Browsing by Author "Whitehead, Jesse"
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Equity of travel required to access first definitive surgery for liver or stomach cancer in New Zealand
(2022)In New Zealand, there are known disparities between the Indigenous Māori and the majority non-Indigenous European populations in access to cancer treatment, with resulting disparities in cancer survival. There is international ... -
Improving spatial data in health geographics: a practical approach for testing data to measure children's physical activity and food environments using Google Street View
(BMC, 2021)Background Geographic information systems (GIS) are often used to examine the association between both physical activity and nutrition environments, and children’s health. It is often assumed that geospatial datasets are ... -
Inequities in Covid-19 Omicron infections and hospitalisations for Māori and Pacific people in Te Manawa Taki Midland region, New Zealand
(2023-04-24)Covid-19 impacts population health equity. While mRNA vaccines protect against serious illness and death, little New Zealand (NZ) data exists about the impact of Omicron - and effectiveness of vaccination - on different ... -
Monitoring pre-hospital transport of severely injured patients in the Midland Region of New Zealand.
(New Zealand Medical Asssociation, 2018)AIM: Pre-hospital triage strategies aim to identify the type and extent of patient injuries and ensure that they are transferred to the most appropriate trauma centres. Despite the importance of appropriate pre-hospital ... -
Spatial equity and realised access to healthcare - a geospatial analysis of general practitioner enrolments in Waikato, New Zealand
(College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, 2019)Introduction: Geographic measures of accessibility can quantify inequitable distributions of health care. Although closest distance measures are often used in Aotearoa New Zealand these may not reflect patient use of ...
