Smoked Out: The Spatial Variation of Vape Retailer Provision in New Zealand
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author Waterman, I., Marek, L., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Mohammed, J., Epton, M., Hobbs, M. Abstract We know little about the spatial patterning of e-cigarette retailers, particularly their socio-spatial patterning around schools. We obtained the nationwide vape retail locations from the Specialist Vape Retailers register, […]
Life-course impact of chronic health conditions: A family and whānau perspective
Project summary This nationwide geospatial study from Aotearoa New Zealand describes the frequency and spatial patterning of residential mobility and examines the interplay between patterns of residential mobility and the environments in which adults reside. Data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (n = 4,781,268 adults) defined levels of residential mobility in 2016–2020. We then used […]
Towards personalised digital health services for preventable health conditions – virtual reality and cue reactivity
Summary Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), were developed to provide an effective substitute for quitting smoking and as an alternative to conventional cigarettes. Nowadays, their use has rapidly grown and transformed into a popular and distinct form of nicotine consumption. The upsurge of ENDS, has introduce a whole new spectrum of types of consumers who […]
Healthy Location Index
Project summary Accounting for the co-occurrence of multiple environmental influences is a more accurate reflection of population exposure than considering isolated influences, aiding in understanding the complex interactions between environments, behaviour and health. Healthy Location Index describes how environmental ‘goods’ such as green spaces and environmental ‘bads’ such as alcohol outlets co-occur in Aotearoa New […]
Population mobility patterns
Project summary This nationwide geospatial study from Aotearoa New Zealand describes the frequency and spatial patterning of residential mobility and examines the interplay between patterns of residential mobility and the environments in which adults reside. Data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (n = 4,781,268 adults) defined levels of residential mobility in 2016–2020. We then used […]
Investigating the rates and spatial distribution of childhood ambulatory sensitive hospitalisations in New Zealand
New Zealand has an excellent record of conserving its native flora and fauna through pest control measures, especially in large uninhabited areas. Meanwhile large tracts of land owned by private individuals remain relatively unprotected. When it comes to land management decisions such as pest control actions, careful negotiations are required with a wide range of stakeholders with differing views – from cat-loves to rabbit-haters – so that agreements can be reached. The aim of this research project led by Audrey Lustig, Mike Plank and Alex James is to develop a planning tool for predicting the abundance and the likely persistence of New Zealand top mammalian predators in the light of potential changes in management effort across human-dominated landscape. We use the Cape-to-City (C2C) footprint covering 26,000 ha of agricultural land in Hawke’s Ba as a case study.
Real time environmental sensors to improve health in the Sensing City
New Zealand has an excellent record of conserving its native flora and fauna through pest control measures, especially in large uninhabited areas. Meanwhile large tracts of land owned by private individuals remain relatively unprotected. When it comes to land management decisions such as pest control actions, careful negotiations are required with a wide range of stakeholders with differing views – from cat-loves to rabbit-haters – so that agreements can be reached. The aim of this research project led by Audrey Lustig, Mike Plank and Alex James is to develop a planning tool for predicting the abundance and the likely persistence of New Zealand top mammalian predators in the light of potential changes in management effort across human-dominated landscape. We use the Cape-to-City (C2C) footprint covering 26,000 ha of agricultural land in Hawke’s Ba as a case study.
Built Environment and Health: A geospatial analysis of diabetes in urban New Zealand
A geospatial analysis of diabetes in urban New Zealand Diabetes is a chronic health condition which occurs when the pancreas is not producing enough insulin, which regulates blood sugar, or becomes resistant to and cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. There are three types of diabetes: type 1 (T1DM) which occurs through biological effects […]
Towards personalised digital health services for preventable health conditions
To improve preventive health outcomes, a radical shift in thinking needs to be introduced to understand underlying causes of people’s subconscious behaviour to provide personalised digital health services in future; especially to support people most in need, eg. Māori. Currently, health data is mainly collected by using surveys which can lead to bias. The aim […]
Visualising the Migration of Leprosy Patients
Visualising the Migration of Leprosy Patients Admitted and Discharged from Makogai, Fiji During the 20th Century This project brings the history of thousands of 20th century leprosy patients to life through data visualisation. A leprosy hospital on the small Fijian island of Makogai operated between 1911 and 1968 under the care of the Sisters of […]