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…
Effectiveness of Intervention Services for Problem Gambling - Implementation 2004-2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008 In March 2006 the Ministry contracted for services to provide a better understanding of the range of treatment approaches used in New Zealand, and whom they…
Transitions from work to retirement Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008 Survey responses indicate that the majority of working-aged New Zealanders would prefer to make a gradual transition from work to retirement, rather than move abruptly from…
PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) 2005/06 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008 The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a research study that provides both trend and snapshot information on the reading literacy of New Zealand's…
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…
Systematic Review of Drowning Interventions and Risk Factors and an International Comparison of Water Safety Policies and Programs Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2008 Death by drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death in New Zealand. In 2005, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) launched the Drowning Prevention Strategy…
Ministry of Health: Monitoring the progress of the Primary Health Care Strategy Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2008 In 2001, the then Minister of Health launched the Primary Health Care Strategy (the Strategy), which the Government regarded as introducing the most significant changes to…
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…