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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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Towards a social-structural model for understanding current disparities in Maori health and wellbeing
originally posted by WM Admin on 2013-07-12 11:28:17.005 and updated 2015-01-27 13:18:36.92
This article aims to put forward a historical and developmental perspective for understanding some of the current health disparities experienced…
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Cancer: Historical summary 1948–2011
posted by WM Admin on 2014-09-18 09:49:52.197
This document contains summarised cancer information, detailing numbers and rates of new cancer registrations and cancer deaths by year and…
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Cultural safety in New Zealand midwifery practice: Part 1
posted by WM Admin on 2014-06-06 09:37:35.249
This paper is the first of two papers exploring the notions of cultural safety and competence. This first paper provides…
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Cancer: Historical summary 1948–2010
posted by WM Admin on 2014-02-07 12:59:16.902
This document contains summarised cancer information, detailing numbers and rates of new cancer registrations and cancer deaths by year and…
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