Health Inequalities Research Programme

The Health Inequalities Research Programme is one Group of research hosted by the Department of Public Health. It consists of eight projects that come together under an HRC-funded programme of research from 2005 to 2011.

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Health Inequalities Research Programme
Department of Public Health
University of Otago, Wellington
PO Box 7343
Wellington South
New Zealand
Tel 64 4 918 6251
Fax 64 4 389 5319
hirp.wsmhs@otago.ac.nz

 

Research Projects
CancerTrends
Differential Colon Cancer Survival by Ethnicity in NZ
Neighbourhoods and Health
New Zealand Census-Mortality Study (NZCMS)
Social Indicators (NZDep, NZiDep)
SoFIE-Health
SoFIE-Primary Care
Unequal Treatment - The Role of Health Services

 

Latest News

Research just published in the NZMJ suggests that making New Zealand Smokefree by 2020 will see an extra gain in life expectancy of 5 years for Māori and 3 years for non-Māori, resulting in 2 year closing in the gap in life expectancy.  Click here for copy of the paper.

 

 

 

 

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