Social smokers' management of conflicted identities
22 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit, Knowledge Library
This paper employs qualitative interviews with 13 young adult social smokers (aged 19-25 years) to explore how they view and...
—Tobacco Control, [Published online 20 February 2012], doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050176 Read MoreFeatured
International Literature
Integrating an automated diabetes management system into the family management of children with type 1 diabetes: Results from a 12-month randomized controlled technology trial (USA)
22 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes
The study objective was to evaluate how the use of a pervasive blood glucose monitoring (BGM) technology relates to glycemic...
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Does helicopter emergency medical service transfer offer benefit to patients with stroke? (USA)
20 February 2012 by Research Admin in Hospital Productivity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Stroke, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 1 more
Helicopter transportation of patients with acute stroke who have received recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator is commonly considered the best option...
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Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy
17 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes>Eye Care
Examines the global prevalence and major risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR) among people with...
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Abdominal adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (Italy)
16 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases
Analyses the prevalence of abdominal adiposity and other traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a sample of 412 Italian...
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Health and independence report
15 February 2012 by Research Admin in Access to Elective Services, Shorter Waits for Cancer Treatment, Shorter Stays in ED, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Increased Immunisation, Hospital Productivity, Help for Smokers to Quit, Knowledge Library, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 7 more
The Health and Independence Report is published annually and looks at the public funds that are allocated to health and...
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Variation in New Zealand hospital outcomes: Combining hierarchical Bayesian modeling and propensity score methods for hospital performance comparisons
15 February 2012 by Research Admin in Hospital Productivity, Quality Improvement>Implementation, Quality Improvement, Knowledge Library, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Stroke, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 4 more
The authors "formulate the problem of hospital performance comparisons within the framework of potential outcomes and illustrate an approach to...
—Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 4 February [Epub before print] Read MoreInternational Literature
Development and validation of a dispatcher identification algorithm for stroke emergencies (Germany)
20 February 2012 by Research Admin in Quality Improvement, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Stroke, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 1 more
Recent innovations such as CT installation in ambulances may lead to earlier start of stroke-specific treatments. However, such technically complex...
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One risk assessment tool for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic kidney disease (Netherlands)
17 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Risk Assessment, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 1 more
Individuals at high risk for chronic cardiometabolic disease (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic kidney disease) share many risk...
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The efficacy of tailored interventions for self-management outcomes of type 2 diabetes, hypertension or heart disease: A systematic review
17 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases
Systematic review which evaluates the evidence on the effectiveness of tailored interventions on self-management behaviours in individuals with heart disease,...
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Hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy in Uruguay
16 February 2012 by Research Admin in Help for Smokers to Quit, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases
Stimulated by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, many countries in Latin America adopted comprehensive smoke-free policies. In March...
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Poststroke fatigue: Does group education make a difference? A randomized pilot trial
15 February 2012 by Research Admin in Knowledge Library, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Stroke, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 1 more
This pilot trial evaluated an educational fatigue management intervention in stroke survivors. Participants were 19 individuals 3 to 18 months...
—Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 3 February [Epub before print] Read MoreLatest / Show Popular
Events
- 9th International Diabetes Federation-WPR Congress & 4th AASD Scientific Meeting
- New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes Annual Scientific Meeting & AHP Study Days
- Australian Practice Nurses Association National Conference 2012
- Thirteenth National Immunisation Conference (Australia)
- 2012 Conference for General Practice
Literature Abstracts
- Social smokers' management of conflicted identities
- Prescribing history to identify candidates for chronic condition medication adherence promotion
- Health and independence report
- Poststroke fatigue: Does group education make a difference? A randomized pilot trial
- Variation in New Zealand hospital outcomes: Combining hierarchical Bayesian modeling and propensity score methods for hospital performance comparisons
International Literature
- Integrating an automated diabetes management system into the family management of children with type 1 diabetes: Results from a 12-month randomized controlled technology trial (USA)
- Association of coexisting diabetes and depression with mortality after myocardial infarction (Netherlands)
- Quality of in-hospital cardiac arrest calls: A prospective observational study (England)
- Development and validation of a dispatcher identification algorithm for stroke emergencies (Germany)
- Does helicopter emergency medical service transfer offer benefit to patients with stroke? (USA)
Discussion
- NZSSD Podiatry Special Interest Group (PSIG)
- The Diabetes Excess Weight Loss (DEWL) Trial: A randomised controlled trial of high-protein versus high-carbohydrate diets over 2 years in type 2 diabetes [in press]
- 'More heart and diabetes checks' – a new health target for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
- Estimating the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle intervention programmes to prevent diabetes based on an example from Germany: Markov modelling
- New Zealand in grips of "silent" diabetes epidemic