Works by Towers, Andy

Results: 28

A mixed-methods evaluation of an intervention for enhancing alcohol screening in adults aged 50+ attending primary health care.

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Journal of Primary Health Care, 2025, v. 17, n. 2, p. 167, doi. 10.1071/HC24061

By:

Towers, Andy;
Newcombe, David;
White, Gillian;
McMenamin, John;
Sheridan, Janie;
Rahman, Juma;
Moore, Alison

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Article

Nutrition risk prevalence and associated health and social risk factors in Māori and non‐Māori: Results from the New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Study.

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Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2022, v. 41, n. 1, p. 59, doi. 10.1111/ajag.12952

By:

Tkatch, Melaney T.;
Towers, Andy J.;
Keller, Heather H.;
Wham, Carol A.

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Article

Mobility, satisfaction with functional capacity and perceived quality of life (PQOL) in older persons with self-reported visual impairment: the pathway between ability to get around and PQOL.

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2015

By:

Yeung, Polly;
Towers, Andy;
La Grow, Steven;
Philipp, Michael;
Alpass, Fiona;
Stephens, Christine

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Journal Article

An exploratory study examining the relationships between the personal, environmental and activity participation variables and quality of life among young adults with disabilities.

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2014

By:

Yeung, Polly;
Towers, Andy

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Journal Article

The Relationship between Loneliness and Perceived Quality of Life among Older Persons with Visual Impairments.

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Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015, v. 109, n. 6, p. 487, doi. 10.1177/0145482X1510900606

By:

La Grow, Steven J.;
Towers, Andy;
Yeung, Polly;
Alpass, Fiona;
Stephens, Christine

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Article

Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing.

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Population Health Metrics, 2023, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12963-023-00308-8

By:

Kowal, Paul;
Corso, Barbara;
Anindya, Kanya;
Andrade, Flavia C. D.;
Giang, Thanh Long;
Guitierrez, Maria Teresa Calzada;
Pothisiri, Wiraporn;
Quashie, Nekehia T.;
Reina, Herney Alonso Rengifo;
Rosenberg, Megumi;
Towers, Andy;
Vicerra, Paolo Miguel Manalang;
Minicuci, Nadia;
Ng, Nawi;
Byles, Julie

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Article

Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders: A Comparison of the AUDIT-C and the CARET.

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Journal of Aging & Health, 2019, v. 31, n. 10, p. 1770, doi. 10.1177/0898264318794108

By:

Towers, Andy;
Szabó, Ágnes;
Newcombe, David A. L.;
Sheridan, Janie;
Moore, Allison A.;
Hyde, Martin;
Britton, Annie;
Martinez, Priscilla;
Minicuci, Nadia;
Kowal, Paul;
Clausen, Thomas;
Savage, Christine L.

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Article

The Impact of Mobility on Quality of Life Among Older Persons.

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2013

By:

La Grow, Steve;
Yeung, Polly;
Towers, Andy;
Alpass, Fiona;
Stephens, Christine

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Journal Article

The Effects of Types of Social Networks, Perceived Social Support, and Loneliness on the Health of Older People: Accounting for the Social Context.

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2011

By:

Stephens, Christine;
Alpass, Fiona;
Towers, Andy;
Stevenson, Brendan

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Journal Article

Ten-Year Trajectories of Alcohol Consumption in Older Adult New Zealanders.

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Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 2021, v. 76, n. 3, p. 496, doi. 10.1093/geronb/gbz143

By:

Szabó, Ágnes;
Towers, Andy;
Sheridan, Janie;
Newcombe, David

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Article

The "Health Benefits" of Moderate Drinking in Older Adults may be Better Explained by Socioeconomic Status.

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Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 2018, v. 73, n. 4, p. 649, doi. 10.1093/geronb/gbw152

By:

Towers, Andy;
Philipp, Michael;
Dulin, Patrick;
Allen, Joanne

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Article

The Influence of Ethnicity and Gender on Caregiver Health in Older New Zealanders.

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2013

By:

Alpass, Fiona;
Pond, Rachael;
Stephens, Christine;
Stevenson, Brendan;
Keeling, Sally;
Towers, Andy

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Journal Article

The health, work, and retirement study: representing experiences of later life in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2023, v. 53, n. 4, p. 532, doi. 10.1080/03036758.2022.2099911

By:

Allen, Joanne;
Alpass, Fiona M.;
Towers, Andy;
Stevenson, Brendan;
Szabó, Ágnes;
Breheny, Mary;
Stephens, Christine

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Article

Assessing Potential Barriers to Exercise Adoption in Middle-Aged Men: Over-Stressed, Under-Controlled, or Just Too Unwell?

