Postgraduate
Nursing Studies - Research Groups
Te Pokapū Paerua Nēhi
To evaluate the comparative safety, effectiveness, cost effectiveness and acceptability
of methods of providing health and social care intended to improve outcomes
or experience for patients or clients.
Inform and evaluate the impact of health policy through empirical research
and the synthesis of research evidence.
Assess innovative approaches to learning and education both to support
practitioners and to develop practice in health and social care.
The work of the group reflects three themes:
- Enhancing nursing roles
- Developing ways of delivering services
- New ways of learning
The focus of this research group is the development of evidence-based healthcare
to minimise the impact of chronic health needs on people’s lives. Research
explores symptom experience, risk assessment, preventative care and symptom control
issues, with particular emphasis on the enhancement of patient self-management
strategies.
This programme draws principally on behavioural and social sciences.
It aims to develop and evaluate care strategies for chronically ill people,
such as patient/ client empowerment, treatment adherence, quality of
life enhancement, and factors influencing the effectiveness of nursing
models of service delivery.
Research activity in this group includes:
- Improving self-efficacy and quality of life for people with
chronic health needs
- Nursing roles in chronic disease management
- Research with older people
Research studies are expected to lead to interventions that can be
tested in clinical contexts and eventually evaluated for their contribution
to strategies of care and improvement in quality of life for patients
(and carers). The study of chronic health needs encompasses a broad spectrum
of disease and age groups to include children, families and older people.
Updated: 28 July 2009
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