Rhiannon Newcombe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6607494 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhiannon Newcombe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhiannon |
| FAMILY NAME | Newcombe |
| SIGNATURE | NEWCOMBE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From the street corner to call centre
Between 2009 and 2016, New Zealand Police experienced a disproportionate increase in lower-priority mental health-related calls. This exploratory study uses content analysis to identify characteristics of these calls, including reasons for calling police, advice and actions undertaken by communications centres staff, and actions undertaken by frontline officers. Four important findings emerge. First, there has been a significant increase in the p…
A disproportional increase in lower priority mental health-related calls to New Zealand Police between 2009 and 2016
Internationally police agencies reported steady increases in mental health-related demand for service. This increase in demand has significant implications on the resourcing and training needs of both frontline and call centre staff. Mental disorders comprise a broad range of psychological conditions and therefore are difficult to define concisely. In police’s operational environment, frontline and contact centre staff are often required to make …
Achieving the tobacco endgame
This study provides evidence that robust tobacco control strategies that result in substantial declines in smoking prevalence are not accompanied by the hypothesised increase in 'hardcore' or 'hardened' smokers who are more addicted and less motivated and able to quit. The findings suggest that there is no need for substantial change in approach to achieve New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal on the grounds that the smoker population is becoming inc…
Smokers' behavioural responses before and after the 2012 tobacco excise increase
The New Zealand tobacco tax has been increased annually since 2010, and this paper determines the short‐term impacts of the 2012 tax increase. We analysed two separate sets of telephone surveys of current smokers and recent quitters conducted over a six‐month period (three months before and three months after the tax increase), and compared the level of behaviour change before and after the tax increase. We found that the 14.5% increase in tobacc…
The times are changing’
Politicians may have a stronger mandate to implement endgame policies than they appreciate. Participants' use of industry arguments when asserting their freedom to 'choose' to smoke and quit suggests a need for denormalisation strategies that challenge industry propaganda, demonstrate how endgame measures would empower smokers and re-iterate the community benefits a smoke-free society will deliver
Training Mothers in Elaborative Reminiscing Enhances Children’s Autobiographical Memory and Narrative
This longitudinal intervention assessed children’s memory at 2-1/2 years (short-term posttest; N= 115) and their memory and narrative at 3-1/2 years (long-term posttest; N= 100) as a function of maternal training in elaborative reminiscing when children were 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 years. At both posttests, trained mothers were more elaborative in their reminiscing than untrained mothers. At the long-term posttest, trained mothers were also more repetitiv…
Bullying Victimization Uniquely Contributes to Adjustment Problems in Young Children
OBJECTIVE. It has been shown that bullying victimization is associated with behavior and school adjustment problems, but it remains unclear whether the experience of bullying uniquely contributes to those problems after taking into account preexisting adjustment problems. METHODS. We examined bullying in the Environmental Risk Study, a nationally representative 1994–1995 birth cohort of 2232 children. We identified children who experienced bullyi…
A disproportional increase in lower priority mental health-related calls to New Zealand Police between 2009 and 2016
Internationally police agencies reported steady increases in mental health-related demand for service. This increase in demand has significant implications on the resourcing and training needs of both frontline and call centre staff. Mental disorders comprise a broad range of psychological conditions and therefore are difficult to define concisely. In police’s operational environment, frontline and contact centre staff are often required to make …
Bullying Victimization Uniquely Contributes to Adjustment Problems in Young Children
OBJECTIVE. It has been shown that bullying victimization is associated with behavior and school adjustment problems, but it remains unclear whether the experience of bullying uniquely contributes to those problems after taking into account preexisting adjustment problems. METHODS. We examined bullying in the Environmental Risk Study, a nationally representative 1994–1995 birth cohort of 2232 children. We identified children who experienced bullyi…
Training Mothers in Elaborative Reminiscing Enhances Children’s Autobiographical Memory and Narrative
This longitudinal intervention assessed children’s memory at 2-1/2 years (short-term posttest; N= 115) and their memory and narrative at 3-1/2 years (long-term posttest; N= 100) as a function of maternal training in elaborative reminiscing when children were 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 years. At both posttests, trained mothers were more elaborative in their reminiscing than untrained mothers. At the long-term posttest, trained mothers were also more repetitiv…
The times are changing’
Politicians may have a stronger mandate to implement endgame policies than they appreciate. Participants' use of industry arguments when asserting their freedom to 'choose' to smoke and quit suggests a need for denormalisation strategies that challenge industry propaganda, demonstrate how endgame measures would empower smokers and re-iterate the community benefits a smoke-free society will deliver
Smokers' behavioural responses before and after the 2012 tobacco excise increase
The New Zealand tobacco tax has been increased annually since 2010, and this paper determines the short‐term impacts of the 2012 tax increase. We analysed two separate sets of telephone surveys of current smokers and recent quitters conducted over a six‐month period (three months before and three months after the tax increase), and compared the level of behaviour change before and after the tax increase. We found that the 14.5% increase in tobacc…
Achieving the tobacco endgame
This study provides evidence that robust tobacco control strategies that result in substantial declines in smoking prevalence are not accompanied by the hypothesised increase in 'hardcore' or 'hardened' smokers who are more addicted and less motivated and able to quit. The findings suggest that there is no need for substantial change in approach to achieve New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal on the grounds that the smoker population is becoming inc…
A disproportional increase in lower priority mental health-related calls to New Zealand Police between 2009 and 2016
Internationally police agencies reported steady increases in mental health-related demand for service. This increase in demand has significant implications on the resourcing and training needs of both frontline and call centre staff. Mental disorders comprise a broad range of psychological conditions and therefore are difficult to define concisely. In police’s operational environment, frontline and contact centre staff are often required to make …
From the street corner to call centre
Between 2009 and 2016, New Zealand Police experienced a disproportionate increase in lower-priority mental health-related calls. This exploratory study uses content analysis to identify characteristics of these calls, including reasons for calling police, advice and actions undertaken by communications centres staff, and actions undertaken by frontline officers. Four important findings emerge. First, there has been a significant increase in the p…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (3 works) · Smoking cessation (3 works) · Tobacco control (3 works)