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Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2013/14 to 2015/16: Outcome of Consultation

On 10 August 2012, the Ministry of Health released its Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm: Consultation Document. The document comprised a gambling harm needs assessment, the…

Effective behaviour change in long-term conditions

The NZ Guidelines Group completed a rapidE process as part of their contract with the Ministry of Health to produce evidence-based guidance for the health sector…

Review of the Voluntary Bonding Scheme

This report is a three-year review of the Voluntary Bonding Scheme for medical, nursing and midwifery graduates, run by Health Workforce New Zealand.The Scheme, which started…

Guidance for implementing high-quality multidisciplinary meetings

The Guidance for implementing high-quality multidisciplinary meetings and the accompanying factsheet Quick reference for high-quality cancer multidisciplinary meetings provides a framework and toolkit to support district…

Political Participation for Everyone: Disabled People's Rights and the political process

In December 2011 the Commission released and sought feedback on The Wider Journey discussion document, which raised issues relating to the right to vote, accessibility of…

What people think about film classification systems

The purpose of this literature review was to compare New Zealander's views of classification and rating labelling systems with overseas respondents' views from research published in…

Vulnerable children and families: Some findings from the New Zealand General Social Survey

Vulnerable children and families uses data from the New Zealand General Social Survey: 2010 to look at households with vulnerable children. Eleven economic, housing, health, and social…

Attitudes towards the Surgical Safety Checklist and its use in New Zealand operating theatres

The Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative was established by the World Alliance for Patient Safety as part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) efforts to reduce…

Victims of crime in the adult criminal justice system: a stocktake of the literature

This report responds to a request by the Ministry for a literature review that collates, describes and evaluates the evidence base relating to appropriate responses to…

Early Start Evaluation Report

Early Start is an evidence-based, early intervention programme developed by Professor David Fergusson, from the Christchurch School of Medicine, in conjunction with local social service providers…