Our research
Research in the AUT Centre for Child and Youth Health Research focuses on creating supportive environments for child and youth health. Our research is trans-disciplinary, involving the fields of nursing, public health, sport science, psychology and nutrition.
USoL is a multi-phase research project that critically explores ways of engaging tamariki in holistic development and learning opportunities.
This international study explores how healthy siblings of children with long-term conditions access and understand health information.
Using participatory approaches, we completed evidence synthesis, stakeholder engagement, and community-led priority settings.
Examines PHC nurses’ experiences building trust and collaboration while managing suspected child abuse in New Zealand.
Uses mixed methods to explore pregnant people’s and health professionals’ emergency experiences to improve mental health support.
Exploring brain activation synchrony in parent-child dyads with EEG.
Investigating neonatal acute pain assessment and management practices in New Zealand from whanau and clinician perspectives.
Examining parents' lived experiences of clinical holding, identifying what supports or undermines trust, emotional safety, and compassionate care.
Our early career academics & postgraduate researchers
Our ECA and postgraduate researchers come from various disciplines. Explore their research here:
- Karen Adams (PhD candidate)
Physiotherapy interventions for non-ambulatory children combined with intellectual disability in Aotearoa (PhD) – ongoing
Find out more - Gema Carlson (PhD candidate)
The teacher-child relationship and how subjectivities are formed through that relationship - Dr. Nicola Power (PhD)
A discursive dance – A Foucauldian discourse analysis of caring touch in health practice
Find out more
Pacific Health journal
Pacific Health is a peer-reviewed journal with a focus on health, communities and the environment around the Pacific Rim, often covering topics related to child and youth health.