by michelecrawshaw | May 16, 2022 | Big Data, Media release, Meet the Researcher, Resilient Teens
Dr Stephanie D’Souza is a researcher with A Better Start’s Big Data team. She talks about her current project which looks at whether Māori tamariki screened for ADHD concerns are less likely to receive medication than non-Māori, the best piece of advice...
by michelecrawshaw | Mar 21, 2022 | Media release, Meet the Researcher, Newsletter
Say hello to our March 2022 update. Read it HERE Find out about our new $1M funding for Pasifika child health research and our new Pasifika theme leader; our latest research and recent publications; and meet one of the co-lead researchers on our Māori maternal...
by michelecrawshaw | Mar 3, 2022 | Media release, Meet the Researcher
Dr Naomi Simmonds is co-lead on A Better Start’s Kaupapa Māori project Raranga Raranga Taku Takapau: Hapū Ora for Tamariki. She talks about her wish for this year, the best piece of advice her mother gave her, and the best book she has read recently. Can you tell us a...
by michelecrawshaw | Aug 4, 2021 | Media release, Meet the Researcher, Successful Literacy and Learning
Tufulasi Taleni is part of A Better Start’s Successful Learning team. Here he talks about his wish for this year, the best piece of advice his father gave him, and the best book he has read recently. Can you tell us a little about your current A Better Start project?...
by michelecrawshaw | Mar 24, 2021 | Media release, Meet the Researcher, News, Newsletter, Our people, Resilient Teens
Tania Cargo co-leads A Better Start’s Resilient Teens team, which is working with Māori and Pacific students, schools and communities to co-design and test a digital platform to offer young people and their families easier access to evidence-based help and advice to...
by michelecrawshaw | Feb 24, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, Meet the Researcher, News, Newsletter, Research activity, Updates
Professor Rachael Taylor, leads A Better Start’s strategic research project, Moemoea, which looks at sleep, health, communication & wellbeing of pepi and their whānau. Can you tell us about Moemoea and why it’s important? Getting sufficient good...
