Key Documents

28 Nov SMS Toolkit

Posted at 10:59h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

Health Navigator and Health Literacy NZ have produced a website providing healthcare professionals information and resources about self-management support (SMS). Funded by the Ministry of Health, the website is packed with SMS information, services, tools and resources for a New Zealand context. It supports healthcare workers...

24 Oct Unicef The State of the worlds children 2019 report

Posted at 10:39h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

At least one in three children is not getting the nutrition they need to grow well, particularly in the crucial first 1,000 days – from conception to the child's second birthday – and often beyond. An increasing number of children and young people are surviving,...

24 Oct Essential nutrition actions: mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course

Posted at 10:21h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

This publication is an update of the 2013 WHO publication entitled Essential nutrition actions: improving maternal, newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition.1 It provides a compact list of nutrition-related interventions recommended by WHO. WHO recommendations aim to advise intended end-users (policy-makers, programme implementers...

17 Oct National Healthy Food and Drink Policy – 2nd edition September 2019

Posted at 11:46h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

The National DHB Food and Drink Environments Network (the Network) was established in 2015 to develop a consistent National Healthy Food and Drink Policy (the Policy) for use across all New Zealand District Health Boards (DHBs), and potentially other settings. The Network received support and...

30 Sep Healthy Active Learning

Posted at 14:02h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

Healthy Active Learning is a new Wellbeing Budget initiative that will promote and improve healthy eating and physical activity in schools, kura and early learning services across Aotearoa. Healthy Active Learning is a joint initiative from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sport New...

30 Sep Sport New Zealand 2020-2032 Strategic Direction

Posted at 13:55h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

It’s a bold vision that demands a bold plan - how Sport NZ will fulfil its leadership role over the next 12 years including where we operate, our long term goals and five leadership priorities....

26 Sep The World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia

Posted at 11:32h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

These guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations on lifestyle behaviours and interventions to delay or prevent cognitive decline and dementia....

29 Aug Healthy environments: Why do they matter, and what can we do?

Posted at 14:37h in Key Documents by Alison Pask

The actions presented provide an initial overview and overall policy directions and refers to more detailed information for the next steps. They focus on intersectoral collaboration between a wide range of partners – international organisations, governments, and national and subnational actors – to create enabling...

23 Aug 2018 New Zealand Physical Activity Report Card for Children & Youth

Posted at 11:40h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

This is the third report card which identifies and grades nine physical activity indicators for children and youth aged 5 – 18 years. Grades are assigned according to the percentage of children meeting a defined target. (2018)...

12 Aug Achieving Equity in Health Outcomes: Summary of a Discovery Process

Posted at 14:59h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

In 2018, the Ministry of Health initiated a work programme on achieving equity in health outcomes. Specifically, this programme aims to ensure thatequity is at the heart of the way New Zealand’s health and disability system operates and to promote the cultural shift needed to achieve that. This report...