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The latest updates to this website are listed below:

August 2008

July Issue of HIA e-News ( 18 Aug)
This bi-monthly newsletter is a way of keeping people up to date with the latest developments in health impact assessment in New Zealand and abroad.

Problem Gambling Intervention Services in New Zealand:2007 Service-user statistics
This report presents and summarises the data collected by problem gambling service providers in 2007. It provides an overview of clients who have sought help via Gambling Helpline Ltd (the Helpline) and face-to-face problem gambling services during that period


Chief Nurse Newsletter, July 2008 (8 Aug)

Diabetes retinal screening workshops, September 2008 (7 Aug)
The Retinal Screening Advisory Group and the Ministry of Health are holding regional workshops around New Zealand to gain insights, suggestions and help from those working in retinal screening to help shape the future direction of retinal screening in New Zealand.

HPV Immunisation Programme - National Implementation Strategic Overview (6 Aug)
This document is for organisations involved in planning, implementing or delivering the HPV immunisation programme. It is also suitable for health professionals discussing HPV vaccine with parents, whānau and girls or young women.

Update on tobacco companies providing incentives to retailers (4 Aug)
The Ministry of Health is currently looking at the issue of tobacco companies providing incentives to retailers to sell and display tobacco.

July 2008

Disability Services Provider E-Newsletter, Issue 25 July 2008 (31 July)

July Scanning the Horizon Newsletter (30 July)

Clinical Training Agency Purchase Intentions 2008/2009 (30 July)

New Breastfeeding section launched (28 July)
To compliment the national breastfeeding promotion campaign a section has been developed to provide information on breastfeeding for mothers and mothers to be, supporters, health practitioners and employers and the community.

For more information on the national breastfeeding promotion campaign visit this website - www.breastfeeding.org.nz.

View also the latest campaign newsletter - Breastfeeding Social Marketing Campaign Update Issue 3: July 2008

The Health Equity Assessment Tool: A User's Guide (25July 2008)
The Health Equity Assessment Tool: A User's Guide, is an essential guide for those working in the health and disability to apply a strong equity focus to their work.

Disability Services Draft Strategic Plan For July 2008 to June 2010 (24 July)
The Ministry of Health's Disability Services (DS) has developed a draft two-year Strategic Plan for the period July 2008 to June 2010. This plan sets out the priorities in strategic direction for the Directorate and a framework for establishing annual plans.

Te Puāwaiwhero - The Second Maori Mental Health and Addiction National Strategic Framework 2008-2015 (24 July)
This document has been developed to update Te Puawaitanga, the first Māori Mental Health National Strategic Framework, published in 2002 and directly implement Te Tāhuhu, Te Kōkiri and He Korowai Oranga.

Problem Gambling Service-Intervention Service Practice Requirements Handbook (21 July)
This handbook is version 1.1 and is a guide to the Ministry of Health’s goals for problem gambling intervention services and typical client pathways and practices.

Health Targets Quarter Three Report now available (18 July)
Summaries on progress in Quarter Three for each Health Target and more detailed information (eg, graphs and their source data) are now available.

Guide to Eligibility for Publicly Funded Health and Disability Services (15 July)
The Guide to Eligibility provides information on eligibility for publicly funded (free or subsidised) health care in New Zealand. It describes the groups of people who are eligible for publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand, and the eligibility criteria.

Breastfeeding Social Marketing Campaign Update, Issue 2: July 2008 (15 July)

Guidelines for Public Health Services on Cluster Control for Pandemic Influenza (9 July)
These guidelines describe the public health interventions that may be used by Public Health Units in the cluster control phase of pandemic influenza.

Keeping Well 2008-12 - Wellington Region Strategic Plan For Population Health (8 July)
Keeping Well 2008-12 is a strategy for population health for the Wellington Region – the areas covered by Capital and Coast DHB, Hutt Valley DHB and Wairarapa DHB.

PHO Eligibility Process Guidelines (1 July)
This information pack outlines the process for DHBs and the Ministry for approving/endorsing and logging changes to PHO funding eligibilities.

June 2008

DHB Hospital Benchmark Information Report: January - March 2008 (30 June)

Long-Term Conditions Programme update, June 2008 (30 June)

DHB Maps and Background Information from the Atlas of Socioeconomic Deprivation in New Zealand NZDep2006 (30 June)
DHB Maps and background sections from the Atlas of Socioeconomic Deprivation in New Zealand NZDep2006.
The purpose of maps is to reveal the socioeconomic landscape generated by the New Zealand Index of Deprivation 2006 (NZDep2006).

Review of Tobacco Displays in New Zealand - Summary of results of the consultation process (28 June)
This document outlines feedback received during public consultation on the review of tobacco displays in New Zealand.

Draft Non-therapeutic Use of Human Tissue Standard released for public consultation (27 June)
The draft Non-therapeutic Use of Human Tissue Standard has been released for public consultation. Submissions close Monday, 18 August 2008.

Public Health Perspectives newsletter-June 2008 (27 June)
Provides a key source of information and commentary on public health issues

He Rito Harakeke: Retention of Māori in the Health and Disability Workforce (26 June)
Provides a summary of the factors that facilitate and barriers to the retention of Māori in the health workforce.

He Tipu Harakeke: Recruitment of Māori in the Health and Disability Workforce (26 June)
Provides a summary of the factors that facilitate and the barriers to the recruitment of Māori in the health and disability workforce.

Guidelines for the Safe Carriage and Delivery of Drinking-water (26 June)
These guidelines are to help the tankered drinking-water carrier industry understand and meet the requirements of the law in respect to supplying tankered drinking-water to the public.

Pacific Provider Development Fund Purchasing Strategy 2008/09 (20 June)
The Pacific Provider Development Fund (PPDF) Purchasing Strategy 2008/09 is an interim purchasing strategy that guides Pacific provider development funding and purchasing decisions

A Framework for Smoking Cessation Training in New Zealand: A Report for the Ministry of Health (20 June)
This document outlines a framework for providing smoking cessation training in New Zealand.

Cancer Mortality Projections: 2000-2004 Update
This report updates the cancer mortality projections produced by Public Health Intelligence in 2001.

Chief Nurse Newsletter, May 2008 (16 Jun)

Methodology Report for the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey (16 June)
Procedures and protocols followed to ensure the NZ Health Survey produced high-quality, robust data.

Immunisation - new section launched (13 June)
A new section on Immunisation was launched today with updated and new content including detailed information on diseases that are vaccine preventable and the vaccines that prevent them.

Bowel (colorectal) cancer screening programme for New Zealanders (12 June)
On 30 May 2008, the Minister of Health, Hon David Cunliffe, and the Associate Minister of Health, Hon Damien O’Connor, announced that the Government was committed to acting as quickly as possible to set up a bowel cancer screening programme in New Zealand.

More information on this decision and the development of the bowel cancer screening programme in New Zealand is now available.

New Zealand Primary Health Care e-Register (6 June)
This e-Register has been updated with more projects from the Partnership Health Canterbury Te Kei o Te Waka PHO.

A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey (4 Jun)
A Portrait of Health is the first release of key descriptive findings from the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. Analyses have been presented by gender, age group, ethnic group, neighbourhood deprivation and regional area where possible. Results are compared with earlier surveys where possible for the total population and for Māori by gender.