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(Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2013)Effective professional supervision (PS) offers nurses the opportunity to develop both personally and professionally through formal conversations with a trained supervisor. Perceived benefits, in the situation of efficacious ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is one of the most important bacterial pathogens and contributes extensively to global infectious disease morbidity and mortality, especially in children. To unequivocally identify ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Cancer cells within a solid tumour are often under considerable metabolic stress, which would normally signal cell death. However, cancer cells are able to adapt and survive their inhospitable microenvironment by activating ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Strategies which raise levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) are attracting increasing interest, based on the well-established inverse relationship between HDL levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, recent ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most challenging disorders in clinical cardiology affecting 0.4-1% of persons in the general population and increasing with age. It is associated with an increased risk of stroke, ... -
Culture, Risk and HIV: The Case of Black African Migrants and Refugees in Christchurch, New Zealand (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Black African migrants and refugees are disproportionately affected by heterosexually acquired HIV in New Zealand. Despite this, there are no data on their HIV related sexual attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. This sequential ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability. A major complication is that mild cognitive impairment is commonly associated ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This qualitative study examined the barriers and facilitators that influenced access to and engagement with primary healthcare amongst a purposively selected Maori sub-sample from the Christchurch, New Zealand, cohort of ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This thesis explores how the physical and social environmental conditions of urban areas potentially influence active ageing among independently living older adults in Christchurch, New Zealand. The research coincided with ... -
(Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2013)Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a disorder of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) that causes fatigue and fluctuating muscle weakness. The physiology of this disease is well understood and there are numerous medically focused ... -
What do Critical care nurses perceive as barriers to mentorship within the critical care environment (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2013)Objective: The aim of this study is to establish what nurses working within a critical care environment at a tertiary level hospital in New Zealand perceive as barriers to mentorship. Background: Traditionally the ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)This thesis investigates the potential for quantifying soft tissues in preclinical studies by spectral computed tomography (CT) using the Medipix3 spectroscopic photon counting detector. Currently available methods for ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2012)The manner by which a health system is governed impacts upon the delivery of health services. New Zealand has a decentralised health system featuring twenty district health boards (DHBs) that are responsible for ensuring ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)There are well documented differences in health outcomes between Māori and New Zealand (NZ) Europeans. Jones (2002) describes differential treatment within the health system as one determinant of ethnic inequalities: is ... -
(Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2012)As our population ages so too will the number of people with dementia increase. For some time there have been concerns expressed by campaigners for people with dementia about quality of life and the safety and quality of ... -
(Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2012)Background: Warfarin therapy is an integral component of Primary Healthcare and is considered underutilised. Primary Healthcare nurses are predominantly involved with long-term monitoring and collaborative management of ... -
(Thesis, Master of Medical Science, 2012)Introduction Hearing loss following middle ear surgery is an important issue because it is common, is detrimental to patients, and may be preventable. Patients are often told the risk of inner ear hearing loss following ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)Using Michel Foucault’s genealogical approach I analyze the development and promotion of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). The post-structural genealogy identifies important scientific and social junctures that drove the ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)Saccades (fast eye movements) reveal the overt and covert deployment of visual attention, reflect more or less directly the influence of basal ganglia outputs, and can be simply and accurately measured. Therefore, saccades ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease where the majority of people are diagnosed in early adulthood however they experience a long sequela, with chronic progressive deterioration in most cases and a median survival time of ...
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