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Health literacy environmental scan

The purpose of this environmental scan, carried out by the New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG), is to provide examples of important health literacy processes and initiatives…

Young people's estimates of how many New Zealanders smoke daily: In Fact

Exposure to tobacco and smoking may influence young people's perception of smoking and how common it is to smoke. To understand whether young people see smoking…

Cost Savings of Brief Alcohol interventions in Primary Health Care

Sapere Research Group was commissioned by ALAC to estimate the short-term health care cost savings from the use of alcohol brief interventions (BIs) in general practice…

Low speed runover mortality report

In its Fifth Report to the Minister of Health (2009), the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) noted that systems to review non-traffic deaths are…

What prompts quitting and what types of quitting support do people use? In Fact

In 2010, the top mentioned things that prompted quitting among those who had tried or had quit in the past year were health-related reasons (43%), because…

Perceptions of quitting difficulty: In Fact

In 2010, around four in 10 (42%) young people thought it would definitely be difficult to quit smoking once someone has started, and around four in…

Perceived access to tobacco: In Fact

In 2010, around seven in 10 (69%) young people thought they definitely could not get cigarettes/tobacco from anyone in their family/whānau or from their home if…

Parental attitudes and rules around smoking: In Fact

In 2010, around eight in 10 (84%) young people agreed that their parents would be upset if they were caught smoking cigarettes/tobacco.  Around six in 10…

Survey of off-licence premises in North Shore/Hibiscus Coast: analysis of survey data

A survey of off-licence premises in the North Shore City Council (NSCC) region and Hibiscus Coast (within Rodney District Council [RDC] boundaries) took place in 2009/2010.…

Parenting and smoking: In Fact

In 2010, the majority (90%) of parents/caregivers of children aged five to 16 thought that they had influence over whether their child starts to smoke or…