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Prevalence of Opportunistic Prostate Cancer Screening in New Zealand

This paper quantifies the prevalence of opportunistic prostate cancer screening in New Zealand in 2008.

Children’s contact with MSD services

This factsheet examines the contact young people born in 1993 had with Ministry of Social Development (MSD) benefit, care and protection and youth justice services in…

Mental Health: Service use in New Zealand, 2007/08

The publication presents data extracted from the Mental Health Information National Collection, and covers the year ended 30 June 2008. This publication will be available in…

Implementing the Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand: 2010/11

This publication outlines the activities that delivered on behalf of the Ministry of Health during the 2010/11 financial year to implement the:Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management…

Alcohol and Pregnancy: A practical guide for health professionals

The purpose of this resource is to prompt and support primary care health professionals to:  ask women who are planning a pregnancy or are pregnant if…

Youth Issues Survey report from Waikato Rangatahi (2010)

Young people taking part in a Māori Youth Summit in Hamilton in September 2010 were invited to respond to a set of questions about what’s important…

Evaluating Health Impact Assessments in New Zealand

Are Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) worthwhile? Answering this question involves evaluating HIAs, and the purpose of this paper is to provide guidance on the evaluation of…

Unequal Impact II: Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Statistics by Deprivation and Rural-Urban Status 2002-2006

Unequal Impact II: Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Statistics by Deprivation and Rural-Urban Status 2002-2006 provides specific information about the unequal distribution of cancer outcomes for Māori…

Practice nurse cost benefit analysis: report to the Ministry of Health

This study uses the results of a literature review and data from nine New Zealand primary care practices, including general practitioner (GP) and nurse diaries recording…

Saving Lives: Amenable mortality in New Zealand, 1996-2006

The report re-examines the concept of amenable mortality (deaths potentially avoidable through health care) as a health system performance measure.Trends in amenable mortality over the past…