Past Events
Girl Rising is coming to Wellington!
Date: 22 April 2013
Time: 5.30 pm
The Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health is excited to support the Daya Trust in bringing the movie ‘Girl Rising’ to Wellington. Daya Trust is a charity which educates girls living in poverty in India.
There will be two screenings of the movie at the Graduate School, Level 8 Clinical Services Building, Wellington Hospital, Riddiford St, Newtown.
The first will be:
Monday 22nd April
Drinks and nibbles from 5.30pm
Movie to start at 6pm
The second will be:
Wednesday April 24th
Drinks and nibbles from 7pm
7.30pm screening
To view the trailer, please click on one of the two session times at the below link.
http://www.eventbrite.co.nz/org/3416683531
Please note that payment is available online only. All monies raised will go toward Daya Trust’s education programme.
Midwifery Post Conference Seminar
Date: 14 December 2012
Time: 8.30 am
Victoria University of Wellington’s Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health presents a Midwifery Post-Conference Seminar as a follow-up to the NZCOM Conference in August. This is an opportunity to celebrate local and regional midwives’ research for those who could not attend the conference or for those who did attend but couldn’t get to all the presentations.
When: Friday 14th December 2012
Time: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Where: CS801, Level 8
Clinical Services Block
Wellington Regional Hospital (take purple lift)
Cost: $50
(Morning and Afternoon Tea will be provided)
RSVP: For more information or to register for this seminar please contact: Annaliese Ellis, School Administrator Ph: 04 463 6653, email: annaliese.ellis@vuw.ac.nz by Friday 30 November 2012
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Violence Against Women: Can Research Mitigate the Role of Violence in Preventing Women’s Self-Actualisation
Date: 12 September 2012
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: Level 8, Clinical Services Building, Wellington Hospital, Newtown
Bio
Dr Beckett is a registered nurse. She has combined her nursing career in Head Injuries/Neurosurgery and private Emergency Departments with academic study in the fields of Education and Criminology and now works as the Wellington Sexual Violence Medical/Forensic Services Coordinator. Her postgraduate research has included a Women’s Safety Survey (Criminology Honours), an analysis of police sexual assault training - for its effectiveness in preventing secondary victimisation during investigations of sexual violence complaints (Masters in Education) and a nationwide analysis of all the services which respond to victims of sexual violence - for their ability to meet best practice criteria (Doctoral thesis in Criminology).
Abstract
Violence and the fear of violence are significant factors in limiting women’s opportunities for self-actualisation and correspondingly, their social equality. In addition, some violence, notably sexual violence, has a propensity to cause life-long health impacts if its immediate effects are not understand and mitigated by health professionals. Dr Beckett’s research was motivated by these physical health impacts and the psychosocial outcomes of some men’s violence towards women. She will speak about that motivation; the research methodologies; the findings and the practical outcomes of the research.
Infant-parent sleep: a bird’s eye view of behaviour during the night
Date: 23 August 2012
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: CS801, Level 8, Clinical Services Block, Wellington Hospital, Newtown
Bio
Dr Sally Baddock is Co-Head of the School of Midwifery at Otago Polytechnic. She has been involved in studies of infant sleep practices and links with Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) for 15 years. In collaboration with researchers at the University of Otago she carried out overnight video and physiological monitoring of infants while they slept at home: bedsharing or sleeping in a bassinette; and is now part of a major study in the Hawkes Bay evaluating wakakura as a possible safer sleep option for babies.
Abstract
Population studies suggest infant-parent bedsharing can put an infant at increased risk of sudden unexpected death, but what actually happens during the night and are there safer sleep options that still keep baby close? Results of overnight sleep studies of infant-parent bedsharing will be presented and a new study evaulating the risks and benefits of wahakura (woven flax baskets).
Improving Access to Healthcare for Maori Youth
Date: 23 May 2012
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: Level 7, Clinical Services Block, Wellington Hospital Newtown Wellington
Improving access to healthcare for Maori Youth: Why schools work
Bio
Dr Aniva Lawrence is a Samoan GP who has completed a Youth Health Leadership Fellowship in 2011 and is based in Northland. She has been actively involved in the establishment, provision of clinics and auditing of school based health services. Her husband is Nga Puhi and she a mother of 3 boys.
Abstract
This presentation will provide an overview of current research on youth health and how school based services improve access to healthcare for Rangatahi in Aotearoa. Systemic change is required for effective youth services throughout NZ.
Seminars
Indigenous Research Practices
Date: 11 April 2012
Time: 12.00 pm
Venue: CS801, Level 8, Clinical Services Block, Wellington Hospital, Newtown
Teaching literacy to Indigenous students based on Indigenous research practices: A Canadian study
Bio
Elizabeth Banister is a Professorial Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests include adolescent sexual health education, health literacy and knowledge translation.
Abstract
Indigenous students face immense educational disadvantage in mainstream schooling which leads to a number of negative consequences for them as individuals and for their communities. Therefore, the issue of teaching literacy with principles derived from research informed by Indigenous ways of knowing is of critical importance. In this presentation I review adolescent literacy learning in general and the challenges faced especially by Indigenous students in Western classrooms. I then offer general principles of Indigenous adolescent literacy learning for educators working with students of Indigenous background. I use examples drawn from my research in sexual health literacy education in Canada, specifically with Indigenous adolescent girls.