Browsing by Author "Page W"

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    It's my life: Evaluation report
    (School of English & Media Studies, Massey University, 2014-11-28) Tilley EN; Page W; Balasubramanian R; O'Meara R; Gee S; Hazou R; Galloway C; Waterworth C; Brown A; Steelsmith M; Sligo F; Kingi TK; Jones L; Page R; Love TR; Soma J
    This report presents a snapshot of some outcomes from the by-youth for-youth It's My Life youth smokefree research project, which was funded by the Pathway to Smokefree New Zealand 2025 Innovation Fund. The report includes quantitative data from the It’s My Life pre and post evaluation surveys, campus cessation reporting, and social media analytics, plus qualitative data from youth participants in the project. Two key results from the Massey University surveys are that over the It’s My Life campaign timeframe, smokers’ desire to quit increased and tolerance of the tobacco industry, in general but also particularly among smokers, reduced. We interpret these results as an endorsement of the decision by the young people who designed the campaign not to vilify smokers but to use positive empowerment themes to make smokers feel supported and encouraged to take back control of their lives from tobacco companies.
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    Questions and answers in environmental noise assessment at an undergraduate level
    (Acoustical Society of New Zealand, ) Page W
    There has been a compulsory practical hands-on 300-level noise course in the environmental health (EH) programs at Massey University for over twenty years. Unlike most EH programmes in Australasia, Massey still considers environmental noise assessment as a key skill for trainee environmental health officers. Over the past 13 years that the author has been involved in this course, students have asked many questions, most have been easy to answer, while others have proved more challenging. This paper is a short collection of the more challenging questions and their answers, which should be of interest to noise assessment practitioners.
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    The impact of noise in early childhood settings: A New Zealand perspective
    (New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021-05-25) Bates S; Page W; Sue S
    Excessive noise levels in early childhood centres have a direct impact on the learning of young children, as well as on the wellbeing of teachers. Psycho-acoustic studies show that noise is a key factor contributing to elevated adult stress levels and annoyance, leading to lower levels of adult sensitivity to children’s needs and fewer direct interactions with them. Longer term, local and international research indicates correlations between excessive noise in early childhood education (ECE) centres and health problems, such as to hearing loss, voice strain, obesity, diabetes, and cardiac conditions. Noise as a chaos factor in early childhood settings undermines wellbeing of both adults and children. Because noise negatively impacts on quality relationship and communication, children’s language development is also impacted. Yet noise within New Zealand early childhood settings is under-researched, under-regulated, and under-monitored. Drawing on local and international research and on a survey of New Zealand early childhood teachers, this article recommends regulating for the creation of quieter environments for the benefit of teachers and learners, the adults and children in early childhood settings.