Review of Selected Papers Examining Alcohol Advertising Last Publication Date: 11 May 2007 Nine studies were provided by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the steering group set up to review the regulation of alcohol advertising in New…
Report of the Steering Group for the Review of the Regulation of Alcohol Advertising Last Publication Date: 10 May 2007 In May 2006, the Government initiated a review of the current self-regulatory framework for alcohol advertising in New Zealand, acting on a recommendation from the Health…
Patterns of Antidepressant Drug Prescribing and Intentional Self-harm Outcomes in New Zealand: An ecological study Last Publication Date: 02 May 2007 This Bulletin presents the findings of an observational pharmacoepidemiological study that has been undertaken by PHI to investigate whether a relationship can be observed between antidepressant…
Review of the Evidence for Major Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions Last Publication Date: 02 May 2007 This review aimed to identify the most recent scientific evidence for the effectiveness of major population-level tobacco control interventions and to consider the findings and their…
Analysis of Submissions: Proposal to Classify BZP and Related Substances as Class C Controlled Drugs Last Publication Date: 05 Apr 2007 In November 2006 the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs (EACD) recommended to Hon Jim Anderton, Associate Minister of Health, that Benzylpiperazine (BZP) and all known analogues…
Whānau Ora Health Impact Assessment 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Apr 2007 The Whānau Ora Health Impact Assessment tool is a formal approach used to predict the potential health effects of a policy on Māori and their whānau.…
Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening in New Zealand 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Apr 2007 Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening in New Zealand 2007 is the result of work carried out by the Antenatal Down Syndrome Screening Advisory Group. The Advisory Group…
The National Childhood Immunisation Coverage Survey 2005 Last Publication Date: 02 Apr 2007 The National Childhood Immunisation Survey 2005 involved interviewing the caregivers of 1563 children aged two to three years old throughout the country from January to March…
Census of Forensic Mental Health Services 2005 Last Publication Date: 02 Apr 2007 Forensic mental health services were first established in New Zealand as a response to the issues raised in the Mason Report, which presented the findings of…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: New opportunities for Health Impact Assessment in New Zealand public policy and planning Last Publication Date: 27 Mar 2007 The good health and wellbeing of the population is largely a product of the settings in which people live, work and play. This means that improving…