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
2009 news releases:
Ethnic minorities likely to suffer in troubled New Zealand economy
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The economic downturn in New Zealand is likely to result in more suicides, and slowing of health improvements among Māori and Pacific Islanders and lower socio-economic groups, a University of Otago study just published in the New Zealand Medical Journal predicts.
New cigarette health warning regulations not being followed
Monday, 28 September 2009
The regulations on health warning images on cigarette packets are not being appropriately followed by tobacco companies.
Unequal risks, unmet needs. Pacific people and tobacco in NZ
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Little government attention has been given to smoking by Pacific peoples in New Zealand, and there is no specific government plan to deal with this smoking.
Public ahead of politicians on smoking in cars ban
Thursday, 24 September 2009
A significant gap exists between concerns of the public about smoking in cars with children and the attitude of some politicians and officials to this health issue according to latest research from the University of Otago, Wellington.
Smokefree parks are working without smoke police
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Research published today from the University of Otago, Wellington has identified smokefree outdoor parks as a significant and growing new area for smokefree policies in New Zealand.
Infectiousness of swine flu estimated for New Zealand
Friday, 24 July 2009
University of Otago, Wellington researchers say that the pandemic influenza virus appears more infectious than previously thought.
The high price of milk. Implications for health inequality
Friday, 19 June 2009
Researchers at the University of Otago Wellington say that the high price of milk and other dairy products over recent years is detrimental to the health of children and has contributed to greater health inequalities in New Zealand.
New Zealand: a laggard in control of marketing unhealthy food to children
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Public health researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington say New Zealand is lagging well behind other developed countries in the promotion of healthy eating to children through the media and advertising.
Asians have lowest mortality rates in elderly
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
A study by the University of Otago, Wellington has revealed that Asians, around 10% of the population, have the lowest mortality rates in those over 65 years. Those with the highest mortality levels in old age are Māori and Pacific people.
Study finds multiple hazards in 'home sweet home'
Friday, 13 February 2009
A study of 1000 homes in Taranaki has found that many have hazards that result in claims to ACC costing millions of dollars a year as well as pain and suffering to individuals and their families.
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
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
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