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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.
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 Abstracts
- Indicators for the Well Child / Tamariki Ora Quality Improvement Framework: September 2014
- Annual update of key results 2013/14: New Zealand Health Survey
- The health of Māori adults and children, 2011–2013
- Indicators for the Well Child / Tamariki Ora Quality Improvement Framework: March 2014
- Health loss in New Zealand: A report from the New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study, 2006–2013
International Literature
- Effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Computer-based diabetes self-management interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Cochrane review)
- Smoking and absence from work: Systematic review and meta-analysis
- General health checks in adults do not reduce morbidity and mortality from disease (Cochrane Review)
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Youth’12 overview: The health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012
- Health status of New Zealand European, Māori, and Pacific patients with diabetes in 242 New Zealand general practices
- Metro-Auckland Pacific population health profile
- The health status of Pacific children and young people in New Zealand
- The health of Māori adults and children
International Literature
- Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2012 (OECD)
- Self-awareness of foot health status in patients with Type 2 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II (Australia)
- Computer-based diabetes self-management interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Cochrane review)
- Nurses' presenteeism and its effects on self-reported quality of care and costs (USA)
- Effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health: A systematic review and meta-analysis
