Ihirangi Heke
Biographic Data
| ID | 657987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ihirangi Heke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ihirangi |
| FAMILY NAME | Heke |
| SIGNATURE | HEKE I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9590-0164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Physical Activity Environment, Nature-Relatedness and Wellbeing
This study explored the relationship between the physical activity (PA) environment, nature affinity and wellbeing. An online survey was used incorporating the Nature-Relatedness Scale (NR-6), EQ-5D health questionnaire, WHO-5 wellbeing questionnaire and International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), with additional questions on PA environment and connection to place ( n = 179). Statistical analyses were conducted using gener…
Systems Thinking and indigenous systems
Much has been written about the impact of chronic conditions on post-colonial indigenous populations. Much less, however, has been written about indigenous knowledge and how it may help tackle poor health statistics among indigenous populations. This article describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both of which challenge the “person-centred” approach so prevalent in Western approache…
Exercise to Support Indigenous Pregnant Women to Stop Smoking
Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH)
The trial was registered in the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (no. ACTRN12611000164998 ); registration date: 10/02/2011
The biopolitics of Māori biomass
In this paper we consider what impact a biopolitics that creates a compliant self-governing weight-focused population has had on Māori health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We frame this discussion with three vignettes that in different ways demonstrate the deleterious effects of the individualisation of health on Māori. We argue that the current biopolitics is best explained as ‘the health of Maoris’ not ‘Māori Health’. To counter this current biopoli…
Screen-time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH)
ACTRN12611000164998
Enhancing Youth Development Through Sport
It is commonly believed that through sports, children and adolescents learn values and skills that will serve them well as they prepare for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, many youth sport programs are neither properly structured nor implemented in a manner that these life skills can be learned in sport and later transferred to other life domains. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of positive youth development, to desc…
Enhancing Youth Development Through Sport
It is commonly believed that through sports, children and adolescents learn values and skills that will serve them well as they prepare for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, many youth sport programs are neither properly structured nor implemented in a manner that these life skills can be learned in sport and later transferred to other life domains. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of positive youth development, to desc…
Enhancing Youth Development Through Sport
It is commonly believed that through sports, children and adolescents learn values and skills that will serve them well as they prepare for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, many youth sport programs are neither properly structured nor implemented in a manner that these life skills can be learned in sport and later transferred to other life domains. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of positive youth development, to desc…
Screen-time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH)
ACTRN12611000164998
The biopolitics of Māori biomass
In this paper we consider what impact a biopolitics that creates a compliant self-governing weight-focused population has had on Māori health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We frame this discussion with three vignettes that in different ways demonstrate the deleterious effects of the individualisation of health on Māori. We argue that the current biopolitics is best explained as ‘the health of Maoris’ not ‘Māori Health’. To counter this current biopoli…
Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH)
The trial was registered in the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (no. ACTRN12611000164998 ); registration date: 10/02/2011
Exercise to Support Indigenous Pregnant Women to Stop Smoking
Systems Thinking and indigenous systems
Much has been written about the impact of chronic conditions on post-colonial indigenous populations. Much less, however, has been written about indigenous knowledge and how it may help tackle poor health statistics among indigenous populations. This article describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both of which challenge the “person-centred” approach so prevalent in Western approache…
The Physical Activity Environment, Nature-Relatedness and Wellbeing
This study explored the relationship between the physical activity (PA) environment, nature affinity and wellbeing. An online survey was used incorporating the Nature-Relatedness Scale (NR-6), EQ-5D health questionnaire, WHO-5 wellbeing questionnaire and International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), with additional questions on PA environment and connection to place ( n = 179). Statistical analyses were conducted using gener…
Medicine (6 works) · Public health (4 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Intervention (counseling (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Biostatistics (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works)