School of Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies
The School of Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies research institutes and centres play an important role in specialist teaching and research conducted by academic staff and postgraduate students. This places AUT students at the forefront of much of the ground-breaking research undertaken in New Zealand in the field of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Public Health.
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Demystifying Case Management in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Scoping and Mapping Review
(MDPI AG, 2023)Background: Community-based case managers in health have been compared to glue which holds the dynamic needs of clients to a disjointed range of health and social services. However, case manager roles are difficult to ... -
Analyzing the Perspectives of Health Professionals and Legal Cannabis Users on the Treatment of Chronic Pain with Cannabidiol: Protocol for a Scoping Review
Background: Medical cannabis is one of the most commonly reported treatments for chronic pain. The wide acceptance and research in alternative medicine have put medical cannabis in the limelight, where researchers are ... -
Clients' Experiences of Online Therapy in the Early Stages of a Covid‐19 World: A Scoping Review
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 forced an abrupt shift in the modality through which psychotherapy was delivered and online therapy became the only viable option for clients. Research regarding experiences ... -
Reconnecting Teachers and Students: Exploring Educator Experiences in Large Online Cohorts
(ASCILITE, 2022)Increasing class sizes in higher education make it difficult to maintain quality. Teaching large cohorts within the context of restrained resources and the limitations of Learning Management Systems impacts the experiences ... -
What We Do in the Shadows: Cultivating Teaching and Learning Relationships in Online Tutorials
(Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), 2020)Effective online teaching involves multiple skills of managing technology, course content, student communications and behaviours, time, and one’s own feelings. Effective collaboration between two or more staff members ... -
Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Determinants Among Refugee Parents Resettled in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Taylor and Francis, 2022)Vaccine hesitancy is an important factor underpinning suboptimal vaccine uptake and evidence on marginalized subgroups, such as refugees, is limited. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2020/21 with former refugee ... -
Exploring success amongst Pacific families in New Zealand: Findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study
An overarching objective of New Zealand society is equitable educational, economic, and health outcomes for all citizens, including its Pacific population. In response to these ambitions, this study explored success and ... -
Researching Women at Auckland University of Technology
(Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 2006)This Report was first published as Researching Women at Auckland University of Technology by AUT Women on Campus, 2004 (ISBN: 1-877314-25-0). Research was conducted under the auspices of the Women on Campus Research Group. ... -
Plagiarism in Higher Education: Navigating a Perfect Storm
(European Open Science, 2022)Student plagiarism is the reproduction of material from sources such as journal articles or books, without adequate acknowledgement of the source. It can be a deliberate, intentional act, and is considered a breach of ... -
Musculoskeletal Disorders among Agricultural Workers of Various Cultivation Activities in Upper Northeastern Thailand
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most significant work-related health conditions that are experienced by agricultural workers. This cross-sectional study has investigated MSDs among agriculturalists in upper ... -
Contextualization of an Introductory Physiology Course to Address Student Disengagement During Remote Learning in Aotearoa
(SCHOLINK INC., 2022)Extended periods of population lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic required many university courses to be delivered completely online, and for a student, this can lead to feelings of isolation, disconnectedness, and ... -
Pre-recorded Lectures - Is Anyone Watching?
(SCHOLINK INC., 2022)Pre-recorded lectures for students to watch at their own convenience appears attractive, but little evidence supports the notion that if recordings are available, they will be watched. A lack of engagement with pre-recordings ... -
Northcote Urban Development Programme: Community-Identified Food, Activity and Socialisation Opportunities
(MDPI, 2022)The Northcote area is undergoing major urban regeneration and the diverse community residents there are experiencing significant changes that may affect wellbeing. It is important that the community identifies social and ... -
YWCA Study Partnering With Young Women on the Impact of Covid-19: Participatory Action Research (PAR) Through a Kaupapa Māori and Pacific Research Lens
(Child and Youth Health Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Introduction: New Zealand’s early response to Covid-19 ensured the successful elimination of the novel coronavirus, but came with an economic and social toll, particularly among Māori and Pacific communities. Within these ... -
Next-generation Sequencing As an Advanced Supplementary Tool for the Diagnosis of Pathogens in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: An Observational Trial in Xi'an, China
(Spandidos Publications, 2022)The application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in routine clinical analysis is still limited. The significance of NGS in the identification of pathogens of lower respiratory tract infection should be assessed as part ... -
Prophylactic Evidence of MSCs-Derived Exosomes in Doxorubicin/Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Beyond Mechanistic Target of NRG-1/Erb Signaling Pathway
Trastuzumab (Trz) is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2; ErbB2). The combined administration of Trz and doxorubicin (DOX) has shown potent anti-cancer efficacy; however, this ... -
Are They Watching: Pedagogical Influence of Role Modeling on Student Competence, Confidence, and Clinical Reasoning
(Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2022)Background: This article examines the effects of role modeling used as an educational scaffold in simulation. Students requested an exemplar of what was expected before entering the simulation scenario. Three expert nurses ... -
Simulation and Millennials - The Perfect Storm
(Scientific research publishing, 2016)Simulation in its various forms has developed extensively over the past 15 - 20 years for use in undergraduate nursing programs. The widespread integration of technology-based educational tools into nursing curricula is ... -
Antioxidant and Cytotoxicity Activities of Butylated Hydroxytoluene Ligands Capped Gold Nanoparticles
(Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 2021)The new potent nano-antioxidant of sulfur-containing butylated hydroxytoluene ligands (S-BHTLs)-conjugated with gold nanoparticles, Au-S-BHTLs, was synthesized by a conjugation of sulfur-containing ligands derived from BHT ... -
Editorial: Food Bioactive Polysaccharides and Their Health Functions
(Frontiers Media, 2021)