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…
Te Toi Hauora-Nui: Achieving excellence through innovative Māori health service delivery Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009 Te Toi Hauora-nui provides information about innovative service approaches to improving Māori health, with particular emphasis on cardiovascular and diabetes mellitus programmes delivered in the primary…
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…
Nurse Practitioners: A Healthy Future For New Zealand Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009 The Nurse Practitioner (NP) was a new scope of practice launched by the Ministry of Health and the Nursing Council of New Zealand in May 2001.It…
Optimised geographies for data reporting: Zone design tools for census output geographies (Stats NZ WP 09-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 This paper explores methods that might be used to construct new geographies for data reporting that are in some sense optimised. The objective of the paper…
A review of collaboration among councils Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 The focus of the review was to provide insight into the factors that encourage collaboration among local councils and those that might hinder it. Three research…
