Evaluation of the Bowel Screening Pilot Last Publication Date: 04 Sep 2012 The Ministry of Health has contracted Litmus and Sapere Research Group to undertake an evaluation of the four-year Bowel Screening Pilot, which began in the Waitemata…
Personalised Medicine in New Zealand – think piece Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2012 This think piece provides a high-level overview of Personalised Medicine and its potential impact on future healthcare. In the near future, improving understanding of the genomic basis…
Update of evidence for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in asymptomatic men Last Publication Date: 31 Aug 2012 An evidence-based summary of current New Zealand and overseas evidence to inform best practice in the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in asymptomatic men.
Emergency department self-harm presentations clinical audit tool Last Publication Date: 30 Aug 2012 This tool has been developed to facilitate audit of emergency department care of people presenting with self-harm according to best practice.It focuses on four areas identified…
Health Expenditure Trends in New Zealand 2000–2010 Last Publication Date: 21 Aug 2012 Health Expenditure Trends in New Zealand 2000–2010, is the latest in a regular series prepared by the Ministry of Health. The main purpose of the series…
New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline: Supplementary evidence on supported employment services Last Publication Date: 18 Aug 2012 The New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline (the ASD Guideline) was published in April 2008. As part of their commitment to the implementation of the guideline,…
Suicide Facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations 2010 Last Publication Date: 15 Aug 2012 The publication focuses on deaths and hospitalisations in 2010 and also contains time-trend analyses of suicide deaths from 1948 and intentional self-harm hospitalisations from 1996.
Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Preliminary Results from the New Zealand Health Survey Teaching and Learning in Middle Schooling: A Review of the Literature Last Publication Date: 07 Aug 2012 This report presents preliminary findings on gambling in New Zealand based on nine months of data collection from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) (July 2011…
Whāia Te Ao Mārama: The Māori Disability Action Plan for Disability Support Services 2012 to 2017 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2012 The aim of Whāia Te Ao Mārama: Māori Disability Action Plan 2012 to 2017 is to establish priority areas of action to enable Māori disabled to…
Problem-solving therapy (PST) for people who present to hospital with self-harm - Technology note Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2012 The aim of this technology note is to provide information to the National Health Committee (NHC) about making PST available to all New Zealanders who present…
