Alcohol and Pregnancy: A practical guide for health professionals Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2010 The purpose of this resource is to prompt and support primary care health professionals to: ask women who are planning a pregnancy or are pregnant if they…
Evaluating Health Impact Assessments in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 05 Aug 2010 Are Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) worthwhile? Answering this question involves evaluating HIAs, and the purpose of this paper is to provide guidance on the evaluation of…
Living Standards and Health: New Zealand 2006/07 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 The report 'Living Standards and Health: New Zealand 2006/07' compares two measures of living standards that were included in the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey, and…
Unequal Impact II: Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Statistics by Deprivation and Rural-Urban Status 2002-2006 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 Unequal Impact II: Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Statistics by Deprivation and Rural-Urban Status 2002-2006 provides specific information about the unequal distribution of cancer outcomes for Māori…
Saving Lives: Amenable mortality in New Zealand, 1996-2006 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 The report re-examines the concept of amenable mortality (deaths potentially avoidable through health care) as a health system performance measure.Trends in amenable mortality over the past…
Changes to the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 This document sets out the changes that are being made to the 2002 Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework (the Framework) following a major review.The document describes the…
Supporting Evidence for Changes to the Content of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 In 2007 as part of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Review (the Review), the Ministry of Health developed this background paper setting out the evidence for…
Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.The NZ…
Nurse Prescribing in Diabetes Services: a discussion document Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 Submissions are invited on proposed changes to enable suitably qualified nurses working in diabetes services to prescribe a limited range of medicines for people with diabetes.…
Social and Economic Indicators of Education Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 This report uses data from the 2008 New Zealand General Social Survey to explore how a range of 30 social and economic indicators vary with education. It…
