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• CVDRA Primary Care Handbook Review
• The Leaders in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment – how do they do it?
• Carl Billington
• Helen Roenburg
• Dr Helen Rodenburg joins Ministry of Health as Clinical Director, Long-Term Conditions
• Lipids testing approach clarified: fasting vs non-fasting
• Ministry of Health - Tobacco Health Target - NEWSFLASH
• Supporting research references for May 2012 Turning Point NRT research update story
• Clarifying Coding Confusion: differences in ex-smoker classifications between CVD/Diabetes and Tobacco?
• Primary Care Decision Support Software - Overview of the main products and vendors
• Smoking - why it matters & what difference you can make
• Cessation study finds it's the offer of support that matters....
• Primary Care Success Stories
• Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 - shared logo for everyone in tobacco control
• Tier One Smoking Cessation Service Spec: Reporting Template
• Middlemore campaign captures local community
• ARCHIVE: Primary Care Tobacco Target E-Updates
• Early results suggest Whanganui open-access, walk-in 'Quit Clinics' prove very effective
• Early evalution of pilot initiatives shows strong promise for General Practice support for people to quit smoking
• ABC in Primary Care - Introductory Video
• New Zealand Smoking Cessation Services - Links and Contact Details
• Ask About The Elephant GP Toolkit
• National network of ABC trainers and facilitators for DHBs and PHOs
• Smoking Prevalence in DHB regions
• STEPS Training - a 'train the trainer' approach
• A Screen-shot Overview of the Data-Recording & Decision-Support Tools for Practices
• Finding your way around the various nicotine therapies and other smoking cessation medications
• Magpie "Try" campaign
• How to use nicotine lozenges properly
• How to use nicotine gum properly
• How to use nicotine patches properly
• How to use nicotine therapies correctly
• Using Champix to Help Quit Smoking
• Hawkes Bay DHB: ABC success in perioperative departments
• Key messages for surgical care
• Start Right - Nicotine Patches Factsheet (1 pager)
• Kapiti Midwives case study (brief advice to quit smoking)
• Key messages to target in maternity care (smoking)
• Primary Care Update
• Reminder re QuitCard information requirements...
• MoH notice: Reminders to keep NRT out of reach of children
• Karen Evison – Acting Tobacco Target Champion
• Pre-conference Workshop Notes (SFC Pre-conference Day, Nov 2010)
• Brainstorm on Secondary Care and Maternity Services
• Implementing ABC in Primary Care
• Smokefree Nurses Presentation - national tobacco control conference
• STEPS programme - flyer, registration form and conference presentation
• Smokefree Policy Letter - Advice for Mental Health Services & DHBs
• Quality Improvement Funding Project Case Studies
• Cardiac Nurses Give Smokefree Story to Patients - Kai Tiaki article