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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…

Second-hand smoke: Exposure, attitudes and behaviours: Monitoring trends 1999 to 2004 – preliminary findings

The detrimental health effects of smoking have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the mid eighties that major reviews concluded that passive smoking or…

The Burden of Death, Disease and Disability due to Alcohol in New Zealand

This study aimed to assess the health impacts of alcohol consumption in New Zealand in terms of the types of health conditions most affected, the numbers…

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…

Alcohol and Drugs in New Zealand an Asian Perspective: a Background Paper

While New Zealand’s Asian population has increased dramatically in the past decade, there has been very limited research into issues relating to their use (and misuse)…

Tobacco use among Year 10 and 12 students in New Zealand: a report on the Global Youth Tobacco Survey data

This report presents findings from the New Zealand Youth Lifestyle Study 2002 Survey (YLS). The purposes of the survey were to monitor smoking related behaviours and…

Alcohol Use and Tertiary Students in Aotearoa - New Zealand

This report looks at the limited number of New Zealand  tertiary student alcohol use studies that have been undertaken. This report covers four studies: two at Waikato University and…

Māori Providers: Primary Health Care delivered by doctors and nurses

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…

Family Doctors: Methodology and description of the activity of private GPs

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…