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Review of Health Impact Assessments Conducted under the Ministry of Health Learning by Doing Fund

This paper was prepared in 2010 as a report of a review of those HIAs (including the WOHIAs) funded as part of the Learning by Doing…

The Development of a Natural Health Products Bill

In 2010, the Ministry of Health consulted on high-level proposals for a natural health products bill. The Summary of Submissions outlines public feedback on these proposals.

Better, Sooner, More Convenient health care in the community

This booklet looks at a new policy direction for health, introduced two years ago, which creates an environment where health professionals in the community are actively…

Sun bed users in New Zealand: In Fact

New Zealand currently has a voluntary standard for sunbed operators, incorporating recommendations such as ensuring all sunbeds are supervised and not allowing people under the age…

Acceptability of smoking in outdoor places where children go: In Fact

In 2010, around three in four (76%) people agreed that smoking should be banned in all outdoor places where children go, an increase from 2008. In…

Community Cancer Support Services Pilot Project Evaluation

In 2008, the Ministry of Health commissioned Health Outcomes International to evaluate three community cancer support pilots. The pilot projects aimed at reducing inequalities in cancer…

District Nursing Service Development in New Zealand

This report highlights the range of creative and responsive district nursing service delivery models. The report goes deeper into four case studies demonstrating how district nurses…

Rheumatic fever: a systematic review of the literature on health literacy, overcrowding and rheumatic fever

To assist the Ministry in the development of this programme the New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG) has been asked to undertake a systematic review in two…

District Nursing Services in New Zealand in 2010

This report identifies 65 separate district nursing services offering a wide range of home, clinic, and community based health care services usually seven days a week.…

ASD guideline supplementary paper: pharmacological interventions

This is a paper the provides supplementary evidence and recommendations to do with the pharmacological interventions: melatonin, aripiprazole and citalopram.The paper should be read as part…