List of works - Ofa Dewes

'People haven't got that close connection': meanings of loneliness and social isolation to culturally diverse older people

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Befriending Services for Culturally Diverse Older People

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Body image, weight loss and muscle building among Tongan adolescents in Tonga and New Zealand

scientific article published in April 2011

Discordant association of the CREBRF rs373863828 A allele with increased BMI and protection from type 2 diabetes in Māori and Pacific (Polynesian) people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Estimated prevalence of hearing loss and provision of hearing services in Pacific Island nations

scientific article published on March 2015

Evaluation of the Living 4 Life project: a youth-led, school-based obesity prevention study

scientific article published in November 2011

Factors associated with preoperative attrition in bariatric surgery: a protocol for a systematic review

article

Feasibility of an after-school group-based exercise and lifestyle programme to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and health in less-active Pacific and Maori adolescents.

scientific article published in March 2015

Genomic medicine must reduce, not compound, health inequities: the case for hauora-enhancing genomic resources for New Zealand

scientific article published on 17 August 2018

Healthy Pacific grandparents: a participatory action research project exploring ageing well among Pacific people in New Zealand

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Hearing loss among Pacific peoples

scientific article published in September 2012

Intergenerational, integrative and intellectual Pacific properties and pathways for life (IPforLife): a study protocol

scholarly article

Monitoring and accountability for the Pacific response to the non-communicable diseases crisis

scientific article

Obesity Prevention in Pacific Adolescents: Is there a role for the church? ⬇️

2010 doctoral thesis by Ofanaite Dewes at University of Auckland

Preoperative bariatric surgery programme barriers facing Pacific patients in Auckland, New Zealand as perceived by health sector professionals: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 02 November 2019

Randomised controlled trial of informal team sports for cardiorespiratory fitness and health benefit in Pacific adults.

scientific article published in December 2011

Re: "Widespread prevalence of a CREBRF variant among Māori and Pacific children is associated with weight and height in early childhood"

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Research with Pacific church communities: overdone or under-committed?

scientific article published in December 2015

Responding to cellulitis in Pacific communities.

scientific article published in December 2013

Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention

scientific article

Screen-Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Screen-time weight-loss intervention targeting children at home (SWITCH): a randomized controlled trial study protocol

scientific article

Social connectedness: what matters to older people? ⬇️

scholarly article

TAPINGA ‘A MAAMA*: PACIFIC LIFE AND DEATH IN ADVANCED AGE

scholarly article

The Māori and Pacific specific CREBRF variant and adult height

scientific article published on 22 September 2019

The association between church attendance and obesity-related lifestyle behaviours among New Zealand adolescents from different Pacific Island ethnic groups.

scientific article

List of works by Ofa Dewes

'People haven't got that close connection': meanings of loneliness and social isolation to culturally diverse older people

Befriending Services for Culturally Diverse Older People

Body image, weight loss and muscle building among Tongan adolescents in Tonga and New Zealand

Discordant association of the CREBRF rs373863828 A allele with increased BMI and protection from type 2 diabetes in Māori and Pacific (Polynesian) people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Estimated prevalence of hearing loss and provision of hearing services in Pacific Island nations

Evaluation of the Living 4 Life project: a youth-led, school-based obesity prevention study

Factors associated with preoperative attrition in bariatric surgery: a protocol for a systematic review

Feasibility of an after-school group-based exercise and lifestyle programme to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and health in less-active Pacific and Maori adolescents.

Genomic medicine must reduce, not compound, health inequities: the case for hauora-enhancing genomic resources for New Zealand

Healthy Pacific grandparents: a participatory action research project exploring ageing well among Pacific people in New Zealand

Hearing loss among Pacific peoples

Intergenerational, integrative and intellectual Pacific properties and pathways for life (IPforLife): a study protocol

Monitoring and accountability for the Pacific response to the non-communicable diseases crisis

Obesity Prevention in Pacific Adolescents: Is there a role for the church? ⬇️

Preoperative bariatric surgery programme barriers facing Pacific patients in Auckland, New Zealand as perceived by health sector professionals: a qualitative study

Randomised controlled trial of informal team sports for cardiorespiratory fitness and health benefit in Pacific adults.

Re: "Widespread prevalence of a CREBRF variant among Māori and Pacific children is associated with weight and height in early childhood"

Research with Pacific church communities: overdone or under-committed?

Responding to cellulitis in Pacific communities.

Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention

Screen-Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): a randomized controlled trial

Screen-time weight-loss intervention targeting children at home (SWITCH): a randomized controlled trial study protocol

Social connectedness: what matters to older people? ⬇️

TAPINGA ‘A MAAMA*: PACIFIC LIFE AND DEATH IN ADVANCED AGE

The Māori and Pacific specific CREBRF variant and adult height

The association between church attendance and obesity-related lifestyle behaviours among New Zealand adolescents from different Pacific Island ethnic groups.