Review of Selected Papers Examining Alcohol Advertising Last Publication Date: 11 May 2007 Nine studies were provided by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the steering group set up to review the regulation of alcohol advertising in New…
Report of the Steering Group for the Review of the Regulation of Alcohol Advertising Last Publication Date: 10 May 2007 In May 2006, the Government initiated a review of the current self-regulatory framework for alcohol advertising in New Zealand, acting on a recommendation from the Health…
Tobacco smoking in the media and youth smoking - A summary of key literature Last Publication Date: 01 May 2007 This report summarises the literature relating to tobacco portrayals in the media, and youth smoking uptake. It explores how the media influences tobacco uptake and use;…
Analysis of Submissions: Proposal to Classify BZP and Related Substances as Class C Controlled Drugs Last Publication Date: 05 Apr 2007 In November 2006 the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs (EACD) recommended to Hon Jim Anderton, Associate Minister of Health, that Benzylpiperazine (BZP) and all known analogues…
New communication technologies and family life Last Publication Date: 01 May 2006 This study aimed to draw together the international and national scholarly literature and New Zealand expert knowledge on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and families. It…
Cyberspace and young people: Barbara Staniforth, Elizabeth Butterfield and John Fenaughty detail recent developments in technology and their potential impact on children, young people and their families Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 4-11. Technology is changing society at an increasing pace and social work has made good use of advances in technology in…
Discriminating Times? A re-survey of New Zealand print media reporting on mental health Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 In 2000, the Mental Health Commission published a report following a systematic survey of 1997-98 newspaper clippings “to analyse and describe how the newsprint media (re)…
