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…
Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, implementation, and outcomes, especially in relation to Maori and Pasifika students Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research project evaluated Reading Recovery, an early intervention for students making limited progress in reading and writing after their first year at school. The study…
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…
PISA 2000: Focus on Pasifika Students Achievement in Reading literacy Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004 This report focuses on reading literacy of Pasifika 15-year-old students. Using information from the PISA 2000 study, this report reviews educational outcomes and examines the factors…
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…