Young people’s perceived access to tobacco: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 Access to tobacco is recognised as one of the environmental risk factors for young people taking up smoking. Participants in the Health Promotion Agency’s (HPA’s) Youth Insights…
Attitudes about quitting smoking: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 There are a range of cessation services and products available in New Zealand to provide support to smokers who want to quit. This includes the heavily…
New Zealanders’ Participation in Gambling Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey 2012 (HLS) is a nationally representative in-home survey monitoring health behaviours and attitudes of New Zealand residents aged 15 years and…
Uptake of the influenza vaccine in 2012: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 The Ministry of Health recommends the influenza vaccine to protect New Zealanders against the influenza virus. In the Health Promotion Agency’s 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey,…
Young people’s awareness of Smokefree 2025: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 In March 2011, the New Zealand Government committed to a goal of New Zealand becoming ‘smokefree’ by the year 2025, where less than 5% of the…
Public opinion on tobacco taxation: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013 A comprehensive set of measures is needed to reduce smoking prevalence and meet the Government’s goal of making New Zealand a smokefree nation by 2025. One…
Falling costs: the case for investment Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 This report contributes to the Reducing Harm from Falls national programme of the Health Quality & Safety Commission. The aim is to present the evidence for…
Describing the quality of New Zealand’s health and disability services Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 The Health Quality & Safety Commission is required under legislation to develop and publish regularly a set of indicators to drive improvement of the quality and…
Clinical Governance Assessment Project: Analysis of Three Quality and Safety Questions in a National Survey of New Zealand Health Professionals Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2012 The Clinical Governance Assessment Project (CGAP) was jointly commissioned by the National Health Board, the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC) and the District Health Boards…
Clinical Governance Assessment Project: Final Report on a National Health Professional Survey and Site Visits to 19 New Zealand DHBs Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2012 The Clinical Governance Assessment Project (CGAP) was jointly commissioned by the National Health Board, Health Quality and Safety Commission and the DHBs through DHBSS. The research…