Issue 5 - 16 February 2015 Articles – Pacific Health/Health Trends & Statistics 1. Experiences of whanau/families when injured children are admitted to hospital: a multi-ethnic qualitative study from Aotearoa/New Zealand. By Arlidge, Brooke; Abel, Sally; Asiasiga, Lanuola; Milne, Sharon L.; Crengle, Sue; Ameratunga,... [Read more]
Issue 4 - 9 February 2015 Ageing and Dementia: A compendium of New Zealand Research Literature Link to PDF version (external link) (Note: the document is 5MB and more than 100 pages) Link to ebook version (external link) (Note: when using the ebook search function, page numbers referred to in Search will not... [Read more]
Issue 3 - 2 February 2015 Selected articles - NZ College of Midwives Midwifery News, December 2014 1. What constitutes evidence? By Lesley Dixon, Midwifery Advisor: Practice and Research. NZ College of Midwives Midwifery News, December 2014, 9-10 Abstract: One of the issues within Maternity is that much of what we... [Read more]
Issue 2 - 26 January 2015 Articles – Antibiotic resistance 1. Low-Tech bacteria battle By Seppa, Nathan. Science News. 04/10/2014, Vol. 186 Issue 7, p22-26. 5p. Abstract: The article discusses antibiotic resistance. The author argues that in order to prevent resistance in bacteria, such as Clostridium difficile,... [Read more]
Issue 1 - 20 January 2015 9 family sun safe tips for summer New Zealand has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world so protecting ourselves from over-exposure to the sun is an important healthy behaviour – and it needs to start early. ... [Read more]