Saving Lives: Amenable mortality in New Zealand, 1996-2006 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 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…
Changes to the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 This document sets out the changes that are being made to the 2002 Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework (the Framework) following a major review.The document describes the…
Supporting Evidence for Changes to the Content of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 In 2007 as part of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Review (the Review), the Ministry of Health developed this background paper setting out the evidence for…
National Alcohol Accords Stocktake Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2010 This report collates information from the initial Phase 1 draft report compiled by Barry MaDonald and Paul Tweed, Canterbury District Health Board - Community and Public…
Report on the consultation period for the proposal to expand the functions of PHARMAC Last Publication Date: 28 Jul 2010 This report from Dr David Sage, former Chief Medical Officer for Auckland District Health Board, to the Minister of Health provides the outcomes of a period…
Credentialling Framework for New Zealand Health Professionals Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 The Ministry of Health published the first national credentialling document in 2001. Its focus was on the credentialling of senior medical practitioners in secondary and tertiary…
Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.The NZ…
Nurse Prescribing in Diabetes Services: a discussion document Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 Submissions are invited on proposed changes to enable suitably qualified nurses working in diabetes services to prescribe a limited range of medicines for people with diabetes.…
What Works in Social Marketing to Young People? (2010) Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 A systematic review of current evidence of youth-specific social marketing interventions that imporved outcomes for young people. This review describes successful social marketing campaigns that have…
Public concern about tobacco: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 Background Towards the tobacco control sector’s vision of a tobacco free New Zealand/Tupeka Kore Aotearoa, it is important to understand the level of public concern about tobacco…