486 research outputs found
Barriers to palliative care for people with severe mental illness: exploring the views of clinical staff
No full textIn the first article in this new series, Jed Jerwood, Diane Phimister, Gillian Ward, Nikki Holliday and Jane Coad look at the factors that limit the timely provisions of end-of-life care to people with severe mental illness, whether in a mental health setting or a palliative care setting and suggest ways in which this provision could start to be improved
870647_supp_mat – Supplemental material for Achieving beneficial outcomes for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions receiving palliative care and their families: A realist review
No full textSupplemental material, 870647_supp_mat for Achieving beneficial outcomes for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions receiving palliative care and their families: A realist review by Sarah Mitchell, Karina Bennett, Andrew Morris, Anne-Marie Slowther, Jane Coad and Jeremy Dale in Palliative Medicine</p
Supplemental Material, Box_2_supp - Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting
No full textSupplemental Material, Box_2_supp for Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting by Jane Coad, Faith Gibson, Maire Horstman, Linda Milnes, Duncan Randall and Bernie Carter in Journal of Child Health Care</p
Supplemental Material, Box_1_supp - Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting
No full textSupplemental Material, Box_1_supp for Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting by Jane Coad, Faith Gibson, Maire Horstman, Linda Milnes, Duncan Randall and Bernie Carter in Journal of Child Health Care</p
Assessing the sustainability of indigenous food systems in Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) : a dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Nutrition & Food Systems at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
No full textChapter 2 is reproduced with the publisher's permission. This article was published in Vogliano, C., Murray, L., Coad, J., Wham, C., Maelaua, J., Kafa, R., & Burlingame, B., Progress towards SDG 2: Zero hunger in Melanesia – A state of data scoping review, Global Food Security, 29, 100519, © Elsevier 2021.
Chapter 3 is reproduced with permission. This article was published as Chapter 4, From the ocean to the mountains: Storytelling in the Pacific Islands, in FAO and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change, Rome, 2021, http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb5131en.
Chapters 4 & 5 are re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Appendices A & H are re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/.
Appendix B was removed for copyright reasons.
Appendix C is re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Indigenous Peoples living in Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) who have traditionally relied on locally grown, biodiverse foods for their primary source of nutrition are now seeing the adverse impacts of changing diets and climate change. Shifts away from traditional diets towards modern, imported and ultra-processed foods are likely giving rise to noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, which are now the leading causes of mortality. Climate change is magnifying health inequities and challenging food and nutrition security through heavier rains, longer droughts, and rising sea levels. COVID-19 has highlighted additional challenges for those living in PSIDS, exposing vulnerabilities across global food systems. Using Solomon Islands as a proxy for the broader Pacific, this thesis aims to assess PSIDS food system sustainability, including diet quality and diversity, as well as perceived food system transitions. Findings from this thesis can help strengthen discourse around promoting sustainable and resilient food systems and help achieve food and nutrition security targets set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Using art-based techniques in engaging children and young people in health care consultations and/or research
No full textThis paper outlines how art-based techniques and activities can applied for use in consultation work and/or research projects with children and young people. First, the concept of what constitutes an art-based activity and how it might be used in consultation and/or research is explored. Following this, three art-based activities of using photographs, drawings/posters or collages and mapping techniques are considered in terms of application to field work. Literature and work undertaken by the author is drawn upon. Critical discussion of using art-based techniques includes pragmatic discussion relating to entering the field, time, resources, collecting the data, settings and feedback
Building Resilience Through Listening to Children and Young People About Their Health Preferences Using Arts-Based Methods
No full textThis chapter describes how arts-based approaches can be used in effectively eliciting the views children and young people in a range of settings to elicit information about their health preferences. Firstly, it will include what is meant by arts-based approaches and how they might be used in practice. Following this, a number of arts-based activities are considered in terms of applicability for children and young people across three broad groups. Literature and field work undertaken by the author is drawn upon to inform critical discussion of not only using arts-based approaches with children and young people in real world settings but how they can be used to positively impact on children’s resilience and well-being
sj-pdf-1-chc-10.1177_13674935221107962 – Supplemental Material for Acute paediatric inpatient care of children and young people admitted with self-harm or eating disorders: A single centre evaluation
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-chc-10.1177_13674935221107962 for Acute paediatric inpatient care of children and young people admitted with self-harm or eating disorders: A single centre evaluation by Joseph C. Manning, Tim Carter, Iszara Blake, Verity Bingham, Joanne Cooper, Andrew Turner, Takawira Marufu, Damian Wood and Jane Coad in Journal of Child Health Care</p
Adolescent anaemia status and non-haem iron source food use at the Beddawi refugee camp in North Lebanon : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nutritional Sciences at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
No full textPalestinian refugees at long-term Lebanese camps are at increased anaemia risk. Adolescent Palestinians at these camps, with their disproportionately high poverty burdens, are at particular risk, though little-to-no data are available to describe this. Anaemia in Lebanon has been attributed, largely, to inadequate intake of bioavailable iron. This may occur when a population is reliant on non-haem iron food sources to meet nutrient needs, as is often the case in long-term camp settings. No studies are currently available that describe adolescent Palestinian diets at Lebanese camps. There is also a dearth of studies exploring food preparation practices that may be harnessed to optimise iron bioavailability from consumed foods at these camps.
