Human Rights and Seclusion in Mental Health Services Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 In 2004 the Mental Health Commission published a report on the use of seclusion in New Zealand. Later that year the Human Rights Commission published Human…
Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services and Intersectoral Links, 2006/07 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This monitoring report details the progress towards the implementation of the Government’s national mental health strategy. It presents information on access to secondary mental health and…
Over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system Last Publication Date: 13 May 2008 Māori are disproportionately represented in criminal justice statistics to an alarming degree. This paper attempts to shed light on why this is so. It examines the…
Barriers to Recruiting a Diverse Workforce: Literature reviews Last Publication Date: 01 May 2008 This report responds to a request by New Zealand Police to produce two literature reviews on the barriers to the recruitment of (i) women, and (ii)…
Using theory to support a family resilience framework in practice Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 39, pages 5-14. Theory, research, and practice in social work are inescapably intertwined. Each can inform and enrich the others. As a clinical…
New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008–2012 Last Publication Date: 02 Mar 2008 The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008–2012 provides detail about how the goals of the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006–2016 will be achieved over…
Future Directions for Eating Disorders Services in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 "Future Directions for Eating Disorders in New Zealand", informed by engagement with key stakeholders, proposes a tiered model for the provision of eating disorders services. The…
The Health Status of Māori Male Prisoners: Key results from the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 The publication has been prepared by the Public Health Intelligence unit of the Ministry of Health for the Māori Health Directorate, and is based on the…
Multi-Agency Liquor Enforcement study Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 This study, commissioned with funding from the Cross Departmental Research Pool, sought to test the effectiveness of targeted multi-agency enforcement at reducing the harm caused by…
Preventing Physical and Psychological Maltreatment of Children in Families Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 This report presents a summary of findings from a literature review of selected international and New Zealand research on the physical and psychological abuse of children…
