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Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture

The Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture: key characteristics of their development and implementation in New Zealand project sought to update the knowledge base on injury…

Research into knowledge and attitudes to illegal drugs: A study among the general public and people with experience of illegal drug use

This research sought to understand how New Zealanders viewed illegal drugs, the reasons why people used drugs, the risks and harms associated with their use and…

Recommendations to Improve Quality and the Measurement of Quality in New Zealand Emergency Departments

This report contains 14 recommendations to the Minister of Health, from the Working Group for Achieving Quality in Emergency Departments.This Working Group was established in 2008,…

The changing face of Fruit in Schools

Healthy Futures is the evaluation of the Ministry of Health’s Fruit in Schools (FiS) initiative. This evaluation was conducted by the New Zealand Council for Educational…

Nursing Services in New Zealand Secondary Schools: A Summary

Health services, often nursing, have always had a presence in schools although these services have often been sporadic. Little is known about the roles, responsibilities and…

Nursing Developments in Primary Health Care 2001–2007: A Summary

This report summarises the findings of the report on development of primary health care nursing in New Zealand, Nursing Developments in Primary Health Care 2001–2007. The…

National Health Emergency Plan: Guidance on community-based assessment centres and other support services

Community-based assessment centres (CBACs) are one of the services planned for responding to a national health emergency, especially where there are large numbers of people involved.This…

National Health Emergency Plan

The National Health Emergency Plan:outlines the structure of emergency management in New Zealand and how the health and disability sector fits within it, and provides a…

Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in NZ - Implementation 2004-2007

The aim of this project was to provide a broader lens through which the costs and benefits of gambling can be analysed, and the societal-level impacts…

Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A background paper

This background paper supports three of the key priorities of the New Zealand Health Strategy (Minister of Health, 2000) – namely, to:improve nutritionincrease physical activityreduce obesity.Food…