Listening to experts: Children and young people’s participation Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 30-39. Social workers who want their practice to be more child centred must learn to find new and better ways to listen to…
Telling a child’s story: creating a words and pictures story book to tell children why they are in care Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 13-20. Open Home Foundation, an organisation that works with children and young people in care uses a story book approach to…
The Alcohol Purchasing Patterns of Heavy Drinkers Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 In 2011 the Ministry of Health commissioned research to investigate the alcohol purchasing patterns of heavy drinkers. The research informed consideration of a minimum pricing regime…
Tai Aroha Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 A formative evaluation of the 'Tai Aroha' residential community-based programme for high-risk offenders (2012). Since October 2007, the number of community-based sentencing options available to the judiciary…
Sport New Zealand's Young People's Survey Series Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 Sport New Zealand’s 2011 Young People’s Survey (YPS) is the most significant piece of research into young New Zealanders’ participation in sport and recreation in more than…
Strengthening Our Foundations: Service user roles in the mental health workforce Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 The research aims promote the value of service users roles within the mental health sector and to find out what is needed to strengthen those roles.…
To what extent do individual superannuation schemes in New Zealand address needs for retirement income in a gender-neutral manner? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 Women’s financial wellbeing and net worth in retirement are influenced by a variety of contextual factors and by decisions women make during their life cycle. New…
Hospital Events 2007/08 Last Publication Date: 12 Dec 2011 This statistical publication contains analyses and commentary on publicly funded and privately funded hospital events in New Zealand, as reported to the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS).The…
Overview of Māori teen pregnancy Last Publication Date: 07 Dec 2011 This review is a part of a broader research project being undertaken by the Families Commission in relation to teenage pregnancy and ‘repeat’ teenage pregnancy. The…
Regional Trends in Teenage Parenthood Last Publication Date: 07 Dec 2011 The Families Commission is undertaking research to explore the following questions: What are the reasons behind high rates of parenthood amongst young teenagers in specific regions of…
