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Attitudes to smokefree bars among New Zealand bar managers

This study assesses bar managers’ overall support for workplace smoking bans and their perceptions of the impact of smoking bans on venue revenue and individual rights.…

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening for New Zealand 2005

This report contains the findings and recommendations of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Group (UNHSAG) to the National Screening Unit (NSU) regarding high-level policy and…

The benzylpiperazine (BZP) / trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP) and alcohol safety study

An estimated 20 million doses of these party pills have been sold legally in New Zealand over the past six years. There is a significant gap…

Tauawhitia te Wero: Embracing the Challenge: National mental health and addiction workforce development plan 2006-2009

The Ministry of Health funded the Centre for Health Services Research and Policy (The University of Auckland) to produce a research report on general practitioners’ (GP)…

Social Explanations for Suicide in New Zealand

A suite of five reports, and a sixth summary report, has been produced as part of a contract the Ministry of Health held with the Wellington…

The Smoke is Clearing: Anniversary Report 2005

A first anniversary report assessing impacts of the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act (2003) has found strong public support, increasing patronage trends in bars, and no significant…

Pacific Patterns in Primary Health Care: A comparison of Pacific and all patient visits to doctors

This study compares the experience of Pacific patients with that of the total population (including Pacific). The data was contributed by community general practices and A&M…

The Cost of Suicide to Society

The Cost of Suicide report estimates the cost of the 460 suicides and 5095 attempted suicides in 2002 to total $1,381,492,000 - nearly $1.4 billion. Each…

Prescribing information resources: Use and preference by general practitioners

The Ministry of Health funded the Centre for Health Services Research and Policy (The University of Auckland) to produce a research report on general practitioners’ (GP)…

A Comparison of Māori and Non-Māori Patient Visits to Doctors

The report uses the data on visits by Māori and non-Māori patients at community-based general practices. Information was logged on 6,384 visits by Māori with a…