National Strategic Plan of Action for Breastfeeding 2008-2012 Last Publication Date: 02 Apr 2009 The National Strategic Plan of Action for Breastfeeding 2008-2012 sets out a strategic framework to support the establishment of a breastfeeding culture in New Zealand. It…
Connected Health ICT Research 2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 From 2007 to 2009, the Ministry of Health commissioned qualitative and quantitative research studies of the health sector’s ICT usage and requirements – the most extensive…
A balanced approach to youth justice: Strengths-based practice, appreciative inquiry and the group consult tool Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 30-36. Youth justice practitioners are well aware of a tension between practice approaches that elicit strengths and resources of young people…
Improving interventions to reduce violent offending by young people in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 18-23. Young people who commit violent offences damage their victims, the community, their families and themselves. This article summarises work undertaken…
Job Mobility and Wage Dynamics Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Matched employer-employee data research has found that workers’ wages are affected by the characteristics of the firms they work in, and that higher skilled workers tend…
Supporting the rights of young people in youth justice: An analysis of cross-sectoral responses Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 24-29. The topic of human rights, particularly the rights of people who commit offences against others, generates intense and sometimes heated…
Working with young people Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 5-11. Working with young people is tremendously rewarding. Few professional areas of social work provide the kind of practice potential that…
Race Relations in 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This is the fifth annual review of race relations in New Zealand. Its purpose is to record the major events, issues and developments of the past…
Family Court Statistics in New Zealand in 2006 and 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This is the third Family Court Statistics report. It is based on data up to and including the 2007 year. It differs from the previous report…
Formative Investigation between gambling (including PG) and Crime in NZ: Implementation 2004-2007 Last Publication Date: 09 Feb 2009 The aim of this project was to carry out a formative investigation of the link between gambling (including problem gambling) and crime in New Zealand. Problem…
