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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.

A key piece of work over the past two years for Te Hiringa Hauora has been the development of a Te Tiriti o Waitangi-aligned National Alcohol Harm Minimisation Framework. It is structured around the two pillars of policy change and culture change, with the aspiration of Aotearoa free from alcohol-related harm.   Download the Alcohol Harm Minimisation Framework below.

The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is a biennial monitor of the health behaviour and attitudes of New Zealand adults aged 16 years and over, first carried out in 2008. The HLS uses face-to-face interviews to collect information relating to Te Hiringa Hauora programme areas of alcohol, tobacco control, sun safety, minimising gambling harm, nutrition, and mental wellbeing.

The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is a biennial monitor of the health behaviour and attitudes of New Zealand adults aged 16 years and over, first carried out in 2008. The HLS uses face-to-face interviews to collect information relating to Te Hiringa Hauora programme areas of alcohol, tobacco control, sun safety, minimising gambling harm, nutrition, and mental wellbeing..

This evaluation relates to the Demonstration Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (AHRP) established between Te Hiringa Hauora and Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA).