Family Violence Indicators: Can national administrative data sets be used to measure trends in family violence in New Zealand? Last Publication Date: 05 Mar 2014 Good quality, reliable outcome indicators can be used to monitor trends, identify emerging problems, create awareness, guide legislative and policy reforms, and ensure adequate provision of…
Et Tū Ake! Stand tall and proud Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 This paper looks at improving the economic independence of women with low or no qualifications; women who are not in education, training or employment; and Māori and Pacific…
Demographic and Parental Influences on Breakfast Consumption Rates: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Promoting breakfast eating among children has many benefits, including improved cognitive and physical abilities, increased likelihood of meeting the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, and…
Parental monitoring and substance use among Pacific youth: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Parents have a significant influence on the societal norms, values and behaviour learned by their children. Permissive parental rule setting and monitoring has been shown to…
NEET by choice? Investigating the links between motherhood and NEET status Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 It is tempting for policy-makers to subtract young mothers aged 15 to 24 from the NEET group, assuming young mothers have intentionally disengaged with employment, education…
Opinions on banning food advertising to children: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 The Health Promotion Agency (HPA) monitors parents and caregivers’ opinions on food marketing to children in the Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). Results from the 2012…
Young people’s perceptions of their parents’ attitudes and rules about smoking: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Young people’s perceptions of parental attitudes and rules about smoking are associated with youth smoking, and these perceptions may be an even stronger influence on youth…
Supporting parental and carer-couple relationships Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This Issues Paper outlines parental and carer-couple relationships in New Zealand. It then examines the challenges facing these relationship types, approaches to providing support and examples…
Effectiveness of Relationship Education Programmes in Schools for Years 7–13 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2013 International evidence reviews have indicated that school-based relationship violence prevention programmes are one of the few strategies with proven evidence for preventing intimate partner violence. The Social…
Current thinking on primary prevention of violence against women Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2013 Increasing the safety of women, so they live without fear of violence, is a priority for the Ministry. The focus of primary prevention is on stopping…
