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Website: Health Promotion Agency
Email: enquiries@hpa.org.nz
Last Publication Date: 1 Jun 2007
This document presents the results and recommendations of two recent research studies on alcohol and other drug (A&D) treatment services for Pacific peoples. The studies are…
The Gaming and Betting Activities Survey 2006/07: New Zealanders' knowledge, views and experiences of gambling and gambling-related harm is part of the Ministry of Health's response…
Last Publication Date: 1 May 2007
This report summarises the literature relating to tobacco portrayals in the media, and youth smoking uptake. It explores how the media influences tobacco uptake and use;…
Last Publication Date: 1 Apr 2007
New Zealand is experiencing a rapid rise in the rate of obesity in both adult and child populations, with significant implications for public health. Major causes…
Reflecting the wider New Zealand drinking culture, alcohol use is also common among young people. Despite people under the age of 18 being unable to legally…
Last Publication Date: 7 Feb 2007
This report is based on the four quarterly monitors conducted for ALAC during 2005/06. It profiles adult drinkers and non-drinkers and youth drinkers and non-drinkers.
Last Publication Date: 23 Nov 2006
The purpose of this report is to provide information for people whose interest is primarily in substance use disorders, rather than mental health in general. It…
Last Publication Date: 1 Nov 2006
This literature review identifies New Zealand and international literature on Western drinking cultures worldwide and looks at how these have been informed by wider cultural influences.…
Last Publication Date: 1 Sep 2006
During 2005, staff of the Hutt Valley District Health Board (DHB) Emergency Department (ED) and Regional Public Health approached the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jun 2006
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the High on Life (HOL) initiative implemented in secondary schools in urban Wanganui and the Taranaki region.
