Attitudes, Values and Beliefs about Violence within Families: 2008 survey findings Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 This national face-to-face survey included over 2,500 in-home interviews in order to explore attitudes and beliefs about violence towards women, inter-partner violence and child abuse. The survey…
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 What is PISA? The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international standardised study that assesses and compares how well countries are preparing their 15-year-old students…
Representatives from Agencies addressing Drug and Alcohol issues Regionally Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 The purpose of this research is to provide ALAC and partner agencies with information to support their decisions on “RADAR” – an initiative in which Northland…
What do international rankings tell us about the performance of New Zealand universities? Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 This report analysed the data behind the Annual Rankings of World Universities Top 500 and Times Higher Education Supplement Top 200 university rankings to see what…
Rural Health: Challenges of Distance, Opportunities for Innovation Last Publication Date: 04 Feb 2010 New Zealand rural communities are diverse with small populations spread over large geographic areas. In its report, the National Health Committee identifies a variety of factors…
Seclusion under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 Last Publication Date: 02 Feb 2010 The use of seclusion in mental health services is provided for in section 71 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (the Act).…
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…
Evaluation of problem gambling intervention services: Implementation 2007-2010 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This project was contracted to address four priorities: Review and analysis of national service statistics and client data to inform workforce development, evaluation of Ministry systems and…
Brief Comment in Response to discussion of School leadership and student outcomes: Identifying what works and why best evidence synthesis (Robinson, Hohepa & Lloyd, 2009) Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This is a response by the Chief Education Advisor, Iterative Best Evidence Syntesis Programme to a special issue of the Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and…
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…