Work Patterns after Paid Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 This paper uses longitudinal data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset to describe the employment and earnings patterns of people who first received paid parental leave between…
Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A background paper Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2008 This background paper supports three of the key priorities of the New Zealand Health Strategy (Minister of Health, 2000) – namely, to:improve nutritionincrease physical activityreduce obesity.Food…
Mental Health: Service Use in New Zealand 2005 Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2008 This publication is the fifth New Zealand Health Information Service mental health publication to present data from the Mental Health Information National Collection.Data for clients seen…
Health Targets: Moving towards healthier futures, 2007/08: The results (amended 17 Oct) Last Publication Date: 17 Oct 2008 Summary from the Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernan I am pleased to present the results of the first year of Health Targets – 2007/08. When we launched…
Developing the prototype Longitudinal Business Database Last Publication Date: 16 Oct 2008 This paper describes Statistics New Zealand’s development of the prototype Longitudinal Business Database (LBD). The LBD is the result of a two-year feasibility study to integrate…
Let's get real: Real Skills for people working in mental health and addiction Last Publication Date: 18 Sep 2008 It is explicit in stating the expectations for people who work in mental health and addiction treatment services irrespective of their role, discipline or position in…
Guidance for Improving Supportive and Rehabilitative Care for Adults with Cancer in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 16 Sep 2008 Supportive care and rehabilitation encompasses ‘the essential services to meet the physical, emotional, nutritional, informational, psychological, sexual, spiritual, and practical needs throughout a person’s experience with…
Environmental Influences on Obesity & Children's Nutrition in Aotearoa New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2008 Keeping Up to Date’ aims to increase awareness of the reasons to use evidence in practice, to stimulate debate about evidence, and to encourage the health…
Review of Research on the Effects of Imprisonment on the Health of Inmates and their Families Last Publication Date: 11 Aug 2008 A growing and changing prison population has renewed interest in the effects of incarceration on the health of prisoners in many countries. Prisoners comprise a number of…
Eating practices in New Zealand families and whanau Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2008 This document presents findings on family and whānau eating practices from two major research projects undertaken by the HSC.