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Alcohol Use and Maori Young People

This fact sheet presents findings about alcohol use among young Māori attending secondary schools in New Zealand. These findings were drawn from a large national survey that investigated…

National sun exposure survey 2009/10: Youth report

Started in 1994, this ongoing sun protection survey takes place every three years, and collects information on New Zealanders' sun protection behaviour and attitudes. This document…

New Zealanders' participation in gambling

This report presents descriptive results showing New Zealanders' participation in gambling activities over the 12 months prior to the 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey. It compares…

Never Let Your Child Get Sunburnt: Did the messages get through? In Fact

In 2007/08, the Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) launched the Never Let Your Child Get Sunburnt campaign. The campaign targeted parents and caregivers and explained the link…

Face the Facts - what did we learn? In the Loop

A summary of the learnings about the Face the Facts campaign.

Face the Facts - campaign evaluation 2010

Face the Facts was launched in April 2009 to present some hard-hitting facts about tobacco consumption in New Zealand. This report outlines results from a survey…

Parental influence on children's smoking: In Fact

In the Health Sponsorship Council’s (HSC’s) 2008 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS), respondents were asked a series of questions to assess their perceptions of parental influence…

What encourages people to smoke? In Fact

It is important to know what encourages people to smoke so that efforts can be made to reduce exposure to things that encourage smoking. In the…

An Evaluation of Moana House Residential Therapeutic Community

An evaluation to assess the impact of participation in the Downie Stewart Foundation Programme, Moana House, on the functioning and changes of its residents.

Focused literature review for the problem gambling programme - 2010

In 2010, HSC commissioned an updated literature review focusing on particular topics that were relevant to the problem gambling programme development. These included the risk factors…