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Item Healthy nutrition, physical activity, and sleep hygiene to promote cardiometabolic health of airline pilots : a narrative review(SAGE, 2023)Airline pilots experience unique occupational demands that may contribute to adverse physical and psychological health outcomes. Epidemiological reports have shown a substantial prevalence of cardiometabolic health risk factors including excessive body weight, elevated blood pressure, poor lifestyle behaviors, and psychological fatigue. Achieving health guidelines for lifestyle behavior nutrition, physical activity, and sleep are protective factors against the development of noncommunicable diseases and may mitigate the unfavorable occupational demands of airline pilots. This narrative review examines occupational characteristics for sleep, nutrition, and physical activity and outlines evidence-based strategies to inform health behavior interventions to mitigate cardiometabolic health risk factors among airline pilots.Item The management of aged care clinical experience for New Zealand student nurses(2022-12)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes Setting the scene in NZ The different aspects of the aged care curriculum Where do NZ polytechnic students gain aged care clinical experience? What educational experiences are provided in aged care? At what stage of nursing education does this happen? Most NZ polytechnic nurses learn to care for older adults in an aged residential care (ARC) facility in year one. Closing comments as we move to a NZ-wide approachItem Attitudes to preventative healthcare for cats and dogs in Aotearoa / New Zealand in 20–30-year-olds(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2023-12-20)Pet ownership has increased in Aotearoa / New Zealand over the last decade, with the largest jump in dog ownership attributed to 18–34-year-olds. With the transitional nature of this age group, considering the increase in independence and responsibility, this survey aimed to measure the attitudes of 20–30-year olds to preventative healthcare of their pets. A survey was disseminated through social media; respondents self-selected their participation and were asked questions about their living situation and management of components of preventative care in their animals, including vaccinations, parasite control and veterinary check-ups. There were 93 usable responses. The findings revealed that most pet owners were renting or were homeowners, with the number of cats owned and the incidence of dog ownership higher than expected in rented homes. Most respondents had knowledge about worm transmission, with living situation and number and type of pets affecting knowledge of worm and flea infestations. The responsibility of health management was assumed by those that made decisions about what types of preventative care was given and who paid for services and treatment. Overall, owners tended to know more about, and provided preventative care and treatment for, parasites that directly affect humans, such as worms, and two thirds of respondents would deworm the household, including pets and humans. Fewer respondents were aware of the effect of fleas, with a variety of treatments used. Knowledge of preventative care, in line with the standards of animal care in Aotearoa / New Zealand, by this age group is reassuring but there could be further compliance with increased awareness of the effects of worms and flea infestations on humans.Item Leptospirosis and hookworm in dogs of Tonga(2023-07)Leptospirosis study in Tongatapu (Dec 2018) Canine endoparasite presence in Tongatapu (Dec 2019) Why is this research important to the Tongan community? ReferencesItem Rukuhia tō ora(2022)Research question: How might Oriori Tāwaiwaiā inform māmā and pēpi relationships today in the twenty-first century, using an old process in a new way? The title of this project is called Rukuhia tō ora, which means to dive into your well-being; the central part of this project is a four-part methodology called Oriori Tāwaiwaiā. Oriori Tāwaiwaiā is an art process that consists of, Oriori - The revitalisation of oriori as heritage-inspired lullabies for babies. Tā - Painting of emotional release through colour symbolism and association combined with gestural painting techniques. Waiwaiā - The cathartic release of emotion, acknowledging pent-up or repressed emotions stimulated by the performance of oriori. Hongihongi te whaiwhaiā - It is healing the trauma that comes with becoming a single mother as a result of producing oriori tā waiwaiā, as thoughtful expressions of wāhine whai mana (acknowledgment, reconnection, and empowerment). A holistic approach to replenishing māmā and pēpī relationships today, as rongōa Māori, connecting māmā and pēpi using an old process in a new way of Oriori Tāwaiwaiā.
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