• Conceptualisations and implications of ‘newness’ in education outside the classroom 

  North C; Hill A; Cosgriff M; Watson S; Irwin D; Boyes M (Informa UK Limited, 2022)

  Newness was a key theme identified in a comprehensive national study of education outside the classroom (EOTC) in Aotearoa New Zealand. This paper examines what newness means from the perspectives of students, educators ...

• Management of the aggressive emergency department patient: Non-pharmacological perspectives and evidence base 

  Ardagh MW; Morrison R; Grainger PC; Richardson, Sandra (Informa UK Limited, 2019)

  Introduction: Aggression in the Emergency Department (ED) remains an ongoing issue, described as reaching epidemic proportions, with an impact on staff recruitment, retention, and ability to provide quality care. Most ...

• Three weeks of combined resisted and assisted in-water training for adolescent sprint backstroke swimming: a case study 

  Saleh Al-Shdoukhi KA; Petersen, Carl; Clarke, Jenny (Termedia Sp. z.o.o., 2022)

  Purpose. Resisted and assisted in-water training methods are often employed in swimming training but their effectiveness remains unsubstantiated for different strokes and age groups. The study aim was to quantify the ...

• Sport Research Report 

  Fyall, Glenn (2021)

  This report outlines the findings from the St Bede’s College (SBC) Sport Research Project undertaken by Glenn Fyall during the period of March 2021-September 2021. This report has been designed to provide information ...

• Seismic assessment of precast pre-stressed hollow-core concrete floors 

  Sarkis Fernández, Ana Isabel (2022)

  In New Zealand, due to a major building boom in the 1980s, many multi-story commercial buildings are of similar concrete construction with precast floors. During the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, the damage sensitivity of this ...

• District nursing and family/whanau assessment practices: A New Zealand study 

  Richardson A; McAllum A; Richardson, Sandra (Wiley, 2022)

  Aim: District Nurses apply specialized nursing knowledge and assessment skills to provide care in New Zealand communities. This study aimed to identify whether District Nurse's (both Registered and supervised Enrolled ...

• Telehealth as a Means of Enabling Health Equity. 

  Kuziemsky C; Hunter I; Udayasankaran JG; Ranatunga P; Kulatunga G; John S; John O; F FlÓrez-Arango J; Ito M; Ho K; Gogia SB; Araujo K; Rajput VK; Meijer WJ; Basu, Arindam (Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2022)

  The goal of this paper is to provide a consensus review on telehealth delivery prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop a set of recommendations for designing telehealth services and tools that contribute to ...

• An investigation of stereotypy in relation to sleep disturbance in children on the autism spectrum : effectiveness of functional behaviour assessment-based interventions. 

  Hunter, Jolene (2022)

  Sleep is essential to our overall functioning and wellbeing. Children on the autism spectrum experience high rates of sleep problems that can be both chronic and severe, and which are associated with a wide range of ...

• An evaluation of the ParentWorks parenting programme for families with acknowledged care and protection issues. 

  Keys, Nikki (2022)

  Families that have care and protection concerns are considered a high-risk cohort due to multiple risk factors such as psychosocial and socioeconomic stress and mental health concerns, which greatly increase the probability ...

• Executive functioning profile of a national cohort of adults born very low birthweight. 

  Jackson, Meg Allie (2022)

  Introduction. Increasing evidence shows that children born very preterm (<33 weeks; VPT) and/or very low birthweight (<1500g; VLBW) are at high risk for neurodevelopmental difficulties across a range of domains. One of the ...

• Tobacco and ADHD: A Role of MAO-Inhibition in Nicotine Dependence and Alleviation of ADHD Symptoms 

  Taylor MR; Carrasco K; Carrasco A; Basu, Arindam (Frontiers Media SA, 2022)

  Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a relatively commonly occurring neurodevelopmental disorder affecting approximately 5% of children and young people. The neurobiological mechanisms of ADHD are proposed ...

• Framework to enhance the uptake of sustainable telehealth services across the DHBs in New Zealand 

  Selwyn Jebaraj, Arun Sam Singh (2021)

  Background The healthcare sector today, across many countries, including New Zealand, faces many challenges, including a shortage of, and an uneven distribution of, health workers, an ageing population, and the prevalence ...

• The effectiveness of parenting and family-based interventions for severe and persistent conduct problems in children and adolescents aged 10-17 : a scoping review. 

  Watson, Samantha (2022)

  Severe and persistent conduct problems are complex manifestations of behaviour, a result of multiple family systemic and developmental processes. Parenting and family-based interventions are regarded as the best method in ...

• What is ‘me time’? An exploratory investigation into the qualitative characteristics of me time for parents of preschoolers. 

  Lewis, Stephanie Cara (2022)

  Me time (independent leisure) is one of the least researched phenomena in the leisure literature, with no current operational definition based on parent perspectives and descriptions. The aim of this thesis was to explore ...

• Exploring facilitators for successful home literacy engagement at school entry. 

  Mansell, Phoenix-Rose (2022)

  The home literacy environment is a well-established area of research. Few studies, however, have explored the facilitators to and challenges of the home literacy environment in the context of Aotearoa. The aims of this ...

• Experiences of silence in end-of-life-care : a phenomenological study 

  Reid, Kathryn (2022)

  This research was undertaken in order to seek a way of acknowledging and understanding the lived experience of people giving and receiving palliative care. Utilising the World Health Organisation’s philosophy of palliative ...

• An investigation into the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia for treating sleep difficulties in young people on the autism spectrum 

  Devlin, Myah (2022)

  Many individuals on the autism spectrum experience sleep difficulties. This includes sleep onset delay, night wakings, early morning wakings and a lower sleep efficiency. Sleep difficulties are associated with a number of ...

• A Tale of Two Surfers: Joy and Wellbeing in Mature Participants 

  Maitland N; Light RL (Scholink Co, Ltd., 2021)

  Within larger concern over wellbeing at a global level, there is growing interest in the role that sport can play in developing positive wellbeing with a focus on young people. Lifestyle sports that people participate in ...

• Evaluating the effects of kānuka essential oil (Kunzea ericoides) grown in different locations in New Zealand on two pathogenic dermatophytes: An in vitro study 

  Maddocks, Wendy (2021)

  Kunzea ericoides (Kānuka) is a New Zealand (NZ) native tree. The essential oil, obtained from leaves and branches, has been commercially produced in New Zealand since the early 1990’s. Whilst there has been extensive ...

• The environment an adult resides within is associated with their health behaviours, mental and physical health outcomes: A nationwide geospatial study 

  Hobbs M; Milfont TL; Sibley CG; Marek, Lukas; Yogeeswaran, Kumar (Elsevier BV, 2022)

  Background: The determinants of health behaviours and health outcomes are multifaceted and the surrounding environment is increasingly considered as an important influence. This pre-registered study investigated the ...

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