Vulnerable children - Can administrative data be used to identify children at risk of adverse outcomes? Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2012 Ministry of Social Development commissioned the University of Auckland to consider how predictive modelling could be used to target early intervention to reduce the risk of…
Update of evidence for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in asymptomatic men Last Publication Date: 31 Aug 2012 An evidence-based summary of current New Zealand and overseas evidence to inform best practice in the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in asymptomatic men.
Families Panels- What’s the Difference that's Making a Difference, and for Whom? Last Publication Date: 21 Aug 2012 This report outlines the key elements of implementing the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique, a qualitative participatory monitoring and evaluation tool. It was envisaged that this…
Families Panels: Genuine collaboration Last Publication Date: 21 Aug 2012 In this paper we consider the innovative practice and relationship that underpins the Families Commission’s Families Panels. Our intention is to explore how a different, more…
Suicide Facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations 2010 Last Publication Date: 15 Aug 2012 The publication focuses on deaths and hospitalisations in 2010 and also contains time-trend analyses of suicide deaths from 1948 and intentional self-harm hospitalisations from 1996.
Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Preliminary Results from the New Zealand Health Survey Teaching and Learning in Middle Schooling: A Review of the Literature Last Publication Date: 07 Aug 2012 This report presents preliminary findings on gambling in New Zealand based on nine months of data collection from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) (July 2011…
Report: Towards a value proposition scoping the cost of falls (August 2012) Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2012 This short scoping report seeks to express the value of preventing falls that lead to harm. The purpose is to inform where the Health Quality & Safety…
Problem-solving therapy (PST) for people who present to hospital with self-harm - Technology note Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2012 The aim of this technology note is to provide information to the National Health Committee (NHC) about making PST available to all New Zealanders who present…
Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 and Retirement: Are Separated Women More Disadvantaged Than Men? Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2012 This report was commissioned by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income (the “Commission”) in November 2011. It is one part of a larger project…
EAG working papers Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2012 The Children’s Commissioner established an Expert Advisory Group to deliver a significant research-based advocacy programme in 2011-12. This group (the EAG) released a report: Solutions to…