The Impact of Neighbourhood Characteristics and Support on Well-being, Housing Satisfaction, and Residential Stability for People with a Mental Illness Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 The global burden of disease attributable to mental illness is high, and as a result people with serious mental illness are at greater risk of indicators…
The Social Report 2010 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This site provides social indicators for New Zealand society. The indicators are used to measure social outcomes and monitor trends over time, and to make comparisons…
Suicide Facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009 This annual statistical publication presents and summarises suicide information received from the New Zealand Mortality Collection, and admissions to hospital for intentional self-harm sourced from the…
Te Toi Hauora-Nui: Achieving excellence through innovative Māori health service delivery Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009 Te Toi Hauora-nui provides information about innovative service approaches to improving Māori health, with particular emphasis on cardiovascular and diabetes mellitus programmes delivered in the primary…
Evaluation of Youth One Stop Shops Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009 The objective of the Evaluation of Youth One Stop Shops was to assist the Ministry and District Health Boards (DHBs) to understand the current place of…
Nurse Practitioners: A Healthy Future For New Zealand Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009 The Nurse Practitioner (NP) was a new scope of practice launched by the Ministry of Health and the Nursing Council of New Zealand in May 2001.It…
The Health of Prisoners' Families Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 A qualitative research project examining the effects that a family member being in prison has on the health of prisoners' families in New Zealand The report describes: family…
The Effects of Imprisonment on Inmates’ and their Families’ Health and Wellbeing Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2009 This qualitative research explores prisoners' views on the effects of imprisonment on their health and wellbeing and their experiences with prison health and disability services. The report…
Public Health (Wellbeing) in New Zealand: Interface with Local Government Last Publication Date: 20 Oct 2009 The purpose of this document is to highlight good practice that is occurring in the sector. By encouraging more effective working relationships between health and local…
Critical analysis of the implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy implementation and framing of issues for the next phase Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 This paper represents the first part of a two-stage project ‘Where Next for Primary Health Care Development in New Zealand?’ that was undertaken by Judith Smith,…