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Embodying Social Rank: How body fat varies with social status, gender and ethnicity in New Zealand

Obesity is widely recognised to be a major public health concern, and inequalities in body fat distribution are of great current interest. This bulletin uses data…

Food and Nutrition Monitoring Report 2006

Relevant, reliable and timely food and nutrition monitoring data are essential for the development and monitoring of effective food and nutrition-related policies, programmes and services. This…

The Work of Doctors in Accident and Medical Clinics

The National Primary Medical Care Survey (NatMedCa) was undertaken to describe primary health care in New Zealand, including the characteristics of providers and their practices, the…

Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey

Te Rau Hinengaro literally translates as ‘the many minds’ and is a reference to how the mind may be thought of as having many different states…

A comparison of selected findings from the 1996/97 and 2002/03 New Zealand Health Surveys

This report provides information on changes in the prevalence of selected risk and protective factors, diabetes, use of health services and self-reported health status over the…

Problem Gambling Intervention Services in New Zealand: 2005 Service-user statistics

Problem Gambling Intervention Services in New Zealand: 2005 Service-user statistics presents national problem gambling services statistics for the 2005 calendar year. Gambling-related harm is a social…

Reducing exposure to second-hand smoke

This report outlines changes associated with the implementation of the amended Smoke-free Environments Act 1990: 2003-2006.

Cancer Patient Survival Covering the Period 1994 to 2003

This new publication is an analysis of cancer registration data and mortality data over a five-year period. Its purpose is to give a measure of the…

Review of the Ministry of Health Hauora Māori Scholarship Programme

The overall aim of the report is to review the Ministry of Health Hauora Māori Scholarship Programme(HMSP). The report examines its contribution to developing the capability…

Good Oral Health for All for Life

The vision is for an environment that promotes oral health, whether through fluoridated water, a healthy diet, or publicly funded services staffed by a multidisciplinary workforce…