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Health literacy: Patients' texts, context and mediation

WEBHealth literacy encompasses people’s knowledge, motivation and competences to access, understand, appraise and apply health information to make judgments and take …

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Female athlete health: The silent risks of high performance

WEBLow energy availabilty (LEA) and iron deficiency are two prevalent issues in women (or female athletes) that are under high loads of exercise stress from training. Thus, it is …

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Whiti Te Rā: A guide to connecting

WEBPublished by Te Rau Ora, 2021 80 Secure Cultural Identity Positive mental health and wellbeing for Māori are associated with a secure connection to one’s

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Health, Sport and Human Performance Papers

WEBConcussion is the most common injury in professional Rugby Union (RU) players, with increasing incidence and severity each year. Strengthening the neck is an intervention …

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Tino rangatiratanga in health policies and practises

WEBThe purpose of my doctoral research was to investigate tino rangatiratanga in health policies and practises in Aotearoa. My research involved defining tino rangatiratanga …

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Whiti te rā: A guide to connecting Māori to traditional wellbeing …

WEBMāori health models, introduced in the 1980s, brought needed cultural worldviews to an otherwise monocultural health system. However, minimal changes have occurred. In …

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Exploring Māori and non-Māori mental health nurses' perceptions …

WEBBackground: Te Whare Tapa Whā is a well-recognised Māori model of health and wellbeing which is embraced within the health system in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Although it can …

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Detecting anthropogenic impacts on estuarine benthic communities

WEBOur estuaries, and the benefits that we derive from them, are threatened by the cumulative effects of interacting stressors. Separating the impacts of anthropogenic stressors from …

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Mental health service users' perceptions of their physical health

WEBConclusion: Mental health service users perceive their physical health as an interconnected construct of health. They have complex physical health experiences and …

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Investigating Socio-critical Discourses in Assessment of Senior

WEBThere has been a growing interest in and, to some extent, adoption of, ‘socio-critical’ discourses in Health and Physical Education (HPE) in New Zealand and in physical …

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An exploration of wellbeing in Hapū Wānanga through a Te …

WEBThis research explores how participants experience wellbeing within the Kia Wana Lakes Baby Service Hapū Wānanga. Three participants, including one couple, and three …

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The use of Māori mythology in clinical settings: Training issues …

WEBThe most important part of using purakau in therapy involves re-telling the story. The method in which each story is retold is up to each tangata whaiora and whānau, but …

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Tangihanga: The Ultimate Form of Māori Cultural …

WEBAbstract. Death, observed through the process of tangihanga (time set aside to grieve and mourn, rites for the dead) or tangi (to grieve and mourn), is the ultimate form of Māori …

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Hā Ora: Improving early diagnosis of lung cancer for rural …

WEBThis project was funded by the New Zealand Health Research Council (HRC 17/438: Improving access to early diagnosis of lung cancer for Māori and rural …

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WEBGlossary aroha – love hapū- kinship group or subtribe, pregnant hapū wānanga- a māori initiative antenatal education programme hinengaro- mind, thought, intellect,

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