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International Journal of Men's Health, 2005, v. 4, n. 1, p. 13, doi. 10.3149/jmh.0401.13

By:

Towers, Andy J.;
Flett, Ross A.;
Seebeck, Renée F.

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Article

Malnutrition Risk: Four Year Outcomes from the Health, Work and Retirement Study 2014 to 2018.

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Nutrients, 2022, v. 14, n. 11, p. 2205, doi. 10.3390/nu14112205

By:

Wham, Carol;
Curnow, Jade;
Towers, Andy

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Article

Older New Zealanders: addressing an emerging population of hazardous drinkers.

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2019

By:

Towers, Andy;
McMenamin, John;
Newcombe, David;
Sheridan, Janie;
White, Gillian

Publication type:

Editorial

Independence, Well-being, and Social Participation in an Aging Population.

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007, v. 1114, p. 241, doi. 10.1196/annals.1396.009

By:

ALPASS, FIONA;
TOWERS, ANDY;
STEPHENS, CHRISTINE;
FITZGERALD, ELJON;
STEVENSON, BRENDAN;
DAVEY, JUDITH

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Article

The Whakapiri framework in higher education: nurturing relational teaching.

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AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 2025, v. 21, n. 1, p. 122, doi. 10.1177/11771801241310557

By:

Moriarty, Hoani;
Severinsen, Christina;
Rowe, Luke;
Towers, Andy

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Article

Driving anxiety and fear in young older adults in New Zealand.

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Age & Ageing, 2011, v. 40, n. 1, p. 62, doi. 10.1093/ageing/afq154

By:

Taylor, Joanne E.;
Alpass, Fiona;
Stephens, Christine;
Towers, Andy

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Article

One slope does not fit all: longitudinal trajectories of quality of life in older adulthood.

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Quality of Life Research, 2021, v. 30, n. 8, p. 2161, doi. 10.1007/s11136-021-02827-z

By:

Szabó, Ágnes;
Hyde, Martin;
Towers, Andy

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Article

Quality of life in indigenous and non-indigenous older adults: assessing the CASP-12 factor structure and identifying a brief CASP-3.

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Quality of Life Research, 2015, v. 24, n. 1, p. 193, doi. 10.1007/s11136-014-0756-y

By:

Towers, Andy;
Yeung, Polly;
Stevenson, Brendan;
Stephens, Christine;
Alpass, Fiona

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Article

Work-related quality of life for support workers and the Pay Equity Settlement Act 2017.

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Kaitiaki Nursing Research, 2023, v. 14, n. 1, p. 5

By:

Barry, Christine;
Severinsen, Christina;
Towers, Andy

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Article

WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE COMPLIANCE WITH HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICE STANDARDS FOR AGED RESIDENTIAL CARE IN NEW ZEALAND?

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Kaitiaki Nursing Research, 2019, v. 10, n. 1, p. 47

By:

Weststrate, Jan;
Cummings, Cathy;
Boamponsem, Louis;
Towers, Andy

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Article

Economic Hardship Among Older People in New Zealand: The Effects of Low Living Standards on Social Support, Loneliness, and Mental Health.

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New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 2010, v. 39, n. 2, p. 49

By:

Stephens, Christine;
Alpass, Fiona;
Towers, Andy

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Article

Researching moral distress among New Zealand nurses: A national survey.

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2015

By:

Woods, Martin;
Rodgers, Vivien;
Towers, Andy;
La Grow, Steven

Publication type:

Journal Article

What Makes for the Most Intense Regrets? Comparing the Effects of Several Theoretical Predictors of Regret Intensity.

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Frontiers in Psychology, 2016, v. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01941

By:

Towers, Andy;
Williams, Matt N.;
Hill, Stephen R.;
Philipp, Michael C.;
Flett, Ross

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Article

Prevalence of key care indicators of pressure injuries, incontinence, malnutrition, and falls among older adults living in nursing homes in New Zealand.

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Research in Nursing & Health, 2017, v. 40, n. 6, p. 555, doi. 10.1002/nur.21835

By:

Carryer, Jenny;
Weststrate, Jan;
Yeung, Polly;
Rodgers, Vivien;
Towers, Andy;
Jones, Mark

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Article

Characteristics of Atypical Sleep Durations Among Older Compared to Younger Adults: Evidence from the New Zealand Health Survey.

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Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2023, v. 78, n. 10, p. 1908, doi. 10.1093/gerona/glad042

By:

Gibson, Rosemary;
Akter, Tasnima;
Jones, Courtney;
Towers, Andy

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Article