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Tobacco control

New Zealand Smoking Monitor. Information Sheet

The Health Promotion Agency (HPA) runs a continuous survey on behalf of the Ministry of Health (New Zealand Smoking Monitor - NZSM) to measure current and changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating to smoking and quitting. It offers a unique way to monitor trends over an extended period of time. This information sheet gives a brief overview of the survey.

Alcohol and older people. A descriptive analysis of changes in alcohol use...

This report examines the changes in alcohol use in New Zealand for older New Zealanders (aged 60 years and over). The report looks at the relationship of identified changes in alcohol use to demographic and socio-economic factors, living arrangements and health measures.

Skin cancer prevention

Evaluation of the 'Don't Let the Sun Get Under Your Skin'...

The sun safety programme of HPA launched a campaign, ‘Don’t Let the Sun Get Under Your Skin’ (UYS), to promote sun-safe knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among young New Zealanders. Two of the main campaign activities include events that feature the use of an ultraviolet (UV) camera to show young people the damage they have on their face from sun exposure and an UYS Facebook page. An evaluation of the UYS campaign was undertaken to explore any possible impact on the target audiences and to help guide the strategic direction of the youth sun safety programme.

Attitudes and Behaviour towards Alcohol Survey 2010-2012 Report. 1.1 –...

The HPA Attitudes and Behaviour towards Alcohol Survey (ABAS) is undertaken every year by HPA to provide information on the attitudes and behaviour of New Zealanders towards alcohol. This survey focuses on behaviour related to the last drinking occasion, including how much and what was drunk, the drinking location and purpose, any consequences, and help or assistance offered at that occasion. Attitudes and opinions in relation to getting drunk and the seriousness of the alcohol problem are also examined, along with Non-drinkers and the role they play in the company of others who are drinking. The aim of the survey is to provide insight into the behaviours and attitudes of people in relation to alcohol. This report focuses on adults aged 18 years or more, and their alcohol-related drinking behaviour, particularly in relation to their last drinking occasion, including how much and what was consumed, where they were drinking, and whether they self-report getting drunk.

Minimising gambling harm

Host responsibility in Class 4 Gambling Venues: A qualitative report

HPA is responsible for delivering a programme focused on minimising gambling harm, which includes a mass media campaign, the development of resources, and research and evaluation. This research was undertaken to help inform a campaign on host responsibility in Class 4 venues as part of HPA’s programme. This report provides an overview of findings from interviews with 18 staff and 14 people with experience gambling in Class 4 venues, focused on perceptions of EGM behaviours, interactions in the EGM area, host responsibility, and future change.

Tobacco control

Young people’s perceptions of how difficult it would be to quit smoking....

The New Zealand Government has committed to the goal of New Zealand becoming ‘smokefree’ (smoking prevalence of less than 5%) by 2025. To achieve this it is important to reduce initiation of smoking as well as encourage quitting.

Tobacco control

Young people’s perceptions of their parents’ attitudes and rules about...

Young people’s perceptions of parental attitudes and rules about smoking are associated with youth smoking, and these perceptions may be an even stronger influence on youth smoking than parental smoking behaviour. Participants in the Health Promotion Agency’s (HPA’s) Youth Insights Survey (YIS) were asked to ‘agree’ or ‘disagree’, or to indicate ‘don’t know’ in response to the following statements - 'My parents or caregivers would be upset if I was caught smoking cigarettes/tobacco' and 'My parents or caregivers have set rules with me about not smoking cigarettes/tobacco'.

Tobacco control

Offer and acceptance of tobacco among young people. In Fact

In New Zealand it is illegal to sell tobacco products to people under the age of 18 years, yet young people continue to smoke. It is, therefore, important to better understand non-commercial ways in which young people access tobacco.

How to best support young people who are concerned about their drinking....

The Youth’07: Young People and Alcohol report (2011) commissioned by the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC) found that there were a number of students who were worried about their drinking practices and that some of these had tried to cut back or give up. Concerned to learn more and to understand how to best support these young people ALAC (now HPA) commissioned the Adolescent Health Research Group (AHRG) to explore the Youth’07 survey data further. A qualitative study was also undertaken to canvas young people’s experiences of what assists them and what doesn’t in managing their alcohol consumption.

Nutrition and physical activity

Demographic and Parental Influences on Breakfast Consumption Rates. In Fact

Promoting breakfast eating among children has many benefits, including improved cognitive and physical abilities, increased likelihood of meeting the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, and decreased unhealthy snacking. The Ministry of Health’s Food and Nutrition Guidelines highlight the importance of eating three healthy meals every day, including breakfast. The Breakfast-eaters programme run by HPA encourages families with children to eat a healthy breakfast every day. HPA monitors both children’s and their parents/caregivers’ breakfast eating habits in the Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS), as parental breakfast consumption has been found to be an important predictor of whether a child eats breakfast or not.

Nutrition and physical activity

BMI: A comparison between self-reported and measured data in two...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is an index of weight-for-height that is used to classify underweight, overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in metres (kg/m2). The validity of self-reported BMI data is a long-standing question posed by researchers from around the world. Some studies indicate that self-report data is not a valid measure due to social desirability bias or lack of knowledge or recall. Specifically, weight tends to be under-estimated while height is over-estimated, which can lead to a misclassification of BMI status. The Health Promotion Agency (HPA) collected self-reported height and weight data in its 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) while the Ministry of Health collected measured height and weight data in its 20011-12 New Zealand Health Survey. As both surveys are nationally representative and methodologically rigorous, their findings are comparable for analytic purposes.

Tobacco control

People’s estimates of how many New Zealand adults smoke. In Fact

In HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey all respondents (aged 15+ years) were asked to estimate the number of New Zealand adults who smoked daily (as perceived prevalence of smoking can help assess whether or not tobacco use is seen as a normal behaviour). The daily smoking rate in New Zealand was 18% in 2006/07 and 17% in 2011/12.