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A Study for Community Level Harm from Gambling

This project aims to identify the impact of gambling on communities as a whole, how to measure the impact of gambling on community well-being or how…

How Should We Care for the Carers, Now and Into the Future? Manaaki tangata

New Zealand's health and disability system is facing several pressures, including an ageing population and the increasing prevalence of long-term conditions. These trends are likely to…

Assessment of Public Health Risk from the Remediation of the former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site, Mapua, Nelson

This report contains the results of the investigation into possible public health effects resulting from the Mapua contaminated site remediation.The report was written by the Nelson…

Parent Information Project Report

One of the projects resulting from the Well Child Review was the Parent Information Project. This project aimed to determine the best way to provide Well…

Ala Mo'ui: Pathways to Pacific Health and Wellbeing 2010-2014

Ala Mo'ui sets out the priority outcomes and actions for the next five years that will contribute towards achieving better health outcomes for Pacific people, families…

How to increase the delivery of effective smoking cessation treatments in primary care settings

This report summarises the evidence on the delivery of effective smoking cessation. It focuses on the ABC approach to smoking cessation which brings with it a…

Rural Health: Challenges of Distance, Opportunities for Innovation

New Zealand rural communities are diverse with small populations spread over large geographic areas. In its report, the National Health Committee identifies a variety of factors…

Kōrero Mārama: Health Literacy and Māori Results from the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey

The report describes the health literacy skills of Māori compared to non-Māori. Data in the report are sourced from the 2006 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey…

Seclusion under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

The use of seclusion in mental health services is provided for in section 71 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (the Act).…

Cancer Projections: Incidence 2004-08 to 2014-18

This report updates the cancer incidence projections produced by the Ministry of Health since 2002. Overall, the risk of cancer is expected to stabilise or even…