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Assessing the effect of up-grading playgrounds on children’s physical activity

Quigg, Robin (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010)

Playgrounds are facilities that may increase children’s physical activity. Territorial authorities provide playgrounds in public parks. The link between children’s needs for physical activity and subsequent provision of ...
A mixed methods study of musculoskeletal disorders in New Zealand nurses, postal workers and office workers

Harcombe, Helen Jean (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among workers can lead to substantial personal, financial and societal costs. MSDs have a high prevalence among nurses, postal workers and office workers yet, at many anatomical sites, ...
Edible Gardens in New Zealand Schools

Collins, Carly Ann (Thesis, Master of Public Health, 2011)

The epidemiological transition has seen Public Health shift its focus from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases; national health systems are realigning their priorities to combat the rise of chronic disease. ...
Organizational Structure of the Botswana Ministry of Health: Impact on Performance

Seitio-Kgokgwe, Onalenna Stannie (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

The Botswana Ministry of Health was prompted to review its organizational structure as part of public sector strategies to improve performance, and as a response to an internal review in 2000 which concluded that performance ...
Sunburn in a New Zealand urban population, 1994-2006

McLeod, Geraldine Faye Henry (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

New Zealand has one of the highest mortality rates from cutaneous malignant melanoma in the world. Skin cancer has been linked to sunburn and excessive exposure to UVR. For this reason, both national and regional health ...
Using the Eyes in the Back of our Heads: An Ecological Appraoch to Reducing Unintentional Injury to Young Children in the Home Environment

Simpson, Jean C (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010)

The rate of unintentional injury among children in New Zealand is not one of which we can be proud. Of children under 15 years, those aged 0-4 years carry the greatest burden and these children are injured at home more ...
The association between childhood and adolescent television viewing and antisocial behaviour in adulthood

Robertson, Lindsay Anne (Thesis, Master of Public Health, 2012)

Antisocial behaviour is a public health concern in many societies and can adversely affect not only individual perpetrators and victims, but the social and economic functioning of communities as a whole. Strategies aimed ...
An evaluation of a community-based multidisciplinary intervention for at-risk youth

Chalmers, Shaye (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2001)
The epidemiology and control of cervical cancer

Cox, Brian (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1989)

The incidence and mortality of cervical cancer has been increasing among young women in New Zealand. This increase has occurred despite the availability of cervical screening services. Organized cervical screening programmes ...
Trichosurus vulpecula and rattus norvegious in the epidemiology of two arboviruses.

Dempster, Alexander George (Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 1964)

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