Quality early childhood education for under-two-year-olds: What should it look like? A literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 Recent years have seen increasing participation of under-two-year-olds in early childhood education. This literature review draws together relevant research evidence to better understand what quality early…
Implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum: Synthesis of Research & Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 The revised New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) was launched in November 2007 (Ministry of Education, 2007), following a lengthy period of trialling and consultation, which included the…
Uia Tonutia: Māori Disability Research Agenda Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 The Māori Disability Research Agenda aims to support research on Māori living with disability and their whānau/family. It has three objectives: Building quality evidence. Capability development. Transfer of knowledge. Research…
Public opinion about tobacco control regulation: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 Smoking is a complex issue that requires comprehensive approaches to help change behaviours. These approaches include legislation and policy changes, enforcement, health promotion and cessation support.…
What’s on the Horizon? The Next Five Years and Beyond: An environmental scan Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 This environmental scan describes major drivers likely to shape New Zealand over the next five years and beyond. It aims to inform the development of New…
Changing public attitudes about smoking: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 In 2010, around four in five (79%) people agreed that smoking was a real problem in New Zealand, regardless of demographic background. Agreement was higher in…
Immunisation Audience Research Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 Immunisation is one of the Government's six Health Targets, with the health sector seeking to have 95% of all New Zealand two-year-olds fully immunised by 2012.…
Evaluation of the Food and Nutrition Guidelines Series Last Publication Date: 14 Jan 2011 The Food and Nutrition Guidelines Series includes five population-specific documents that provide evidence based technical information on food, nutrition and physical activity for health practitioners. This report…
Literacy, language and numeracy: connecting research to practice in the tertiary sector Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 Around 40% of adults in Aotearoa, New Zealand have literacy and numeracy skills below a level needed to use and understand the increasingly difficult texts and…
Understanding Commitment and Enduring Involvement in Outdoor Recreation in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 Maintaining or increasing participants’ commitment to their recreation pursuit is an important goal for the recreation sector. Declining participation has been attributed to larger socio-demographic trends,…
