Insight and Other Puzzles: Undefined Terms in the New Zealand Mental Health Review Tribunal Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This paper, focusing on decisions of the New Zealand's Mental Health review Tribunal (MHRT) consists of a literature review and an account of the findings of…
People's Participation in, and Attitudes Towards Gambling 1985 - 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This report details the results of a survey of people’s participation in, and attitudes towards, gambling. For the purposes of this report, gambling includes playing housie,…
Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This report explores the determinants of Māori infants, children and young people using a range of routinely collected data sources. This report is available under third-party content copyright.…
Reporting on Workplace Health and Safety and Employment Relations: a stock-take of current practice Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This is a stock-take of 100 of New Zealand’s largest employers, identifying the frequency and quality of workplace reporting practices in their annual reports around 2004.…
Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Barriers to, and incentives for, the transfer of opioid-dependent people from secondary care to primary health care Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 There is evidence that providing care for opioid-dependent people on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in primary health care settings, supported by specialist services, has beneficial outcomes. The…
The Effectiveness of Service User-Run or Service User-Led Mental Health Services for People with Mental Illness Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 A systematic review of available, published international evidence for the effectiveness of service user-run, or service user-led, mental health services was requested by the Mental Health…
Tracking the Obesity Epidemic Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2004 Obesity is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for a number of major diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke…
The Socio-Economic Impact of Amphetamine Type Stimulants in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004 This report presents the findings of research on the socio-economic impact of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) in New Zealand. ATS are a group of synthetic illicit…
Second-hand smoke: Exposure, attitudes and behaviours: Monitoring trends 1999 to 2004 – preliminary findings Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004 The detrimental health effects of smoking have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the mid eighties that major reviews concluded that passive smoking or…
The Burden of Death, Disease and Disability due to Alcohol in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004 This study aimed to assess the health impacts of alcohol consumption in New Zealand in terms of the types of health conditions most affected, the numbers…