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Influences in Childhood on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood

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

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…

Evaluation of the Youth Horizons Trust SCD Bridging Programme Report

This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the process, outcomes and economic components of the Bridging Programme delivered by the Youth Horizons Trust. The…

The Burden of Death, Disease and Disability due to Alcohol in New Zealand

This study aimed to assess the health impacts of alcohol consumption in New Zealand in terms of the types of health conditions most affected, the numbers…

Experiencing A Recovery–Oriented Acute Mental Health Service

Community-based services for acute mental illness are used in addition to inpatient services provision, and can provide a whole-system of care response. This paper investigated one…

Experiencing A Recovery–Oriented Acute Mental Health Service - Detailed Results

This report provides a more detailed analysis of the interviews used in the ‘Experiencing a Recovery-Oriented Acute Mental Health Service: Home Based Treatment from the Perspectives…

Messages about reading

This report presents the findings from a study conducted in 2003 on the strategies adopted at three schools to enhance home-school communication in the area of…

Shaping our futures: Meeting secondary students' learning needs in a time of evolving qualifications: final report of the Learning Curves project

The Learning Curves project has documented changes in the subject and assessment choices offered to senior students in six medium-sized New Zealand secondary schools between 2002…

Socialisation of teachers into the culture of assessment

While new graduates of teacher education programmes are employed as provisionally registered teachers, they are still expected to plan, teach, and assess a full classroom programme…

Educational issues for communities affected by transience and residential mobility: report on phase 1

The New Zealand population as a whole is highly mobile. This can bring benefits to a community, but can also have adverse effects, particularly where there…