This study used an embedded mixed-methods design to evaluate anaemia prevalence, iron source food consumption, and micronutrient dietary diversity (DDS-M) for a group of adolescent Palestinians (n = 66) at the Beddawi refugee camp in North Lebanon. The study also explored household plant-food use and preparation, with particular reference to dark leafy greens, and plant-food valuation with household food preparers (FPs).
Anaemia prevalence for adolescents was 29%. Median DDS-M was 4 [IQR = 1.63, range = 2-6]. Grain-based foods were consumed by the largest proportion of adolescents (100%), followed by milk source foods (84.8%) and fruits (59.1%). Jute mallow, chicory, parsley and spinach were the dark leafy greens used by the largest proportions of households (> 80%). Household use of a subset of dark leafy greens was positively associated with adolescent DDS-M (rho = 0.31, S = 14303, p-value = 0.03). All FPs reported plant food valuation; however, FPs in households with non-anaemic adolescents related plant food valuation responses with more detailed nutrient and health rationales than FPs in households with anaemic adolescents. Lemon juice, capsicum and chilli were among foods commonly reported to be co-consumed with plant meals described by FPs. Soaking pulses ahead of use was also reported.
Anaemia is a moderate public health concern for this group of adolescents, and the micronutrient content of their diets is insufficiently diverse. Increased consumption of accessible dark leafy greens and co-consumption of reported vitamin C-rich foods with non-haem iron meals, in combination with extending pulse-soaking practices to additional grains may contribute to optimising dietary and biochemical iron status for these adolescents
An investigation into the interaction of the microbiome-gut-brain axis with stress : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nutritional Science at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
No full textThis thesis aimed to investigate whether changes in the gut microbiota and associated biomarkers were associated with stress-induced anxiety-like and depressive-like behaviour.
Two studies used the unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) over 4 or 6 weeks (vs no UCMS, control) in Sprague-Dawley rats. Depressive-like behaviour was measured in female rats using the sucrose preference test, and the Porsolt swim test. Anxiety-like behaviour was measured with the light-dark box test. Faecal corticosterone, caecal microbiota (composition and organic acids), serum gut permeability (lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, LBP) and plasma inflammation (12 cytokines) markers were measured.
Atypical behaviours were observed in female rats following UCMS and no depressive-like behaviours were observed. The circulating concentration of cytokines, but not plasma LBP or caecal organic acids, was higher in UCMS-exposed female rats. Relative abundance of taxa from the Clostridiales order and Desulfovibrionaceae family correlated with anxiety-like behaviours and plasma cytokine concentrations, regardless of UCMS.
Studies of these atypical behaviours in female rats confirmed expected patterns of sucrose intake in the sucrose preference test and no decreased depressive-like behaviours in the Porsolt swim test with antidepressant citalopram and imipramine drugs. A further study also showed differences in baseline behaviour in male versus female rats, leading the second UCMS study to be in male rats.
Increased faecal corticosterone and anxiety-like behaviours were observed in male UCMS-exposed and control rats at week 4 of UCMS compared to baseline. Plasma cytokine concentrations were higher in the UCMS group but higher faecal corticosterone concentrations and anxiety behaviours in control rats suggest that they were more stressed than treated rats. Caecal neurotransmitter concentrations did not differ between treatments nor correlate with serum neurotransmitter, cytokines or LBP concentrations or behaviour.
The findings showed an association between the gut microbiota and anxiety-like behaviours, which was not stress dependent. No measured biomarkers explained the observed anxiety-like behaviours. Caecal digesta neurotransmitter profiles were dissimilar to serum profiles indicating it may not be an important influence on serum levels. Despite the atypical behavioural results following the interventions, the results still provided useful and unique information which contributes to the body of Microbiome Gut Brain Axis research
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