Urology Group New Zealand

Ethnic Group Stereotypes in New Zealand

N Zealand (NZ) is a fairly small nation by international standards, with a total population currently approaching 4.3 million. The NZ population is diverse and, like many nations, is called home by people from a number of different ethnic backgrounds. According to 2006 census figures, roughly 67-68% of the population are of European descent (referred to here using the Māori term, Pākehā). Māori...

Coote New Zealand Futures Trust New Zealand

On Media A workshop report from US Institute for Peace examined Arab media, August, 05 (http://usip.org/virtual diplomacy/publications/reports/18.html), with special focus on attitudes to US and to the West. The relevant Arab governments play a double role since mostly, they control the media, where they appease the ideological positions of their own threatening insurgencies while focusing publ...

New horizons in geriatric urology

As the human life-span grows longer with developments in modern medicine and the birth rate slows, the rapid aging of the world population has become a major global demographic trend [1]. Korea is no exception. According to the National Statistics Office, the Korean population over the age of 65 years in 2014 accounted for 12.7% of the total population [2]. This figure increased more than twice...

Sudden infant death syndrome in New Zealand: are risk scores useful? New Zealand National Cot Death Study Group.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Christchurch, Invercargill, Dunedin (CID) and Oxford record linkage study (ORLS) risk scores in five regions of New Zealand and examine the effect of risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), such as prone sleeping position, maternal smoking, breast feeding, measures of illness, the use of antenatal classes, community health care, and medical services...

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