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The New Zealand Health Survey: Objectives and topic areas August 2010

The New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) is an important data collection tool for monitoring the health of the population. The information collected is an important source…

Mental Health and Addiction Action Plan 2010

The Action Plan describes a work programme of Ministry-led activities in four key areas through to November 2011 to advance the Government's priorities for mental health…

Cancer Trends: Trends in Cancer Incidence by Ethnic and Socioeconomic Group, New Zealand 1981–2004

This report presents trends in ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of 28 cancers over a quarter of a century (1981–2004). It is the first…

Face the Facts - campaign evaluation 2010

Face the Facts was launched in April 2009 to present some hard-hitting facts about tobacco consumption in New Zealand. This report outlines results from a survey…

Faiva Ora National Pasifika Disability Plan 2010-2013

The Faiva Ora National Pasifika Disability Plan sets out Government priority focus areas for Pacific disability in the next three years.The report looks at improving the…

Prevalence of Opportunistic Prostate Cancer Screening in New Zealand

This paper quantifies the prevalence of opportunistic prostate cancer screening in New Zealand in 2008.

Parental influence on children's smoking: In Fact

In the Health Sponsorship Council’s (HSC’s) 2008 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS), respondents were asked a series of questions to assess their perceptions of parental influence…

What encourages people to smoke? In Fact

It is important to know what encourages people to smoke so that efforts can be made to reduce exposure to things that encourage smoking. In the…

Mental Health: Service use in New Zealand, 2007/08

The publication presents data extracted from the Mental Health Information National Collection, and covers the year ended 30 June 2008. This publication will be available in…

Implementing the Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand: 2010/11

This publication outlines the activities that delivered on behalf of the Ministry of Health during the 2010/11 financial year to implement the:Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management…