Dr. Dianne Wepa,

Honorary Visiting Researcher - FOHS

Research

My research topics include: the impact of digital technology on suicide prevention; the social impact on dementia; fathers' use of Kangaroo Care with new-born babies; Aboriginal peoples’ mental health discourse; midwifery students' resilience; effective viral hepatitis management strategies during COVID-19; Demystifying Case Management; evaluating Health Service Users’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Health Services in New Zealand Using Donabedian’s Model: A Mixed-method Case Study of Kurdish Immigrants; reconnecting for Maori in a post COVID-19 world; mobilising transformational practices of academic staff within and beyond the intermediate learning and teaching context.

Research projects

Research projects involving Dr. Dianne Wepa.

Role	Date	Title/description	Funder	Award
Primary Investigator	2021-11-01T00:00:00	This is a scoping study involving whanau, hapu and iwi from Ngati Kahungunu. Key leaders from the Maori community within Ngati Kahungunu are wanting to explore new ways of connecting with each other as protective factors for healthy outcomes. COVID-19 has shone a light on how staying connected does not always involve a physical space and place.		Primary Investigator
Co-Investigator	2021-10-04T00:00:00	The project will involve the development of a database of industry stakeholders who currently employ case managers in the NZ health workforce. Currently there is no regulatory or professional centralised body which represents those who work in case management roles. Industry providers will be identified through the extensive database searching needed for the scoping review. The database will help with the development of stakeholder consultation groups and could be used to identify potential research participants for future case management projects. A central repository for relevant information on case management in New Zealand will also be developed.		Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator	2021-09-01T00:00:00	To mobilise transformational practices of academic staff within and beyond the intermediate semester at Auckland University of Technology, NZ. We adopt Mezirow’s (2000) inclusive concept of transformational educational practices, enabling critical awareness of assumptions/expectations, meaning making and development of practices. Significance: This research complements projects in FHES: Healthy Futures (new degree architecture), Intermediate Semester and Canvas migration, focusing on what of curriculum. Curriculum changes provide us the opportunity to explore how transformative practices can be mobilised in and beyond the intermediate semester. This research contributes to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL), whereby outcomes can directly and immediately inform practices in the intermediate semester.		Co-Investigator
Co-author	2021-09-03T00:00:00	This review will consider studies that evaluate or measure any self-compassion education, education programs, or training workshops, seminars, and sessions targeted for parents, parent, mother, father, expectant parents, families, or families. This self-compassion included studies that provide an education program or training session by all health professionals or educators (health workers, social workers/counsellors, psychologists, nurses, midwives). Self-compassion education may be provided face-to-face, one-to-one, group work, webinar, digital or online programs, training, workshops, parental education classes or simulation, training workshops, seminars, sessions.

Research collaborators

Information about people or organisations that Dr. Dianne Wepa collaborates with.

Name	Company	Country	Type	Role	Theme	Description
	Northumbria University	GB	EXTERNAL	Co-supervisor PhD student	Mixed Methods Research	Examining the experience of student midwives and resilience.
	Auckland Institute of Technology	NZ	EXTERNAL	Co-supervisor PhD student	Mixed Methods Research	Evaluating Health Service Users’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Health Services in New Zealand: A Mixed-methods Study of Kurdish Immigrants
	University of South Australia	AU	EXTERNAL	Co-supervisor Masters student	Mixed Methods Research	Fathers who providing kangaroo care in NICU settings: an exploratory study
	University of South Australia	AU	EXTERNAL	Co-supervisor Masters student	Scoping review	Scoping review on evidence-based nursing practice on implementation of telehealth as a mode of health care delivery in managing with people living with hepatitis B and C in outpatient settings

Contract researchers

Information about contracted people or organisations that Dr. Dianne Wepa works with.

Name	Role	Project	Duration	Funding body
	Research Assistant	Co-development of a Digital Health Tool for Suicide Prevention	12 months