Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Quality Improvement Plan Last Publication Date: 02 Feb 2008 The Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) establishes a nationally consistent framework for continuous quality improvement of clinical services for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.…
Early Childhood Oral Health Last Publication Date: 02 Feb 2008 The key objective of this early childhood oral health toolkit is to suggest a strategy to improve early childhood oral health by identifying children at greatest…
Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey: Brief Instruments Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2008 The fourth aim of Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey was to provide baseline data and calibrate brief instruments measuring mental disorders and…
Evaluation of the First Nine Months of the National Depression Initiative Public Health Campaign Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2008 This is a limited evaluation of the first 9 months of the National Depression Initiative (NDI) Public Health Campaign, up to the end of June, 2007. The…
Problem Gambling Screening and Assessment Project - Implementation 2004-2007 Last Publication Date: 09 Jan 2008 AUT was contracted by the Ministry of Health in November 2004 to: review problem gambling screening and assessment instruments currently used in New Zealand and internationally recommend a…
Evaluation of the Home Based Support Service (HBSS) Training Initiative Last Publication Date: 02 Jan 2008 This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the Home Based Support Services Training Initiative which set up and tested an assessment and training…
Formalised Informality: an action plan to spread proven health innovations Last Publication Date: 02 Jan 2008 The report, Formalised Informality: An action plan to spread proven health innovations, was prepared for the Ministry of Health by Dr Jonathan Lomas. Dr Lomas was the…
Research into Problem Gambling Approaches - Implementation 2004-2007 Last Publication Date: 07 Dec 2007 To develop an evidence base that supports the primary prevention goals of the problem gambling strategic plan 2004-2010, by identifying and recommending a set of effective,…
Review of Neonatal BCG Immunisation Services in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2007 Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant problem worldwide. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunisation is used in many countries as part of their TB control programme. The efficacy of…
Measuring Health States: The World Health Organization Long Form Health Survey Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2007 Monitoring the self-reported health status of populations is an important input to health policy. Instruments commonly used to measure health status such as the SF-36 and…