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Heartaches over housing: correlating cardiovascular disease rates and housing damage in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes.

Phibbs, S; Kenney, C (2017-09)

Living large: the experiences of large-bodied women when accessing general practice services.

Russell, N; Carryer, J (2013-09-01)

INTRODUCTION: Numerous studies report high levels of stigma and discrimination experienced by obese/overweight women within the health care system and society at large. Despite general practice being the most utilised point ...

Effects of health policy reforms on nursing resources and patient outcomes in New Zealand.

Carryer, JB; Diers, D; McCloskey, B; Wilson, D (2010-11)

Health policy reforms in New Zealand during the 1990s impacted on hospital operations, on the nursing workforce, and on patients. This study analyses changes in rates of 20 adverse patient outcomes that are potentially ...

Occupation and risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer: the ARCAGE study.

Richiardi, L; Corbin, M; Marron, M; Ahrens, W; Pohlabeln, H; Lagiou, P; Minaki, P; Agudo, A; Castellsague, X; Slamova, A; Schejbalova, M; Kjaerheim, K; Barzan, L; Talamini, R; Macfarlane, GJ; Macfarlane, TV; Canova, C; Simonato, L; Conway, DI; McKinney, PA; Sneddon, L; Thomson, P; Znaor, A; Healy, CM; McCartan, BE; Benhamou, S; Bouchardy, C; Hashibe, M; Brennan, P; Merletti, F (2012-05-15)

We investigated the association between occupational history and upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancer risk in the ARCAGE European case-control study. The study included 1,851 patients with incident cancer of the oral ...

Using Observational Data to Estimate the Effect of Hand Washing and Clean Delivery Kit Use by Birth Attendants on Maternal Deaths after Home Deliveries in Rural Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Seward, N; Prost, A; Copas, A; Corbin, M; Li, L; Colbourn, T; Osrin, D; Neuman, M; Azad, K; Kuddus, A; Nair, N; Tripathy, P; Manandhar, D; Costello, A; Cortina-Borja, M (2015)

BACKGROUND: Globally, puerperal sepsis accounts for an estimated 8-12% of maternal deaths, but evidence is lacking on the extent to which clean delivery practices could improve maternal survival. We used data from the ...

From diagnosis to long-term management: the experiences of older New Zealanders with obstructive sleep apnoea.

Gibson, R; Campbell, A; Mather, S; Neill, A (2018-06)

INTRODUCTION In New Zealand (NZ), access to public sleep services is limited to people deemed with the highest need. The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) increases with age, but the symptoms and the treatment ...