Meeting longitudinal information needs Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 The aim of the paper Options for meeting longitudinal information needs: A preliminary investigation is to identify the main future requirements for longitudinal data for research and…
Snapshot Study: WiFi in Schools Last Publication Date: 24 Feb 2014 This report, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, presents the results of measurements of exposures to radiofrequency (RF) fields from WiFi in two New Zealand schools,…
Monitoring the Youth Guarantee policy 2010-2012 Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2014 This report focuses on the initial implementation of the Youth Guarantee policy in the period from 2010 to 2012 and looks at how effective the fees-free…
Forecasting mortality in New Zealand (Stats NZ WP 14-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2014 Statistics New Zealand regularly derives projections as an indication of future changes in New Zealand’s population size, age-sex structure, and growth rate. The projections are based…
Suicide Facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations 2011 Last Publication Date: 27 Jan 2014 The publication focuses on suicide deaths and self-harm hospitalisations in 2011 and also contains time trend analyses of suicide deaths from 1948 and intentional self-harm hospitalisations…
Demographic and Parental Influences on Breakfast Consumption Rates: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Promoting breakfast eating among children has many benefits, including improved cognitive and physical abilities, increased likelihood of meeting the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, and…
Parental monitoring and substance use among Pacific youth: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Parents have a significant influence on the societal norms, values and behaviour learned by their children. Permissive parental rule setting and monitoring has been shown to…
Understanding and awareness of depression: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Globally, depression is marked to become the second leading cause of disability by 2020 (Murray & Lopez, 1996). Six percent of New Zealanders experience a major…
Attitudes towards alcohol among 15 to 17-year-olds: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Understanding the attitudes this population group has towards alcohol is helpful in developing effective health promotion programmes targeting risky alcohol consumption. The Health Promotion Agency’s (HPA’s)…
Alcohol use among 15 to 17-year-olds: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Four in nine New Zealanders report the first time they consumed a large amount of alcohol on one drinking occasion was when they were 15 to…
