Proposed Papers - The University of Auckland

WP22/01: Psychological and Cognitive Outcomes of Children Exposed to Antidepressants and Unmedicated Depression During Pregnancy

We examine antidepressant use and depressive symptoms in pregnant mothers from the Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) study, and how these relate to offspring outcomes up to age 8 years.

WP22/02: Longitudinal Associations of Mental Disorders with Accidental Injuries

We know that mental disorders are associated with the subsequent onset of chronic physical diseases in the population, but do these associations extend to other physical health problems?

WP22/03: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Aotearoa New Zealand: Are some barriers easier to overcome than others?

By examining the associations between New Zealanders' concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine and their current vaccination status, we identify if some vaccine hesitancy contributors are easier to overcome than others.

WP22/04: Public support for COVID-19 vaccine mandates and policies in New Zealand

We examine uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in New Zealand and the support and need for vaccine mandates, and compare these to the experiences of other countries.

WP22/05: Global Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: Do New Zealanders support vaccine nationalism?

We examine New Zealanders’ opinions on COVID vaccine nationalism, as in thoughts on prioritising distribution in our country over all others.

WP22/06: Environmental Concerns Amidst a Global Pandemic: New Zealanders' reflections on detrimental environmental impacts and visions for a post-COVID world

We analyse perceptions about the COVID-19 pandemic’s adverse environmental outcomes and actions for a more environmentally-friendly post-COVID world.

WP22/07: Settlement Trajectories of Former Refugees in New Zealand

We examine different groups of refugees arriving in New Zealand between 1997 and 2020, focusing on their demographics and any differences among groups of different origins and different routes of arrival.

WP22/08: Do infections raise risk of dementia?

We follow people over time through the IDI, to investigate the possibility of earlier infections being associated with later dementia.

WP22/09: Chronic disease and its association with functional impairment and comorbidity: Cross-sectional analysis of integrated census and administrative data

We use IDI data to examine how chronic conditions are associated with functional impairment, and what inequalities exist across the NZ population.

WP22/10: How many families are impacted by chronic conditions?

We look at the prevalence of ten different chronic conditions, focusing at the family level, to describe the extent of the impact in NZ.

WP22/11: Associations between deaths of despair and health and social disadvantage

We look at suicides, deaths by drug poisoning, and deaths by alcoholic liver disease, and whether these could be forecasted to some extent by looking at levels of social disadvantage.

WP22/12: Trends and life-course persistence in accumulated disadvantages

We follow up research showing concentration of benefit receipt, hospitalisation, and criminal conviction among otherwise socially disadvantaged groups, and examine changes in the accumulation and persistence of disadvantages over time.

WP22/13: Predicting suicide and self-harm risk in administrative data

We use IDI data across several domains to try to improve the prediction of suicide and risk of self-harm, over using health data alone.

WP22/14: The health effect of playing high-level rugby: Study protocol

We describe a set of analyses to be undertaken using data following high-level rugby players, and looking at long-term impacts on their health.

WP22/15: The effect of playing high-level rugby on long-term mortality

We report on analyses following high-level rugby players, looking at any effects from that, on all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

WP22/16: The effect of playing high-level rugby on neurodegenerative conditions

We report on the next set of analyses following high-level rugby players, looking at any effects from that, on subsequent development of neurodegenerative conditions.

WP22/17: Is there an association between life-course social isolation and brain age

We use data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study to investigate relationships between measures of social isolation and biomarkers of cognitive decline.

WP22/18: Australians' Aspirations for a Greener Post-COVID World