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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 Abstracts
- The health of Māori adults and children, 2011–2013
- Regional results from the 2011-2013 New Zealand Health Survey
- New Zealand Health Survey: Annual update of key findings 2012/13
- Health loss in New Zealand: A report from the New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study, 2006–2013
- Youth’12 overview: The health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012
International Literature
- Interventions for improving community ambulation in individuals with stroke (Cochrane review)
- Preventing the progression to Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults at high risk: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions
- Cardiac rehabilitation for people with heart disease: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews
- Can diabetes prevention programmes be translated effectively into real-world settings and still deliver improved outcomes? A synthesis of evidence
- Exercise interventions for smoking cessation (Cochrane Review)
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International Literature
- World Alzheimer Report 2014. Dementia and risk reduction: An analysis of protective and modifiable factors
- The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well-being of students and their academic achievement (Cochrane review)
- Adapting health promotion interventions for ethnic minority groups: A qualitative study
- A systematic review of telerehabilitation in stroke care
- Self-management activities in diabetes care: A systematic review
