Guidance for Improving Supportive and Rehabilitative Care for Adults with Cancer in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 16 Sep 2008 Supportive care and rehabilitation encompasses ‘the essential services to meet the physical, emotional, nutritional, informational, psychological, sexual, spiritual, and practical needs throughout a person’s experience with…
Reconviction patterns of released prisoners: A 48-months follow-up analysis Last Publication Date: 15 Sep 2008 Reducing re-offending is an important outcome objective for most correctional services. As such, measures of recidivism, particularly reconviction and re-imprisonment rates, are key indicators of those…
Reconviction patterns of released prisoners: A 60-months follow-up analysis Last Publication Date: 15 Sep 2008 I am pleased to introduce this report as it provides a wealth of information on re-offending patterns amongst released prisoners. The statistical information in this report is…
Health Expenditure Trends in New Zealand 1996-2006 Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2008 Health Expenditure Trends in New Zealand 1996-2006 provides a basis for identifying and measuring trends and changes in the patterns of health and disability expenditure in…
Working Together for Better Primary Health Care Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2008 This report presents the Workforce Taskforce's findings and recommendations for overcoming barriers to workforce change and innovation in primary health care. The Taskforce identified the following five…
The impact of firm closure on workers’ future employment and earnings Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2008 This paper examines the impact of job loss due to firm closure on workers’ employment and earnings. It uses data from Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee…
Health Camp Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2008 This report is based on the findings of ERO’s most recent education reviews of the six health camp schools in New Zealand. The findings are intended…
Measuring up – How does the New Zealand’s tertiary education system compare? Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2008 Each year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes Education at a Glance, a collection of indicators that compares the performance of the education…
Evaluation of the Whanganui-a-Tara Courts and Health (WATCH) Project Last Publication Date: 20 Aug 2008 The Whanganui-a-Tara Courts and Health (WATCH) Project was implemented from October 2006 to March 2007 to reduce repeat offending and improve health outcomes for young adult…
Review of Research on the Effects of Imprisonment on the Health of Inmates and their Families Last Publication Date: 11 Aug 2008 A growing and changing prison population has renewed interest in the effects of incarceration on the health of prisoners in many countries. Prisoners comprise a number of…