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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 Abstract
Young adult smokers‘ and prior-smokers‘ evaluations of novel tobacco warning images
posted by WM Admin on 2015-03-09 08:03:48.286
"Warning labels have traditionally depicted graphic health consequences of smoking but emerging evidence suggests the distal consequences shown may prove…
NZ Literature Abstract
2014 rheumatic fever campaign evaluation
posted by WM Admin on 2015-03-03 08:13:51.43
In winter 2014, HPA and the Ministry of Health implemented a mass media campaign aimed at increasing awareness among parents…
NZ Literature Abstract
Before school checks consumer research
posted by WM Admin on 2015-02-23 12:01:43.982
This research was undertaken to inform the development of a national campaign to increase the awareness and understanding of Before…
NZ Literature Abstract
Children’s interpretation of the Crayons TVCs: Research undertaken for Quitline
posted by WM Admin on 2015-01-29 08:34:10.588
Quiltine recently developed a new series of television commercials (TVCs) that encourge quitting by showing the negative impact that adults…
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- Before school checks consumer research
- Do New Zealand Māori and Pacific ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to stopping smoking? A qualitative study of motivation to quit
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- A framework for the evaluation of patient information leaflets
- Effect of the first federally funded US antismoking national media campaign (Tips From Former Smokers)
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