Respiratory health and lung research in New Zealand

One Health research and training in Australia and New Zealand

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW This review was performed to create a repository of information on One Health research and training in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). The review sought to determine 1) how many training activities there are in ANZ, 2) how much research on zoonotic diseases is undertaken by multidisciplinary teams, and 3) how collaborative and integrated they are. RECENT FINDINGS There ...

Occupational respiratory symptoms in New Zealand hairdressers.

BACKGROUND A study of occupational respiratory symptoms in hairdressers was carried out in 26 salons in New Zealand. METHODS A questionnaire was administered to 100 hairdressers and 106 office and shop workers, recording respiratory symptoms, demographic data, and smoking habits. Pulmonary function was measured before each shift. RESULTS Hairdressers had a higher prevalence of asthma sympto...

Who? What? Where? A snapshot of Nuclear Medicine Research Presentations from recent ANZSNM conferences in Australia and New Zealand.

Objective(s): The aims of this study were to: 1) discover location (by city) of contributors to poster and oral presentations at recent ANZSNM conferences; 2) determine the nuclear medicine themes most commonly explored; 3) establish institutions producing the highest number of oral and poster abstracts and 4) determine publication rates of conference abstracts to full...

Public health funding mechanisms in New Zealand.

The funding of population-based public health services (health protection, health promotion and disease prevention) has received little attention in the international literature on health reforms, and yet these services are of fundamental importance to the health of populations and to the economy. This article provides justification for health policy-makers placing more emphasis on the level of...

Primary health care in New Zealand.