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Visualising a shift in thinking: Designing a value object to support perpetrators of domestic violence
(2022)This research focused on a group of people that don’t generally have a voice in everyday discourse – perpetrators of domestic violence. Stopping Violence Dunedin (SVD) is run by experienced facilitators who instead of ... -
Wairua: Te ātaahua kaiwhatu = The beautiful weaver: Incorporating wairua into tertiary education
(2022)RESEARCH AIMS AND QUESTION • To better understand wairua in the tertiary education context • To better understand what the outcomes for tauira are when wairua is incorporated • To explore and articulate ways in which ... -
Weaving the mat: Enablers for Pasifika midwifery students
(2021-03-16)BACKGROUND: Despite there being a large, and increasing, Pacific birthing population in Aotearoa, Pasifika midwives are a minority within the midwifery workforce. There are low numbers of Pasifika students entering and ... -
A weighty issue: The implications of an ultrasound prediction of a large baby in pregnancy
(2021)Ultrasound scans are an increasingly normalised part of pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand. In the third trimester, fetal measurements and weight estimations are undertaken at all scans, regardless of clinical indication. ... -
What are individual perceptions of the role that physical activity plays during treatment of severe mental illness (SMI)?
(2022)There have been many studies published on treatments for severe mental illness (SMI) and the use of physical activity programs during treatment of SMI. However, many of the problems faced by community living individuals ... -
What is known about the rehabilitation management of functional neurological disorder in the adult physical hospital setting: A scoping review.
(2022)Background: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), historically known as Conversion Disorder, is a condition that lies at the intersection of physical health, mental health, and neurology as the symptoms of this condition ... -
What matters to me? Photovoice with people living with severe mental illness
(2021)This research aimed to engage with long term services users with severe or serious mental illness whose voices have traditionally been silenced to add to the growing body of knowledge as to how these identified gaps can ... -
A woman’s place is in the House…of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns
(2022)This thesis discusses barriers to and pathways to election for women at local and central government level. The thesis also discusses the use of Direct Voter Contact in a New Zealand environment. -
Women's views on postnatal care from a midwife who has not provided their pregnancy and birth care: Implications for midwifery relationships
(2022)In Aotearoa New Zealand (from hereafter New Zealand), postnatal care is typically provided in hospital and at home by a known Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) midwife who has provided continuity of care and lead maternity care ...