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09 Oct Otago Study Finds Solving Obesity Epidemic Can Start At Home

Posted at 10:43h in Research by Alison Pask

Fighting the wave of adolescent obesity in New Zealand could be as simple as establishing family rules and routines around food consumption and limiting screen time, a new University of Otago study has found. These positive approaches to staying healthy were revealed to be working for...

09 Oct Using appreciative inquiry methodology to develop a weight management program for obese children in New Zealand

Posted at 09:34h in Research by Alison Pask

Authors:Tasileta Teevale, Joseph Kaholokula Published in Australia and New Zealand of Public Health Abstract Objectives: Paediatric obesity predicts adult obesity, and alarming new data in New Zealand reveals that obesity among the young continues to rise. In this study, we used a novel solution-focused paradigm, or appreciative inquiry...

03 Oct Making sense of evaluation: A handbook for everyone

Posted at 15:34h in Research by Alison Pask

This handbook, published by Superu, is an introduction to the main concepts and language of evaluation, and points users to a range of other resources that provide more detail on specifics. The contents are presented in four modules, featuring a penguin case study to ground the...

03 Oct The 5+ A Day Charitable Trust Celebrates 10 Years of Helping Kiwis Eat More Fruit and Vegetables

Posted at 14:17h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

A decade has passed since the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust was launched to help encourage us all to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. The message is simple – eat at least five servings each day to help maintain good health – but one which...

03 Oct Development of an Evaluation Tool to Measure Accessibility and Usability of Parks and Playgrounds.

Posted at 13:09h in Research by Alison Pask

Urban parks and children’s playgrounds have the potential to provide a free environment to participate in social, leisure and physical activities for all ages. There is evidence that people who visit parks are more likely to meet recommended physical activity guidelines and report better physical,...

02 Oct What are the determinants of food insecurity in New Zealand and does this differ for males and females?

Posted at 11:17h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Alison Pask

This is an article published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2010 Abstract Aims: Food insecurity is a lack of assured access to sufficient nutritious food. We aimed to investigate the demographic and socio-economic determinants of food insecurity in New Zealand and whether...

29 Sep Faith Led Pacific Wellness Programme Wainuiomata

Posted at 08:46h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Perise Iupeli’s enthusiasm is catching, she’s lively, energetic and at the time of sharing this story was working for Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley (PHSHV), where she was involved in the creation of Wainuiomata’s Faith Led Wellness programme. As she speaks, passion shines through her voice...

27 Sep Effect of a mobile app intervention on vegetable consumption in overweight adults: a randomized controlled trial

Posted at 08:50h in Research by Alison Pask

Mummah, S., et al. (2017). Effect of a mobile app intervention on vegetable consumption in overweight adults: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14:125. The authors tested the effect of a mobile app to increase vegetable consumption among overweight adults attempting...

19 Sep Health Promoting Schools Impact on Targeted Student Outcomes

Posted at 11:42h in Healthy Systems by Alison Pask

Dr Heidi Leeson has conducted an external evaluation of Health promoting schools (HPS). After crunching through a great deal of data, she concluded effective involvement in HPS can explain: 60% of the increases in attendance observed in HPS schools; 42% of the decreases in stand-downs and suspensions; and 29%...

19 Sep Loving Pēpe for life

Posted at 11:06h in Healthy babies and children by Alison Pask

Loving Pēpe for life: Your guide to being healthy and keeping activity during your pregnancy Loving Pēpe for Life was developed by the Health 4 Life Project to support health and community workers who work with pregnant women and whānau with babies, to have conversations about healthy...

Author: Alison Pask