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Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A background paper

This background paper supports three of the key priorities of the New Zealand Health Strategy (Minister of Health, 2000) – namely, to:improve nutritionincrease physical activityreduce obesity.Food…

Mental Health: Service Use in New Zealand 2005

This publication is the fifth New Zealand Health Information Service mental health publication to present data from the Mental Health Information National Collection.Data for clients seen…

Development and Implementation of a National Funding and Service System for Hearing Aids: Stage One Interim Report

This report is the first stage of a wider project that aims to develop and implement a system that will provide the Ministry with a cost-effective…

Healthy Eating – Healthy Action, Oranga Kai – Oranga Pumau - Progress on Implementing the HEHA Strategy 2008

The Healthy Eating, Healthy Action: Oranga Kai – Oranga Pumau, Progress on implementing the HEHA strategy 2008 document will inform a wide range of audiences -…

Effectiveness of Intervention Services for Problem Gambling - Implementation 2004-2007

In March 2006 the Ministry contracted for services to provide a better understanding of the range of treatment approaches used in New Zealand, and whom they…

Māori and Informal Caregiving: A background paper prepared for the National Health Committee

This paper explores Māori informal caregiving in the context of whānau. Included in this paper is the definition of whānau, which is discussed in detail, and…

Health Targets: Moving towards healthier futures, 2007/08: The results (amended 17 Oct)

Summary from the Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernanI am pleased to present the results of the first year of Health Targets – 2007/08. When we launched…

Cardiac Surgery Services in New Zealand - Cardiac Surgery Service Development Working Group Report

This report aims to review:the current level of cardiac surgery provision in New Zealand compared to other countriesvariation in provision of cardiac surgery by region within…

Review of the Quality, Safety and Management of Maternity Services in the Wellington Area

This report fulfils the requirements of the Ministry of Health to conduct a review of the maternity services in the Wellington area. The scope of the…

Systematic Review of Drowning Interventions and Risk Factors and an International Comparison of Water Safety Policies and Programs

Death by drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death in New Zealand. In 2005, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) launched the Drowning Prevention Strategy…