Review of Health Education Resources on Gout Medication: Summary of report to the Ministry of Health Last Publication Date: 28 Jun 2012 This publication summarises a review of the suitability of publicly available resources on gout medication and its use for health professionals as well as consumers and…
UNCROC Monitoring Group: Monitoring the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 This is the first report of the UNCROC Monitoring Group for the Deputy Chief Executives Social Sector Forum. It focuses on matters relevant to the ‘implementation’…
Māori Youth Transitions: Gateway Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 This summary is specific to good practice findings in the Gateway programme, which was one of the three programmes or services evaluated. Gateway supports secondary students in…
Vicarious traumatisation: An organisational perspective Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Social Work Now, issue 50, pages 14-23. This paper is based on research that focused on investigating if a vicarious traumatisation framework resonated with counsellors who were…
Māori Youth Transitions Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Māori with higher levels of qualifications are more likely to be employed and earn higher incomes. Higher qualifications also have a positive influence on broader socio-economic…
From student to employee: A conversation about transition and readiness for practice in a statutory social work organisation Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 50, pages 2-9. Statutory social work organisations are a key site of practice learning and for the “construction and development of knowledge and…
New Zealanders’ Knowledge, Views and Experience of Gambling and Gambling Harm: Results from the 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 The material in this report is drawn from gambling-related questions included in the 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). With the exception of gambling participation data,…
Keeping practice fresh: Tailoring solutions for local situations Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 50, pages 30-33. There are times when simple solutions to issues present themselves. The ability to explore innovations and new ways of thinking…
Fraud awareness, prevention, and detection in the public sector Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Until recently, most surveys on fraud in New Zealand focused on the private sector. In 2011, I commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to carry out a survey on…
Supporting deaf learners using visual modes of communication within mainstream schools to access the curriculum Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Many deaf learners are geographically dispersed and many attend local mainstream classes, which can result in linguistic isolation with little access to natural visual language models.…