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A Comparison of Māori and Non-Māori Patient Visits to Doctors

The report uses the data on visits by Māori and non-Māori patients at community-based general practices. Information was logged on 6,384 visits by Māori with a…

Towards Accessible, Effective and Resilient After Hours Primary Health Care Services

The After Hours Primary Health Care Working Party (the Working Party) made fifteen recommendations aimed at ensuring accessible and effective after hours primary health care services…

Public Health Depression Initiative: Benchmark Survey

This benchmark survey was undertaken to inform the scoping of a Public Health Depression Initiative. • Interviews were completed with 1301 persons aged 16 years and…

Making the everyday extraordinary: Evaluation of the Everyday Theatre Project

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 4-7. Everyday Theatre is part of the Child, Youth and Family social change and community engagement programme called Everyday Communities.…

Child sexual abusers: Tony Palairet offers some recommendations from practice

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 19-23. Working with boys who have behaved in a sexually aggressive manner with other children has offered me an opportunity…

The story so far: Peter Shaw, Kathy Fielding and Jessie Henderson outline the development of the On TRACC service

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 24-27. Since November 2003 the Transcultural Care Centre and Intersectoral Service for Children and Young People from Refugee Backgrounds and…

Meeting the challenge: Elements in Reducing and Managing Risk in Social Work Practice

Social Work now, Issue 31, pages 8-11.In a number of high-profile cases involving the death of a child, it has been revealed that social workers handling…

A kit of their own: the development and production of personal kits for children and young people in care

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 12-18. Personal resource kits were developed for children and young people in the custody and/or guardianship of the Chief Executive…

The Effectiveness of EarlyBird

These reports present both the final report for the evaluation of the outcomes of the EarlyBird Programme in New Zealand on behalf of the Ministry of…

National Mental Health Information Strategy

In September 2004 the Ministry of Health prepared a discussion document to review the availability, quality, role and use of information at all levels within the…