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Problem Gambling Screening and Assessment Project - Implementation 2004-2007

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…

Evaluation of the Home Based Support Service (HBSS) Training Initiative

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

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

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,…

Measuring Health States: The World Health Organization Long Form Health Survey

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…

Review of Neonatal BCG Immunisation Services in New Zealand

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…

Medicines New Zealand

Until now, there has been no overarching policy direction aligning the medicines sector and the systems that govern the regulation, procurement, management and use of medicines.…

Te Raukura: Mental Health and Alcohol and other Drugs: Improving outcomes for children and youth

Te Raukura: Mental health and alcohol and other drugs: Improving outcomes for children and youth draws together the key issues and priorities that have been identified…

Suicide Facts: 2005–2006 data

This report, part of a series of monitoring reports released annually, presents and summarises the latest suicide and intentional self-harm hospitalisation data available.

A research study of Young Carers: The development of a recording tool for agencies to identify young carers

This report by Michael Gaffney of the Children’s Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, in association with Carers New Zealand was commissioned and funded by the…