Improving and Maintaining Quality in Ethnicity Data Collections in the Health and Disability Sector Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2010 High quality ethnicity data has been an ongoing concern for the health and disability sector in New Zealand. While ethnicity data has been collected for a…
Disability Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand - 2010 Convention Coalition Report Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 The aim of the monitoring project is to provide robust information that Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and government can use to formulate better disability policy. The project…
How can tertiary education deliver better value to the economy? Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This paper asks how tertiary education can deliver better value to the economy. It is based on a presentation given at the New Zealand conference of…
Scoping support for New Zealand Sign Language users accessing the Curriculum Part I: An international literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This literature review has focused on the needs of those deaf children for whom visual communication through a Sign Language is beneficial for their educational development.…
Māori, Science and Innovation - scenarios of potential, opportunity and value Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This paper summarises scenarios modelled to demonstrate potential benefits (or costs) to the Māori economy, as well as to the wider NZ economy over the period…
Scoping support for New Zealand Sign Language users accessing the curriculum Part II: A New Zealand Overview Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 Language instruction to children with hearing loss requires the highest level of competency at the earliest age levels in order to optimize neural plasticity providing the…
Paths of Victory: Victory Village (Victory Primary School and Victory Community Health Centre) – A case study Last Publication Date: 29 Nov 2010 This case study research project explores the innovative practices and outcomes associated with the convergence of health, education, social and community development goals at Victory Village.…
Issues Paper 04: Paid Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 11 Nov 2010 The Families Commission released a research report and recommendations for improving paid parental leave in 2007 (Families Commission, 2007). Events since that time – particularly the…
The Burden of Cancer: New Zealand 2006 Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2010 The report presents estimates of the burden of 28 different cancers in 2006, denominated in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). The total burden of cancer was estimated…
Seeking and establishing the views of disabled children and young people: A literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 Social Work Now, issue 46, pages 9-18. Listening to children’s voices and accessing their views about service provision in the education, health, social services and legal disciplines…
