89 results match your criteria: "SHORE and Whariki Research Centre[Affiliation]"
N Z Med J
January 2014
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
J Prim Health Care
June 2013
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, PO Box 6137, Auckland 1141, New Zealand.
Introduction: A number of studies have identified that gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (GLBTI) people have poorer mental health than the general population. This article describes current mental health promotion and service provision for GLBTI people in New Zealand, and the views of stakeholders on current service delivery and concerns facing the sector.
Methods: An email survey of service providers gathered descriptive data about mental health promotion and services provided for GLBTI people.
J Psychopharmacol
July 2013
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
The New Zealand government has proposed a new psychoactive substances regime, which will place the onus onto manufacturers to prove that their products pose a low risk of harm, prior to receiving approval which allows the products to be legally manufactured and sold. This is an innovative and unique development in the regulation of emerging psychoactive substances, and offers an alternative response to prohibition. The details of the new regime and how it will operate are now emerging, and this offers an opportunity to critically explore some of the issues related to the proposed new regime and to speculate on some of the outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAddiction
April 2013
SHORE (Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation), SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aims: To compare the current status of global alcohol corporations with tobacco in terms of their role in global governance and to document the process by which this difference has been achieved and the consequences for alcohol control policy.
Methods: Participant observation in the global political arena, review of industry materials (submissions, publications, conference presentations, websites) and review of published literature formed the basis for the current analysis.
Results: Recent events in the global political arena have highlighted the difference in perception of the alcohol and tobacco industries which has allowed alcohol corporations to participate in the global governance arena in a way in which tobacco has not been able.
Drug Alcohol Depend
January 2013
Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: Benzylpiperazine (BZP) is the psychoactive ingredient in a range of 'legal highs' sold worldwide. BZP was prohibited in New Zealand in 2008.
Aim: To investigate the impact of the prohibition of BZP legal highs on the prevalence of BZP, replacement legal highs and other drugs.
Int J Drug Policy
November 2012
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre Massey University, PO Box 6137, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: There have been no changes to the statutory penalties for cannabis use in New Zealand for over 35 years and this has attracted some criticism. However, statutory penalties often provide a poor picture of the actual criminal justice outcomes for minor drug offending.
Aim: To examine criminal justice outcomes for cannabis use offences in New Zealand over the past two decades.
Environ Health Perspect
July 2012
Center for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE) and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: Evidence of associations between neighborhood built environments and transport-related physical activity (PA) is accumulating, but few studies have investigated associations with leisure-time PA.
Objective: We investigated associations of five objectively measured characteristics of the neighborhood built environment-destination access, street connectivity, dwelling density, land-use mix and streetscape quality-with residents' self-reported PA (transport, leisure, and walking) and accelerometer-derived measures of PA.
Methods: Using a multicity stratified cluster sampling design, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 2,033 adults who lived in 48 New Zealand neighborhoods.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
August 2012
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: This paper describes a new multicountry collaborative project to assess the impact of alcohol control policy. Longitudinal surveys of drinkers in a number of participating countries and analysis of the policy context allow for the assessment of change over time within countries and comparison between countries. The design of the study is modeled on the International Tobacco Control study and aims to assess the impact of alcohol policies in different cultural contexts on policy-related behaviors and alcohol consumption.
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March 2012
Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aims: To review research literature and available information on the extent and impacts of marketing, current policy response and the interests engaged in the policy debate in order to inform recommendations for policy change on alcohol marketing.
Methods: Relevant literature, including systematic reviews and publicly available information (websites and participant observation) is reviewed and synthesized.
Results: Alcohol marketing has expanded markedly in the past 50 years and, while there remains uncertainty about the impact across the population, there is now clear evidence of its impact on the consumption of young people.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
January 2012
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess trends in drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems among age and gender groups in the context of a liberalized alcohol policy environment.
Method: Eleven comparable general population alcohol surveys were conducted between 1990 and 2000 in Auckland, New Zealand, during which a substantial number of liberalizing alcohol policy changes occurred. Measurements included typical-occasion quantity and frequency of drinking in the last 12 months.
Int J Health Geogr
December 2011
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: Global positioning systems (GPS) are increasingly being used in health research to determine the location of study participants. Combining GPS data with data collected via travel/activity diaries allows researchers to assess where people travel in conjunction with data about trip purpose and accompaniment. However, linking GPS and diary data is problematic and to date the only method has been to match the two datasets manually, which is time consuming and unlikely to be practical for larger data sets.
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June 2012
Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Introduction And Aims: To examine relationships between perceived neighbourhood cohesion and alcohol, tobacco and cannabis consumption in New Zealand.
Design And Methods: A two-level random intercept regression model was used to examine the extent to which perception of neighbourhood cohesion (at the individual and area level) was associated with the frequency of substance (alcohol, tobacco and cannabis) consumption, after controlling for demographics and deprivation. This study is based on data from two national Health Behaviours Surveys (Drugs and Alcohol) conducted in 2003 and 2004 in New Zealand.
N Z Med J
June 2011
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, PO Box 6137, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aim: There is a lack of research, internationally and in New Zealand, on the harms experienced as a result of drinking by others. Such effects have often been neglected in policy development and in estimates of the economic burden associated with alcohol consumption. This study describes the broad range of harms reported by New Zealanders due to the drinking of someone else.
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May 2011
SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aims: To examine the rates of pharmaceutical drug use, and level of prescription use and injection of pharmaceutical drugs, by frequent injecting drug users (IDU), frequent methamphetamine users and frequent ecstasy users in New Zealand for 2006-2009.
Design And Method: The paper draws on findings from the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Illicit Drug Monitoring System (IDMS). The IDMS interviews three groups of frequent illegal drug users (i.