The development of health information systems is not always successful, and there is an
emerging perception that money and time that could be better directed to patient care are …

Objectives 1. To measure the association between household exposure to second-hand
smoke (SHS) and all-cause mortality in 45-77 year old never-smokers. 2. To measure the …

Suicide and suicidal thoughts, impulses, and behaviors are among the most challenging
client conditions facing social workers. In the year 2010, the latest for which data is …

This thesis examines health inequalities by area-level socioeconomic deprivation, and
health in later life in New Zealand. It identifies whether expansion or compression of …

Although numerous time series epidemiological studies have reported an association
between daily mortality and air pollution, there is uncertainty about the extent of life …

1.1 Background While the Public Health Advisory Committee of the National Health
Committee has commissioned a number of reports looking at aspects of the social and …

In the New Zealand context, considerable academic and government attention has been
given to the socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in health, and how they have evolved over …

Methods Having identified traditional individual-level epidemiologic risk factors to health, the
question became whether such measures, seen in the behaviour of individuals and firms …