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Respiratory issues for Pacific peoples: how to improve the effectiveness of the message as well as the messenger:

Talemaitoga, A.

6 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015.

Diet, obesity and asthma:

Wood, L.

6 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015

Peer education programme to improve outcomes in adolescent asthma and smoking prevention :

Shah, S.

6 November, 2015

Preventing smoking uptake and managing adolescent asthma relies on engaging communication and sharing stories. The Triple A programme seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of students by using a unique peer-led educational approach, whereby students become the drivers of both the teaching and learning processes.

Lung cancer incidence in Māori: increased susceptibility mediated through COPD:

Young, R.

6 November, 2015

We suggest strategies to promote the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer with Māori-specific interventions.

Improving outcomes for children with bronchiectasis and preventing it altogether:

Byrnes, C.

6 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015.

Childhood pneumonia and bronchiolitis:

Asher, I.

6 November, 2015

While overall hospitalisations for childhood pneumonia have dropped in recent years, children from Māori, Pacific and low-income families experience extreme inequities in both rates and severity.This presentation discusses the National Respiratory Strategy’s recommended actions to address these preventable admissions, deaths and inequities.

Obstructive sleep apnoea:

Neill, A.

6 November, 2015

This presentation describes key clinical features of OSA, its prevalence, ethnic and geographical distribution in New Zealand, disease burden, societal cost, and the cost effectiveness of current treatments. Presented to Respiratory Conference New Zealand in November 2015.

Breathing retraining: a role in assessment and management of asthma and other respiratory disorders:

White, G.

6 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015

Research where it is most needed:

Beasley, R.

5 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015

Integrated respiratory services in Canterbury:

Callahan, D

5 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015.