Public Health :: Publications & Reports

Addressing Health Inequalities : Power point presentations from the Health Inequalities & Need Symposium, held at Te Papa on 27 August 2004

The First 25 Years of the Department of Public Health a short history by Clare Salmond

2004 news releases:

Major Health Research Boost for Wellington School of Medicine - 3 June 2004 University of Otago press release

Mortality Among "Never Smokers" Living with Smokers: Two Cohort Studies, 1981-4 and 1996-9. - 5 April, BMJ.

Maori Life Expectancy Improving - 31 March 2004 (Dominion Post article)

Ethnic Gaps in Life Expectancy Appear to be Closing Again - 30 March 2004 University of Otago press release

Income and Ethnicity Both Critical in Health Funding: Study - 3 March 2004, University of Otago press release

A need for more Maori and Pacific doctors - Dominion Post, March 4, 2004 (PDF)

Income, race affect death rates -Dominion Post, March 4, 2004 (PDF)

The Decline of Smoking in British Portraiture - Tobacco Control 2004 (PDF)

Annual Research Reports:

Research Report 2003 (PDF)

Research Report 2002 (PDF)

Public Health Monograph Series:

Smoking Inequalities: Policies and Patterns of Tobacco use in New Zealand, 1981-1996.
Sarah Hill, Tony Blakely, Philippa Howden-Chapman
October 2003

Suicide Rates in New Zealand: Exploring Associations with Social and Economic Factors.
Stuart Ferguson, Tony Blakely, Bridget Allan, Sunny Collings
August 2003

Unlocking the Numerator-Denominator Bias for the 1980s and 1990s .
Sarah Hill, June Atkinson, Tony Blakely
April 2003

Anonymous Record Linkage of Census and Mortality Records: 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 Census Cohorts.
Shilpi Ajwani, Tony Blakely, Bridget Robson, June Atkinson, Jackie Fawcett, Cindy Kiro, October 2002

The Tobacco Industry in New Zealand: A Case Study of the Behaviour of Multinational Companies.
George Thomson, Nick Wilson
February 2002

A Brief History of Tobacco Control in New Zealand
Authors: George Thomson, Nick Wilson
1997

Unlocking the Numerator-Denominator Bias, 1991-94 Deaths.
Tony Blakely, June Atkinson
February 2001

Anonymous Record Linkage of 1991 Census Records and 1991-94 Mortality Records
Tony Blakely, Clare Salmond, Alistair Woodward

Public Health in New Zealand: Recent Changes and Future Prospects
Warwick Armstrong and Don Bandaranayake
1995

The Social Costs of Tobacco Use and Alcohol Misuse
Brian Easton
April 1997

Old Wine in New Bottles
Marten Hutt and Philippa Howden-Chapman
March 1998

PhD and Masters Theses: Click here for Abstracts

Technical Reports:

A Health Risk Assessment for the Establishment of the Exotic Mosquitoes Aedes Camptorhynchus and Culex Australicus in Napier, New Zealand
Mark Hearndon

The Financial Effects of Tobacco Tax Increases on Maori and Low-Income Households
George Thomson, Des O’Dea, Nick Wilson, Papaarangi Reid, Philippa Howden-Chapman

The Impact on Maori and Low-Income Families/ Whanau of Tobacco Tax Increases: A Brief Review
Nick Wilson, George Thomson

5th Year Medical Student Reports:

Report for Survey Participants on Health Risk Perceptions of Environmental Hazards
by Mary Louise Hannah
May 2001


Barriers to Public Health Research in New Zealand.
Tables

Sarah Fargher, Richard Hurley, Matthew Kelly, Cho Yee Kim, Martin Lin, Penny Rickman, Elizabeth Smaill, Harry Stracey-Clitherow, David Tripp and Francessa Wilson (5th year medical students)
May 2001

Workshop Reports:

Using Routinely Collected National Data
Clare Salmond
August 1998

 



 

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