Influenza-associated hospitalisation and mortality rates among global Indigenous populations; a systematic review and meta-analysis
More than 50 million influenza infections and over 100,000 deaths from influenza occur annually. While Indigenous populations experience an inequitable influenza burden, the magnitude of this inequity has not previously been estimated on a global scale. This study, published in PLOS Global Public Health, compared rates of influenza-associated hospitalisation and mortality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations globally.
African Hut model of health: a framework for improving African migrant health in Aotearoa/New Zealand
There is renewed international effort to improve the health and well-being of migrants. For African migrants, theoretical frameworks designed to account for and guide interventions to address the underlying mechanisms that interact to influence health and well-being remain largely underdeveloped. The aim of this study, published in Health Promotion International, was to address this gap by providing a unique socio-ecological framework with specific entry points for targeted health promotion action aimed at improving the health and well-being of African migrants living in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Health-related quality of life 12 years after injury: prevalence and predictors of outcomes in a cohort of injured Māori
Studies have found that many people who sustain an injury can experience adverse outcomes for a considerable time thereafter. Māori, the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (New Zealand; NZ), are no exception. The Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study (POIS) found that almost three-quarters of Māori participants were experiencing at least one of a range of poor outcomes at two years post-injury. The aim of this paper, published in Quality of Life Research, was to estimate the prevalence, and identify predictors, of adverse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes in the POIS-10 Māori cohort, 12 years after participants sustained an injury.
A person-centred approach to ethnic and national identity and its relation to subjective well-being among Korean New Zealanders
This paper, published in Kōtuitui, examined 1,270 Korean New Zealanders in terms of the patterns of their Korean ethnic and New Zealand national identities and how these orientations relate to their subjective well-being.
How Older Indigenous Women Living in High-Income Countries Use Digital Health Technology: Systematic Review
The objective of this systematic review, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, was to consolidate and document what we know about how older Indigenous women living in high-income countries use digital health technology to enhance their health.
Health outcomes of children in state care in Aotearoa New Zealand
This study, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, aims to provide an overview of the association between being in the custody of the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki and all-cause hospitalisation and mortality.