More than an apple a day: Children’s right to good health Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006 Health is one of the key areas affecting a child’s development, with repercussions for almost every other area of life including education, employment, justice and family…
The Ministry of Health’s Hospital Throughput 2003/2004 Report Last Publication Date: 02 May 2006 This report provides hospital discharges by age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic deprivation, admission, and discharge types. The report also includes data on the average length of stay,…
A health profile of young Asian New Zealanders who attend secondary school Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006 This report presents selected findings for young ‘Asian’ New Zealanders from the Youth 2000 national secondary school youth health survey.
Where do they go? Roy Bergquist reviews centrally funded treatment options for antisocial behaviours in New Zealand youth Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 12-15. The treatment of antisocial behaviour in adolescents is a matter for debate in this country. Many of the methods used…
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening for New Zealand 2005 Last Publication Date: 02 Feb 2006 This report contains the findings and recommendations of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Group (UNHSAG) to the National Screening Unit (NSU) regarding high-level policy and…
Tauawhitia te Wero: Embracing the Challenge: National mental health and addiction workforce development plan 2006-2009 Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2005 The Ministry of Health funded the Centre for Health Services Research and Policy (The University of Auckland) to produce a research report on general practitioners’ (GP)…
The Cost of Suicide to Society Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2005 The Cost of Suicide report estimates the cost of the 460 suicides and 5095 attempted suicides in 2002 to total $1,381,492,000 - nearly $1.4 billion. Each…
Working on the frontline: Sue Lightfoot discusses the impacts of secondary traumatic stress Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005 Social Work Now, Issue 32, pages 28-32. There has been increasing attention over the past several years to the effects on staff of working in emergency situations,…
Public Health Depression Initiative: Benchmark Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2005 This benchmark survey was undertaken to inform the scoping of a Public Health Depression Initiative. • Interviews were completed with 1301 persons aged 16 years and over,…
The story so far: Peter Shaw, Kathy Fielding and Jessie Henderson outline the development of the On TRACC service Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 24-27. Since November 2003 the Transcultural Care Centre and Intersectoral Service for Children and Young People from Refugee Backgrounds and Their…