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Creating intoxigenic environments: Marketing alcohol to young people in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Elsevier, 2008-09)
Alcohol consumption among young people in New Zealand is on the rise. Given
the broad array of acute and chronic harms that arise from this trend, it is a major
cause for alarm and it is imperative that we improve our ...
Youth identity formation and contemporary alcohol marketing
(Taylor and Francis, 2005-09)
This paper considers linkages between contemporary marketing theory and practice, and emerging conceptualizations of identity, to discuss implications for public health concerns over alcohol use among young people. Particular ...
Maori family culture: a context of youth development in Counties/Manukau
(Royal Society of New Zealand, 2007)
This paper reports on a study designed to bring the voices of young people directly into the social science literature on environmental influences on wellbeing. We analyse accounts from young Maori about their families and ...
Evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2009-06-28)
Background: In London and the rest of the UK, diseases associated with poor diet, inadequate
physical activity and mental illness account for a large proportion of area based health inequality.
There is a lack of evidence ...
Consuming identities: alcohol marketing and the commodification of youth experience
(Informa Healthcare, 2005-12)
Marketing has successfully used the postmodern turn in conceptualisations of the human subject and incorporated contemporary theorising of identities and self into its understanding of the key drivers of consumption. Such ...
Resiliency, Connectivity and Environments: Their roles in theorizing approaches to the promoting the wellbeing of young people
(Clifford Beers Foundation, 2004-02)
Early theory and findings in the area of resilience among young people emphasised individual differences and personality characteristics to explain different reactions to stress and risk. The ‘modern’ resiliency literature ...
Towards promoting youth mental health in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Holistic "houses" of health
(Clifford Beers Foundation, 2002-05)
A study of the literature on mental health promotion suggests that to a far greater extent than ‘physical’ health concerns, mental health seems to be dominated by the illness focus of established clinical perspectives and ...
Ngā kairaranga oranga = The weavers of health and wellbeing : a grounded theory study : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at Massey University, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2004)
Ngā Kairaranga Oranga – The Weavers of Health and Wellbeing is a theory about the health and wellbeing of Māori women. Health data about Māori women indicate that their health status is less than that of the non-Māori ...
The perceived effects of work on health of rubber farmers in southern Thailand : a dissertation presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2008)
This study was conducted in a rubber farming community in Southern Thailand with rubber farmers and their first-line public healthcare providers as the study informants. The study aims were to first, explore perceived ...
From experiencing social disgust to passing as normal : self-care processes among Thai people suffering from AIDS : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2008)
AIDS is a chronic disease that seriously affects health, emotions, social relations and household economy. People living with HIV/AIDS experience great suffering, stigmatisation and discrimination from other people around ...