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Gold mining and acute respiratory infection in children : a retrospective cohort study in Vatukoula, Fiji.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Air pollution exposure contributed to an alarming death toll of 7 million people yearly, making it the world’s most significant single environmental health risk. Gold mining emission consists of some of the most harmful ... -
Understanding sterilization and reuse of medical devices in Nepal.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Background: It has been estimated that 7.1% (95% CI 6.5% - 7.8%) and 10.2% (95% CI 9.0% - 13.0%) of hospitalized patients acquire healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in developed and developing countries respectively. ... -
Climate change and human health: an ecological study on climate variability and malnutrition in Fiji
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Climate change has a significant effect on human health manifested by the increasing number of cases of climate-sensitive diseases. Europe and North America have experienced increasing number of deaths from heat waves, ... -
The psychological salience of religiosity and spirituality among Christian young people in New Zealand: A mixed-methods study
(2018)This mixed-methods exploratory study examined the psychological salience of religiosity and spirituality in a sample of young people (ages 16–21, M age = 18.9 years; SD = 1.36) from New Zealand. Participants completed a ... -
The examination system in Bangladesh and its impact: on curriculum, students, teachers and society
(2018)Examinations are designed to test knowledge and skills, but in some cases they acquire a power of their own that influences curriculum and attitudes to learning and teaching and that stabilised by widely held social ... -
A beautiful life as an end of education
(2017)Following the theme of a conference held in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2016, this article explores the notion of “enabling students to live a beautiful life” as a possible end of education. A distinction is made between ... -
LaBB-CAT: an Annotation Store
(2012)“ONZE Miner”, an open-source tool for storing and automatically annotating Transcriber transcripts, has been redeveloped to use “annotation graphs” as its data model. The annotation graph framework provides the new ... -
Leadership action for promoting reading (Paper 1) in Symposium "The Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) Story".
(2018)Principals as Literacy Leaders project (PALL) was initiated in 2009 by the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) for schools in four states of Australia. It was funded by the Australian Government as part of its ... -
Coaching as an instrument of culture change in early childhood intervention
(2017)Aim to uncover the motivations for and mechanisms of coaching in early childhood intervention in ECE settings in NZ, from the perspective of early intervention teachers. -
How and why nurses’ direction and delegation skills should be improved
(New Zealand Nurses Organisation, 2017)A six-year study of how RNs and ENs communicated with each other during direction and delegation was completed this year. The study, which included 36 RNs and ENs from the Canterbury region, accessed the nurses’ ... -
Relationships Among Self-Efficacy, Social Support, Social Problem Solving, and Self-Management in a Rural Sample Living With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2012)Self-management behaviors are important for control of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therefore, determining factors that promote effective self-management behaviors may be significant for improving the well-being of patients ... -
How does solution-focused supervision respond to the needs of experienced counsellors for clinical supervision?
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Six experienced counsellors in New Zealand participated in semi-structured interviews and reflected on how solution-focused supervision could meet their needs for clinical supervision. The participating counsellors all ... -
Cricket batting placement distribution analyzed by bowling line and length
(2014)Fielder positioning is a key task undertaken by cricket captains, and contributes greatly to a team’s success, as bowling maiden overs has been shown to be more important in the later stages of an international tournament ... -
Are athletes on the right track? The effect of availability of an all-weather athletics track on athletics performance
(2017)In February of 2011, an earthquake destroyed the only all-weather athletics track in the city of Christchurch (New Zealand). The track has yet to be replaced, and so since the loss of the track, local Christchurch athletes ... -
The cultural transition of Indigenous Australian athletes into professional sport. Sport, Education and Society.
(2017)This article reports on a study that inquired into the journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of the footy to the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) that ... -
Leadership strategies for a future-focused intermediate school : a case study
(2015)How does a middle school principal effectively lead equitable learning with digital technology in collaboration with her school and its communities to improve student outcomes? This paper presents the leadership strategies ...
