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A permanent non-kin placement project in action

Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 8-14 When the Gisborne Child, Youth and Family office focused on permanent placements, eight children were identified with complex case…

Working out family access issues for children in care in New Zealand

Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 4-7. The purpose of the access is at the very heart of access arrangements for children in care. It is…

Third generation parenting

Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 27-30 A vivid memory from my practitioner days is the anguish of an older Māori woman deciding whether to commit…

Adolescent boys: Can they ‘do’ fatherhood?

Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 15-19 This research combines a review of the international literature on adolescent fathers with New Zealand based research. It covers…

Reducing smoking initiation literature review

In early 2004 the HSC undertook some preliminary work on a literature review of youthfocused anti-tobacco interventions. This preliminary work identified a need for a more…

Te Tāhuhu: Improving Mental Health 2005–2015: The Second New Zealand Mental Health and Addiction Plan

Te Tāhuhu: Improving Mental Health outlines Government policy and priorities for mental health and addiction for the 10 years between 2005 and 2015, and provides an…

National Health Emergency Plan: Guiding Principles for Emergency Management Planning in the Health and Disability Sector

The Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 replaced the Civil Defence Act 1983.This has changed the emphasis in emergency planning in the health sector from ‘hospital-based…

Intensive Care Services in New Zealand

The report from the intensive care clinical advisory group to the Deputy Director-General, Clinical Services, makes recommendations on a framework for intensive care services in New…

Working Together

“Working Together” was written by the Kites Trust to advance the Ministry of Health’s knowledge of how to obtain and integrate input from mental health service…

Public Health Depression Initiative: A Review of Depression Campaigns - Lessons for New Zealand

The National Depression Initiative (NDI) is a national project to raise awareness of depression, to aid early recognition, appropriate treatment and recovery. It is part of…