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Effect of asthma exacerbation during pregnancy in women with asthma: a population-based cohort study:

Kawsari Abdullah, Jingqin Zhu, Andrea Gershon, Sharon Dell, Teresa To

12 February, 2020

Respiratory Research Review Issue 176

Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction:

Augusto A. Litonjua, M.D., M.P.H., Vincent J. Carey, Ph.D., Nancy Laranjo, B.A., Benjamin J. Stubbs, B.A., Hooman Mirzakhani, M.D., Ph.D., George T. O’Connor, M.D., Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., Avraham Beigelman, M.D., Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D., Robert S. Zeiger, M.D., Ph.D., Michael Schatz, M.D., Bruce W. Hollis, Ph.D., et al.

6 February, 2020

NZ Respiratory Research Review Issue 176

Oral steroid-sparing effect of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids in asthma:

Ingrid Maijers, Nethmi Kearns, James Harper, Mark Weatherall, Richard Beasley

2 January, 2020

Respiratory Research Review Issue 176

Is Computed Tomography Airway Count Related to Asthma Severity and Airway Structure and Function?:

Rachel L. Eddy, Sarah Svenningsen, Miranda Kirby, Danielle Knipping, David G. McCormack, Christopher Licskai, Parameswaran Nair and Grace Parraga

30 December, 2019

Respiratory Research Review Issue 176

Urbanisation and asthma in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the urban-rural differences in asthma prevalence :

Rodriguez A, Brickley E, Rodrigues L, et al

5 July, 2019

Respiratory Research Review Issue 176

Peer education programme to improve outcomes in adolescent asthma and smoking prevention :

Shah, S.

6 November, 2015

Preventing smoking uptake and managing adolescent asthma relies on engaging communication and sharing stories. The Triple A programme seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of students by using a unique peer-led educational approach, whereby students become the drivers of both the teaching and learning processes.

Diet, obesity and asthma:

Wood, L.

6 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015

β-2 agonists: mind the gap:

Jurgens, K.

5 November, 2015

The first step in asthma treatment is prescription of Ventolin, a β-2 agonist. Access to this drug is currently by prescription only in New Zealand, but not in Australia and some other countries. Kirk examines both approaches in order to encourage serious contemplation of how we think about asthma and the medications we use to control it.

Stepping outside the comfort zone: new ways of engaging with Māori and delivering asthma messages:

Jones, B., Walters, L., Maiava, V., Nathan, M.

5 November, 2015

This Māori Engagement Project used a participatory action research (PAR) methodology within a kaupapa Māori research (KMR) framework. Māori nurses from three regions were chosen as asthma nurse champions to drive the research and develop innovations. Presented to Respiratory Conference New Zealand, November 2015

Stepping up for Māori: the Asthma Foundation Māori Engagement Strategy:

Ingham, T and Davies, C.

5 November, 2015

Presentation to Respiratory Conference New Zealand November 2015