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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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- Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2013 reviews
- Print-based self-help interventions for smoking cessation (Cochrane review)
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- Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2012 reviews
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Reducing smoking among indigenous populations: New evidence from a review of trials
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- Awareness and perceived effectiveness of smoking cessation treatments and services among New Zealand parents resident in highly deprived suburbs
International Literature
- Pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation: An overview and network meta-analysis (Cochrane Review)
- Effectiveness of stop-smoking medications: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey
- Partner support for smoking cessation during pregnancy: A systematic review
- Association between use of nicotine replacement therapy for harm reduction and smoking cessation: A prospective study of English smokers
- Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2012 reviews
