Disability and Work Participation in New Zealand: Outcomes Relating to Paid Employment and Benefit Receipt Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 This report adds to current understanding of the extent to which disability-related barriers limit participation in society and provides an improved evidential basis for policy analysis…
Review of parenting programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 Research shows that parent support and development programmes, especially as part of overall strategies to address family concerns, can make a positive difference. This review looks…
Suicide Prevention in New Zealand - A contemporary perspective: Social explanations for suicide in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 02 May 2005 In 2001, the Ministry commissioned a series of studies exploring a range of social epidemiological explanations for the trends in New Zealand's suicide rates to 1999. In…
Suicide Prevention: A review of evidence of risk and protective factors, and points of effective intervention Last Publication Date: 02 May 2005 This review was commissioned by the Ministry to help inform its development of the draft New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was released April 27 2005…
Evaluation of the criminal list pilot - Wellington District Court Last Publication Date: 01 May 2005 A pilot scheme of court-referred restorative justice conferences began operation in September 2001 in the District Courts in Auckland, Waitakere, Hamilton and Dunedin. Judges in the…
OSCAR Programmes: Evaluation of the Ministry of Social Development’s Package of Assistance Last Publication Date: 01 May 2005 This report presents the findings and conclusions from an evaluation of the Ministry of Social Development’s package of assistance to Out-of-School Care and Recreation (OSCAR) programmes.…
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2005 ECT is used mainly in the treatment of severe depressive episodes. It involves the passage of an electric current across the head of a person to…
Outcome / impact evaluation of Family Start Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2005 The Outcome/Impact Evaluation report contrasts national prevalence statistics available for factors such as smoking and breastfeeding with the outcomes reported for Family Start clients. These should…
Influences in Childhood on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood Last Publication Date: 02 Feb 2005 This paper provides a comprehensive review of the medical literature around the childhood determinants of adult diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The study was undertaken by Dr Nicola…
Access to cancer services for Māori Last Publication Date: 02 Feb 2005 The Ministry of Health contracted with the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2004 to undertake a research project focussed on reviewing available baseline…
