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Ageing New Zealand and Health and Disability Services 2001–2021

All countries will be faced with an increasing, and proportionately older, population with different health and disability issues over the next 10 to 20 years. Many…

Tracking the Obesity Epidemic

Obesity is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for a number of major diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke…

Impact of population ageing in New Zealand on the demand for health and disability support services, and workforce implications

The background paper Impact of Population Ageing on New Zealand on the Demand for Health and Disability Support Services, and Workforce Implications was completed by Justine…

Whanau Development Project: Final Evaluation Report

The Whanau Development Project piloted a devolved funding approach that involved the Ministry of Social Development providing funding and support for whanau, hapu, iwi and Maori…

Wellbeing, Employment, Independence : the Views of Sickness and Invalids' Benefit Clients

This working paper presents the findings and conclusions from a joint Ministry of Social Development and Victoria University of Wellington research project that sought to uncover…

The Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index: Insights for New Zealand

This working paper describes the Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index and recommends next steps for New Zealand to improve its social wellbeing reporting framework, with the…

Living with Disability in New Zealand

In 2001, Statistics New Zealand conducted two national disability surveys. The Household Disability Survey examined the day-to-day living arrangements and activity restrictions of 7256 adults and…

Disability Support Services in New Zealand: Service Provider, Workforce and Service User Surveys

The Disability Services Directorate undertook a project (the ‘Quality and Safety Project’) in 2003-2004 to identify quality and safety issues in the provision of disability support…

A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey

A Portrait of Health presents key findings of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. The report includes a detailed description of the survey methodology, as well…

A Comparison of Primary Health Care Provided by Rural and Non-Rural General Practices

The National Primary Medical Care Survey was undertaken to describe primary health care in New Zealand, including the characteristics of providers and their practices, the patients…