ACC grant for sprains and strains prevention study
Source: Massey University
The Hawke’s Bay region has been selected as a pilot site due to its high work-related claims history and the fact that...
Healthier Lives grant to research prevention programme for diabetes
Source: Massey University
The project will build on a previous project which focused on a pre-diabetes empowerment programme for Pacific youth.
Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, obesity and diabetes are conditions that plague every culture and community, but...
The common women’s health problem we don’t talk about
Source: Massey University
Stock image of toilet paper courtesy of Unsplash.
As a sociologist and feminist researcher, Dr Alice Beban is interested in the everyday inequalities...
Study to tackle barriers to sport for disabled youth
Source: Massey University
Dr Penelope Carroll, SHORE & Whāriki Research Centre.
A Massey University study will investigate the barriers for disabled young people to participate in...
New research into youth suicide breaks down perceptions
Source: Massey University
Dr Louise Edwards graduated at the Manawatū graduation.
The New Zealand youth suicide rate is one of the highest amoungst developed countries but...
Hopes for self-testing to improve cervical screening access for wāhine Māori
Source: Massey University
Self-testing for cervical cancer could reduce cervical screening inequities for Māori, Pacific and Asian women, according to new research led by Massey...
The challenges of parenting disabled children during a pandemic
Source: Massey University
Dr Gretchen Good and her family’s assistance dog, Caz.
Dr Gretchen Good, a senior lecturer in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies and Public Health,...
Mindfulness shown to improve health outcomes for wāhine Māori
Source: Massey University
Dr Miriama Ketu-McKenzie at the Manawatū graduation
New doctoral research has shown mindfulness could be a cost-effective tool in improving the health outcomes...
Infectious Disease Professor named on the One Health High-Level Expert Panel
Source: Massey University
Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology David Hayman
Massey University Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology David Hayman has been selected alongside 25 other international...
Participants wanted for ground-breaking caffeine and sleep study
Source: Massey University
Participants are wanted who both do and do not consume caffine in all forms.
New Zealand has a strong caffeine culture but as...
Political affiliations influence health behaviors to combat Covid-19 in the US
Source: Massey University
The US Government’s messaging around Covid-19 preventative measures changed under different leaders.
Democrats during a rally in the 2020 US presidential election
Republicans during...
New leptospirosis research calls for stronger vaccination uptake in dry stock farming
Source: Massey University
Dry stock farmers are exposed to the leptospirosis through calving cattle and deer.
Researchers from Massey University and the University of Warwick have...
