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Prescribing information resources: Use and preference by general practitioners

The Ministry of Health funded the Centre for Health Services Research and Policy (The University of Auckland) to produce a research report on general practitioners’ (GP)…

The Cost of Suicide to Society

The Cost of Suicide report estimates the cost of the 460 suicides and 5095 attempted suicides in 2002 to total $1,381,492,000 - nearly $1.4 billion. Each…

Tauawhitia te Wero: Embracing the Challenge: National mental health and addiction workforce development plan 2006-2009

The Ministry of Health funded the Centre for Health Services Research and Policy (The University of Auckland) to produce a research report on general practitioners’ (GP)…

The Smoke is Clearing: Anniversary Report 2005

A first anniversary report assessing impacts of the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act (2003) has found strong public support, increasing patronage trends in bars, and no significant…

Social Explanations for Suicide in New Zealand

A suite of five reports, and a sixth summary report, has been produced as part of a contract the Ministry of Health held with the Wellington…

Pacific Patterns in Primary Health Care: A comparison of Pacific and all patient visits to doctors

This study compares the experience of Pacific patients with that of the total population (including Pacific). The data was contributed by community general practices and A&M…

The Viewing Habits of Users of Sexually Explicit Movies: a Hawke's Bay sample

In this study, the Office of Film and Literature Classification and the Crime and Justice Research Centre of Victoria University of Wellington examined the viewing habits…

The Portrayal of Māori and Te Ao Māori in Broadcasting: the Foreshore and Seabed Issue

In late 2003, the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) commissioned research into the portrayal of Māori and te ao Māori in broadcasting. A team led by Te…

New Zealand court-referred restorative justice pilot: Two year follow-up of reoffending

One of the main objectives of the New Zealand court-referred restorative justice pilot was to reduce the rate of reoffending by offenders referred to restorative justice…

Working on the frontline: Sue Lightfoot discusses the impacts of secondary traumatic stress

Social Work Now, Issue 32, pages 28-32.There has been increasing attention over the past several years to the effects on staff of working in emergency situations,…