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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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Coping skills help explain how future-oriented adolescents accrue greater well-being over time
posted by Research Admin on 2014-12-09 15:03:40.664
The present longitudinal study examined whether both adaptive as well as maladaptive coping strategies might explain how future orientation leads…
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Determinants of cardiovascular health in breast cancer survivors based on physical activity status
posted by WM Admin on 2014-11-05 08:55:42.205
The author investigated the cardiovascular health of breast cancer survivors previously treated with chemotherapy (CT) and/or radiation therapies (RT), based…
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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
Subcutaneous body fat in pregnant New Zealand women: Association with wheeze in their infants at 18 months
posted by Research Admin on 2014-01-31 09:00:10.383
This prospective study investigated the association of subcutaneous body fat levels in pregnant women with wheezing in their 18 month…
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Nutritional intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes who are hyperglycaemic despite optimised drug treatment—Lifestyle Over and Above Drugs in Diabetes (LOADD) study: Randomised controlled trial
- Migrant Asian Indians in New Zealand: Prediction of metabolic syndrome using body weights and measures
- Central obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific Region
- Subcutaneous body fat in pregnant New Zealand women: Association with wheeze in their infants at 18 months
- Coping skills help explain how future-oriented adolescents accrue greater well-being over time
