University of Canterbury

Psychology & Psychiatry

Research links youth mental health and the environment

Global statistics on youth mental health make for sobering reading, with depression a leading cause of adolescent illness, and suicide estimated as the third most common cause of death among 15- to 19-year-olds. A recent ...

Health

New disease surveillance can inform public health responses

A team of researchers, including Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Dr. Leighton Watson and Professor Michael Plank, combined wastewater data with reported case numbers to create a statistical model ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

New study finds gaps in maternal immunization data sets

A study led by a University of Canterbury geospatial and population health expert has uncovered gaps in nationwide data that tracks maternal immunization rates. The study has been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

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