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Minimising gambling harm

The prevalence of problem gambling in New Zealand as measured by the PGSI:...

The 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey and the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey were examined to assess the robustness and reliability of the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). The PGSI cohered to a single factor in both data sets and had high internal reliability. These features held when separately considering men, women, Māori, Pacific and Asian people.

The Impacts of Liquor Outlets in Manukau City Report No. 3 - The spatial...

This report describes the spatial and other characteristics of liquor outlets in the Manukau City area in January 2009. These characteristics are important in terms of their effects on the availability of alcohol. Several key results were found relating to the characteristics of alcohol sales.

The Impacts of Liquor Outlets in Manukau City Report No. 4 - Spatial...

This paper investigates the crosssectional association between density of liquor outlets in Manukau City (as at 31 January 2009) and a range of alcohol-related harms such as police events and motor vehicle accidents in the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

The Impacts of Liquor Outlets in Manukau City Summary Report - Revised

There has been significant recent debate over the impact of liquor outlets on communities in New Zealand. This report summarises the key results from a research project undertaken between 2008 and 2011. Media analysis and research with community stakeholders confirm that the issue is a focus of concern among communities in New Zealand.

The Impacts of Liquor Outlets in Manukau City Report No. 2 - Community...

Recent substantial increases in the number of liquor outlets have been matched by an escalation in community concern about alcohol-related harm. This report presents the results of an extensive community consultation on the impacts of liquor outlets in Manukau City.

The Impacts of Liquor Outlets in Manukau City Report No. 1 - A review of...

There has been significant recent debate over the impacts of liquor outlets on communities in New Zealand. This report reviews two sides to the published debate on the impacts of liquor outlets: the international academic literature and New Zealand media reports.

Cost Savings of Brief Alcohol interventions in Primary Health Care

Sapere Research Group was commissioned by ALAC to estimate the short-term health care cost savings from the use of alcohol brief interventions (BIs) in general practice and emergency departments.

Alcohol Use and Maori Young People

This fact sheet presents findings about alcohol use among young Māori attending secondary schools in New Zealand. These findings were drawn from a large national survey that investigated the health and wellbeing of secondary school students, in which 1,702 Māori students (18.7% of the total survey sample) participated.

Youth '07 - Young People and Alcohol

This report uses data from the Youth2000 surveys of young people attending mainstream secondary schools to provide a detailed contemporary profile of attitudes to alcohol, the context and patterns of drinking, adverse effects and concerns regarding drinking among New Zealand youth. The primary focus is on findings from the survey conducted in 2007.

Tobacco control

Young people's estimates of how many New Zealanders smoke daily. In...

Exposure to tobacco and smoking may influence young people's perception of smoking and how common it is to smoke. To understand whether young people see smoking as normal activity, respondents from the 2010 Youth Information Survey were asked to estimate the proportion of adults and people their age who smoke daily.

Tobacco control

What is the New Zealand Smoking Monitor? Information Sheet

HPA runs a continuous survey on behalf of the Ministry of Health 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.

Survey of off-licence premises in North Shore/Hibiscus Coast: analysis of...

A survey of off-licence premises in the North Shore City Council (NSCC) region and Hibiscus Coast (within Rodney District Council [RDC] boundaries) took place in 2009/2010.