health interventions are now statutorily empowered and the new Māori Health Authority (Te Aka Whai Ora) has committed to lifting Māori health outcomes through Indigenising our health system.Funding proposalsImproving screening and management of mild TBI in the ED
If left untreated, nearly half of people who have had a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI, including concussions) experience functional deficits for many years.Funding proposalsCervical cancer prevention in community services: a health delivery partnership
The introduction of HPV testing to Aotearoa in 2023 is anticipated to increase the acceptability of primary cervical screening.Funding proposalsBuilding system readiness for trans inclusive perinatal mental health services
Our goal is to shape delivery of perinatal mental health services (PMHS) so that they are equitable, safe, and inclusive for transgender, non-binary and Takatāpui (trans) people/whānau.Funding proposals