Mark H Vickers
Biographic Data
| ID | 5460290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark H Vickers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark H |
| FAMILY NAME | Vickers |
| SIGNATURE | VICKERS M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4876-9356 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Evolution of a sustained health promotion programme exploring adolescent metabolic health in the Cook Islands
The non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in the Cook Islands is severe; 62% of adults 18–69 years live with 3–5 risk factors. Understanding NCD complexity and developing evidence-based actions to mitigate this burden is crucial. This article reports on the evolution of a sustained health promotion programme contributing to understanding adolescent metabolic health in Rarotonga. Ora’anga Tūmanava (established 2013) is a transdisciplinary initiati…
Understanding DOHaD Concepts Among New Zealand Adolescents
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) framework has highlighted the role of maternal and paternal health on disease risk in offspring and across generations. Although adolescence is increasingly recognised as a key DOHaD window where interventions may have the greatest impact in breaking the cycle of non-communicable diseases, data around the recognition of this concept in adolescents remain limited. Previous work by our group f…
Sustaining youth physical activity in times of challenge and change
Physical activity (PA) is recognized as essential for positive physical and mental well-being in young people. However, participation in PA is known to decline as adolescents emerge into adulthood under the influence of complex social and structural factors. Globally, COVID-19 restrictions resulted in changes to PA and PA participation levels in youth populations, providing a unique opportunity for gaining insight into PA barriers and enablers in…
Exploring the Retail Food Environment Surrounding Two Secondary Schools with Predominantly Pacific Populations in Tonga and New Zealand to Enable the Development of Mapping Methods Appropriate for Tes…
Rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are disproportionately high among people of Pacific ethnicity. Nutrition-related environmental exposures including food access and quality contribute to the matrix of factors impacting risk. Preventative interventions in adolescence and the opportunity to integrate health promotion into school-based learning are often overlooked. This study tested the potential of a low-cost method to map the retail food e…
GWAS SNPs Impact Shared Regulatory Pathways Amongst Multimorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Cognitive Functioning
Background: Epidemiological research has reported that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and unipolar depression (UD) are multimorbid conditions that are typically accompanied by cognitive advantages or deficits, suggesting that common biological mechanisms may underlie these phenotypes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)…
School-based primary NCD risk reduction
The rising global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has heightened awareness of the necessity for primary risk prevention programmes. These aim to facilitate long-term behaviour changes in children and adolescents that can reduce NCD risk factors and disease onset in later-life. School-based programmes designed to improve childhood and adolescent health behaviours and wellbeing contribute to this; however, design and impact assessment of …
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School-based primary NCD risk reduction
The rising global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has heightened awareness of the necessity for primary risk prevention programmes. These aim to facilitate long-term behaviour changes in children and adolescents that can reduce NCD risk factors and disease onset in later-life. School-based programmes designed to improve childhood and adolescent health behaviours and wellbeing contribute to this; however, design and impact assessment of …
GWAS SNPs Impact Shared Regulatory Pathways Amongst Multimorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Cognitive Functioning
Background: Epidemiological research has reported that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and unipolar depression (UD) are multimorbid conditions that are typically accompanied by cognitive advantages or deficits, suggesting that common biological mechanisms may underlie these phenotypes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)…
Exploring the Retail Food Environment Surrounding Two Secondary Schools with Predominantly Pacific Populations in Tonga and New Zealand to Enable the Development of Mapping Methods Appropriate for Tes…
Rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are disproportionately high among people of Pacific ethnicity. Nutrition-related environmental exposures including food access and quality contribute to the matrix of factors impacting risk. Preventative interventions in adolescence and the opportunity to integrate health promotion into school-based learning are often overlooked. This study tested the potential of a low-cost method to map the retail food e…
Sustaining youth physical activity in times of challenge and change
Physical activity (PA) is recognized as essential for positive physical and mental well-being in young people. However, participation in PA is known to decline as adolescents emerge into adulthood under the influence of complex social and structural factors. Globally, COVID-19 restrictions resulted in changes to PA and PA participation levels in youth populations, providing a unique opportunity for gaining insight into PA barriers and enablers in…
Understanding DOHaD Concepts Among New Zealand Adolescents
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) framework has highlighted the role of maternal and paternal health on disease risk in offspring and across generations. Although adolescence is increasingly recognised as a key DOHaD window where interventions may have the greatest impact in breaking the cycle of non-communicable diseases, data around the recognition of this concept in adolescents remain limited. Previous work by our group f…
Evolution of a sustained health promotion programme exploring adolescent metabolic health in the Cook Islands
The non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in the Cook Islands is severe; 62% of adults 18–69 years live with 3–5 risk factors. Understanding NCD complexity and developing evidence-based actions to mitigate this burden is crucial. This article reports on the evolution of a sustained health promotion programme contributing to understanding adolescent metabolic health in Rarotonga. Ora’anga Tūmanava (established 2013) is a transdisciplinary initiati…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)