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Tobacco control

Pacific Peoples’ Nicotine-Free Futures: Understanding Pacific Peoples’...

Increased rates of smoking (nicotine use through tobacco) among the Pacific population have resulted in an urgent need to explore possible harm reduction techniques.

Pasifika Alcohol Harm Sector and Community Engagement Report

In October 2022, the Alcohol team commissioned Bluespur Consulting Limited, a Pacific engagement provider, to support engagements with the Pacific alcohol sector and community in our work on alcohol harm minimisation for Pacific.

Interventions to reduce alcohol’s harms to health: A modelling study

This research project used modelling techniques to estimate the health impacts of alcohol interventions and their contribution towards health equity in the Aotearoa context. The research was conducted by a team from the University of Otago and the Northern Regional Alliance, and was funded by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand (previously Te Hiringa Hauora).

Attitudes and behaviours on supplying alcohol to under 18s

Studies show that parental social supply is more likely to contribute to increased alcohol use, and increased risk of alcohol-related harm later in life. Despite this, New Zealand adults reported to have socially suppled alcohol to under 18-year-olds in the last year.

Social supply of alcohol to under 18s

Alcohol consumption by young people aged under 18 years (‘under 18s’) increases the risk of adverse physical and cognitive development, other alcohol-related harms, and alcohol-use disorders later in life. Social supply is the supply of alcohol to individuals under the minimum purchase age by parents, guardians, friends, or others.

The development and implementation of an enhanced digital alcohol screening...

The aim of this project was to explore whether an improved alcohol screening tool for older adults could be integrated within primary health care settings. This report describes the development and implementation of this tool, which is designed to help health professionals identify and manage older adults at risk of alcohol-related harm.

Research newsletter: February 2023

This newsletter highlights the research work from the Health Promotion directorate of the National Public Health Service in Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand.

Nōku te Ao: Sovereignty of the Māori Mind

The purpose of this report is to present a Māori world view of factors that contribute to discrimination of people who have experienced — or continue to experience — mental distress.

Licensing and alcohol impacts in residential neighbourhoods

This report and educational resource is about community voice in bottle store licence decisions and alcohol’s effects on neighbourhood spaces.

Ka mua, ka muri - Nōku te Ao Like Minds' Whakapapa and Procurement...

Ka mua, ka muri has been developed by Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman, on behalf of Te Whatu Ora (formerly Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency). Ka mua, Ka muri documents the whakapapa of Nōku te Ao as a programme, in telling the story of the emergence and origin within Te Whatu Ora.

First 1,000 Days

Ngā Wānanga o Hine Kōpū Evaluation Summary Report

Evidence is building in support of an antenatal programme from Northland that is setting an example for nationwide maternity care and enduring issues of equity for Māori.

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey: Top line

This top-line summary provides a high-level overview of results from the 2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). The HLS monitors short, medium, and long-term societal changes in attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours related to mental health and wellbeing, tobacco use, vaping, gambling, nutrition, alcohol, and sun exposure. The HLS also tracks changes in views about the social desirability and acceptability of various strategies to minimise harm from these risk factors and promote wellbeing. This summary focuses on the prevalence of these risk factors, exposure to harm, and strategies to minimise harm.