Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pathway to Prioritisation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 In 2013, the NHC published Strategic Overview: Respiratory Disease in New Zealand which highlighted COPD as an area of high materiality in terms of health gain…
Privacy survey 2014 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 The Individual Privacy & Personal Information poll was a telephone survey by UMR of 750 New Zealanders 18 years of age and older, conducted from 22…
Variation and improving services: analysing and interpreting variation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Addressing variation in health services is one of the major challenges for clinicians and managers, both in New Zealand and internationally. Observing variation raises difficult questions…
Flexibility and security in employment: Findings from the 2012 Survey of Working Life Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 This report presents findings, mainly from the 2012 Survey of Working Life, on non-standard employment, job security, and job flexibility in New Zealand’s labour market. The survey…
The prices of goods and services in New Zealand: An international comparison Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 This paper analyses the latest (2005) data available from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program (ICP). It assesses the extent to which the prices of goods…
Temporary Migrants as Vulnerable Workers: A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Although New Zealand has long depended on immigrant settlers to supplement the national supply of labour, there has been a substantial increase recently in the number…
Snapshot Study: WiFi in Schools Last Publication Date: 24 Feb 2014 This report, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, presents the results of measurements of exposures to radiofrequency (RF) fields from WiFi in two New Zealand schools,…
People’s estimates of how many New Zealand adults smoke: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2014 In HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey all respondents (aged 15+ years) were asked to estimate the number of New Zealand adults who smoked daily (as perceived…
Wharekauri, Rēkohu, Chatham Islands Health and Social Needs Last Publication Date: 14 Jan 2014 This report is an independent review of the health and social needs of Chatham Islanders.
Demographic and Parental Influences on Breakfast Consumption Rates: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Promoting breakfast eating among children has many benefits, including improved cognitive and physical abilities, increased likelihood of meeting the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, and…
