The socioeconomic context of migrants and minorities

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (S8) ◽  
pp. 111-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Pitt
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Context ◽  
Anthropological Study ◽  
Health Organization

This paper is based on the author's experiences during first, participation in an anthropological study of migrants, particularly Samoan migrants, in New Zealand over a period of 10 years in the late 1960s–mid- 1970s (Pitt & MacPherson, 1975) and secondly, participation over the last 3 years in a World Health Organization programme concerned with promoting the health and welfare of children, many of whom were migrants living in poverty.

scholarly journals Iodine status of New Zealand residents as assessed by urinary iodide excretion and thyroid hormones

1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine D. Thomson ◽  
Andrew J. Colls ◽  
John V. Conaglen ◽  
Matthew Macormack ◽  
Martin Stiles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Thyroid Hormone ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Committee ◽  
World Health ◽  
Urine Specimen ◽  
Normal Ranges ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Health Organization

The aims of this study were (1) to compare various measures of I status, and (2) to assess urinary I and thyroid hormone status of residents of two areas of New Zealand where, before the iodization of salt, goitre was endemic due to low soil I. A total of 189 subjects (102 males, eighty-seven females) were recruited from the Dunedin Blood Transfusion Centre, and 144 (sixty-seven males, seventyseven females) from the Waikato Blood Transfusion Centre between November 1993 and June 1994. Blood was taken for thyroid hormone assays, and subjects collected a fasting overnight urine specimen, a double-voided fasting urine sample, and a complete 24 h specimen for iodide and creatinine analyses. Positive correlations (P < 0.0001) between daily iodide excretion and iodide concentrations in fasting and double-voided fasting urines, identical median values for iodide concentrations in the three samples, and similar numbers of subjects classified as at risk from I deficiency disorders according to the International Committee for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders/World Health Organization categories (World Health Organization, 1994) confirmed indications from earlier studies that fasting urine samples were suitable for population studies. However 24 h urinary iodide excretion remains the recommended measure for individual I status. Waikato residents excreted more iodide in urine and all measures were significantly greater than for Otago residents. However median urinary iodide excretions for both areas (60 and 76 μg/d for Otago and Waikato respectively) were considerably lower than those reported previously for New Zealand. Thyroid hormone concentrations were within normal ranges. Our findings suggest that I status of New Zealanders may no longer be considered adequate and may once again be approaching levels of intake associated with clinical I deficiency.

World Health Organization

1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-377 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Health Organization

On April 7, 1948 the World Health Organization came into existence as a specialized agency of the United Nations with the ratification of its constitution by the Byelorussian SSR and Mexico. These ratifications brought the total number of ratifying States (Member governments of the United Nations) to 27, or one more than were required by the WHO Constitution to bring the Organization into existence. The Member states who had ratified the Constitution at that time were Australia, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Siam, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, Union of South Africa, USSR, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia. In addition, Albania, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and Transjordan had also joined the organization.

BUBBLE WRAP OR SLIPPERS? THAT IS THE QUESTION: FROM HAMLET TO HOME INSULATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry Mulligan ◽  
Britta Basse ◽  
Daphne Robson
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
World Health ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Health Organization

There has been much publicity about New Zealand houses having indoor temperatures below World Health Organization standards and how insulation can benefit the health and comfort of the occupants. Landlords are required to install underfloor and ceiling insulation. In Christchurch, in some council flats, it has been suggested that commercial insulation is not practical and too expensive to retrofit, and tenants have been asked to use bubble wrap on windows. So, does bubble wrap actually improve interior comfort? In this study, air temperatures were measured in a typical New Zealand, three bedrooms, 100 m2, 1960s house. A heat-pump in the living room was set to heat to 18 °C. Bubble wrap was applied to bedroom windows during the winter and spring of 2019. Temperatures were compared to 2016 data, which was prior to the installation of the bubble wrap. Regression analysis was employed to determine if the bubble-wrap had any effect on air temperature by either reducing variability or improving average temperatures.

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