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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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Documents
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Indicators for the Well Child / Tamariki Ora Quality Improvement Framework: September 2014
- Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation and reduction
- Annual update of key results 2013/14: New Zealand Health Survey
- Tobacco use 2012/13: New Zealand Health Survey
- Asian smoking
International Literature
- Incentives for smoking cessation (Cochrane review)
- Family-based programmes for preventing smoking (Cochrane review)
- Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation (Cochrane review)
- Use of electronic health records to support smoking cessation (Cochrane review)
- Cardiovascular events following smoke-free legislations: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
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- Global monitoring framework on noncommunicable diseases agreed by WHO member states
- Health warning messages on tobacco products: A review
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- Tobacco Control Update - 2 April 2014
- Tobacco Control Update - 15 April 2015
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment
- Youth’12 overview: The health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012
- Analysing smoking using Te Whare Tapa Wha
- Metro-Auckland Pacific population health profile
- The health of Māori adults and children
International Literature
- Change in mental health after smoking cessation: Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption in 187 countries, 1980-2012
- Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2012 (OECD)
- Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses
- Electronic nicotine delivery system (electronic cigarette) awareness, use, reactions and beliefs: A systematic review
