Telfar Barnard, L., Baker, M., Pierse, N., & Zhang, J.
4 April, 2015
This report covers six respiratory disease indicators: asthma, bronchiectasis, childhood bronchiolitis and pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and total respiratory disease.
Chan, A., Stewart, A., Harrison, J., Camargo, C., Black, P., Mitchell, E.
12 March, 2015
We did a randomised controlled trial in patients aged 6–15 years who attended the regional emergency department in Auckland, New Zealand with an asthma exacerbation and were on regular inhaled corticosteroids.
Tukuitonga, C.
17 January, 2015
It is generally accepted that the socio-economic factors – especially education and income – are the most important determinant of population health status. Poor people with limited education generally have poor health.
Global Asthma Network
30 October, 2014
The Global Asthma Report 2014 includes strategic and practical recommendations and valuable information for governments, health organisations, health professionals, and people with asthma.
Pacific Perspectives
22 September, 2014
This report considered ways to increase the number of Pacific peoples in the health workforce and improve outcomes for Pacific patients.
Dale, M. C., O’Brien, M., & St John, S
9 September, 2014
In the advanced economy of Aotearoa New Zealand in 2014, child poverty is now more entrenched and difficult to address than when Child Poverty Action Group published Left further behind in 2011.
Johnson, A.
9 September, 2014
While this focus on housing shows that the issues are complex, the principal barrier to access to quality housing is the high price of housing compared to wages.
New Zealand Medical Association.
6 September, 2014
Existing approaches to tackling obesity in New Zealand are not doing enough. New Zealand is now the fourth most obese country in the OECD, with nearly two thirds of adults either overweight (34%) or obese (31%).
Robertson, L., McGee, R., Marsh, L. & Hoek, J.
30 August, 2014
The existing evidence supports a positive association between exposure to POS tobacco promotion and smoking. This review provides evidence to support the continuation of POS tobacco display bans in those jurisdictions where such legislation has been introduced and strengthens the evidence encouraging similar policies in jurisdictions without a POS display ban.
Cobiac, L., Ikeda, T., Nghiem, N., Blakely, T., & Wilson, N.
21 August, 2014
Objective We examine the potential role for taxation in the tobacco endgame in New Zealand, where the goal is to become ‘smokefree’ (less than 5% smoking prevalence) by 2025.
