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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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NZ Literature Abstract
Migrant Asian Indians in New Zealand: Prediction of metabolic syndrome using body weights and measures
posted by WM Admin on 2014-09-03 09:14:37.036
The study recruited 175 Asian Indian migrants (aged 50 years and over) in Auckland, to investigate cut-off points for body…
NZ Literature Abstract
Malnutrition in children
posted by WM Admin on 2014-08-28 10:53:31.757
Recently, three Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS) tools (STRONGkids, PYMS and STAMP) have been developed in Europe for the evaluation of…
NZ Literature Abstract
The STRONGkids nutritional risk screening tool can be used by paediatric nurses to identify hospitalised children at risk
posted by WM Admin on 2014-08-21 15:19:12.238
This study was designed to assess the usefulness of the STRONGkids questionnaire for screening hospitalised children, at risk of under-nutrition,…
NZ Literature Abstract
Nutritional status and nutrition risk screening in hospitalized children in New Zealand
posted by Research Admin on 2013-08-12 12:17:19.177
This study aimed to define the nutritional status of paediatric inpatients in comparison with healthy children, by assessing 162 children…
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Nutritional status and nutrition risk screening in hospitalized children in New Zealand
- Migrant Asian Indians in New Zealand: Prediction of metabolic syndrome using body weights and measures
- The STRONGkids nutritional risk screening tool can be used by paediatric nurses to identify hospitalised children at risk
- Malnutrition in children
