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What Works: Going digital to deliver wellbeing services to young people? Insights from e-tools supporting youth mental health and parenting

From online programmes to serious games, video teleconferencing and text counselling, digital platforms lend themselves to providing preventive and self-managed care options. Commonly cited benefits include…

Understanding the Classification System: New Zealanders' Views

We commissioned Colmar Brunton to carry out a survey of the public’s views about, and understanding of, the classification system - and about New Zealanders' changing…

In fact: frequency of alcohol consumption among year 10 students, 2012-14

In 2014-15, more than half (57%) of all 15 to 17-year-olds consumed alcohol in the past year (Ministry of Health, 2015). Alcohol consumption in people under…

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Alcohol Use Disorder

Childhood sexual abuse can have significant short- and long-term effects, including the subsequent development of alcohol use disorder. This report is an evidence-based guide on the association between…

Family Violence Assessment and Intervention Guideline: Child abuse and intimate partner violence

Family violence is a population health issue that occurs globally, and is not limited to any one gender, religious, cultural or income group. Violence and abuse…

Changes in home-ownership patterns 1986–2013: Focus on Māori and Pacific people

This paper explores the changes in tenure patterns (home ownership and renting) between 1986 and 2013, but focuses particularly on changes within the Māori and Pacific…

Pharmacy Action Plan 2016 to 2020

This Action Plan was developed as a way of addressing the need to provide sustainable, high-quality pharmacist services in a complex and evolving environment. It emphasises…

Patient safety reporting systems: A literature review of international practice

To inform a scheduled review of the National Reportable Events Policy, the health Quality & Safety Commission has conducted a brief scan of overseas literature on…

Green Prescription Patient Survey 2016 Report

This report presents the findings from the 2016 Green Prescription (GRx) initiative patient survey, conducted for the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) in April and May…