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Environmental Support Services Review

This report summarises the findings from the Review of Environmental Support Services funded by the Ministry of Health. It provides a summary of how the review…

Nurses and Their Work in Primary Health Care

One hundred and sixty seven nurses associated with medical practitioners in general practices and A&M clinics completed questionnaires on the different activities they undertook, and the…

Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Analysis of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey

Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Analysis of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey was prepared by Public Health Intelligence (PHI), the epidemiology group of the Ministry…

An Analysis of the Usefulness and Feasibility of a Population Indicator of Childhood Obesity

This paper provides an analysis of the usefulness and operational feasibility of an indicator to monitor both obesity in children and young people, and the effectiveness…

New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016

The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016 was launched in June 2006 to provide an all-ages approach to suicide prevention. It builds on the gains made…

Legal party pill use in New Zealand: Prevalence of use, availability, health harms and ‘gateway effects’ of benzylpiperazine (BZP) and trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP)

The principal aims of the 2006 National Household Survey of Legal Party Pill Use were to provide national population statistics on the prevalence and patterns of…

The Ministry of Health’s Hospital Throughput 2003/2004 Report

This report provides hospital discharges by age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic deprivation, admission, and discharge types. The report also includes data on the average length of stay,…

Cancer Among New Zealand Adolescents and Young People 1988–2002

Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity, disability and death for New Zealanders, and is a priority issue for the New Zealand health system. In 2003…

DHBNZ School Dental Service Review

Improving oral health is one of the 13 priority areas of the New Zealand Health Strategy. ‘Re-establishing a nationwide dental health system for children and adolescents’…

Training of the Medical Workforce 2006 and Beyond

In October 2004, the then Minister of Health, Hon Annette King established a Doctors in Training Workforce Roundtable to address issues relating to the:Clinical training of…