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District health boards and public hospitals in New Zealand

WEBNew Zealand’s 20 district health boards (DHBs) had oversight of public health services from 2001 until 2022, when they were replaced by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand …

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Public health – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBPublic health initiatives have been at the forefront of improving health and life expectancy since the 19th century. The focus has shifted from quarantine and sewerage systems to …

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Health and society – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBLifestyle factors. Cancer is a major cause of death in New Zealand. Lung cancer is mainly caused by tobacco smoking – and poorer people and Māori are more likely to smoke. …

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Epidemics – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBEpidemics since the 1970s. Meningococcal disease, which causes meningitis, reached epidemic proportions in the 1990s and early 21st century. Between 2004 and 2007, …

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Women’s health – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBMāori women’s health, 1940s to 2000s. From the 1940s Māori moved from rural areas to the cities. The health of Māori women improved, due to better housing, increased …

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Page 1. Mental health and mental illness

WEBMental health and mental illness. Mental health is a process that enables people to realise their abilities, deal with life’s challenges and stresses, enjoy life, work productively and …

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Health and society

WEBIn the 2010s Māori and Pacific people were over-represented in negative health statistics, but under-represented in health-sector employment. In the 2013 census 14.9% of New …

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Primary health care – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBDoctors began to dominate primary health care in the late 19th century, as hospitals became more popular and medical advances increased the status of medicine. …

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Māori health: te whare tapa whā model (2nd of 2)

WEBMāori health expert Mason Durie developed the whare tapa whā model of health in 1982. Encapsulating a Māori view of health and wellness, it has four …

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Page 2. Health devastated, 1769 to 1901

WEBDislocation and disease, 1840 to 1901. Between 1840 and 1891 disease and social and economic changes had serious negative effects on Māori health, and a significant …

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Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health

WEBNative health nurses, both Pākehā and Māori, were appointed to the Māori nursing service set up by the government in 1911. A precursor of the public health nursing service of …

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Page 2. Socio-economic status, ethnicity and health inequality

WEBSocio-economic status (based on factors like income, occupation and education) is a key determinant of health. People living in favourable circumstances continue to experience …

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Mental health services – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBGood mental health means a state of psychological well-being – a sense of self-worth and an ability to cope with life and fulfil one’s potential. Mental illness covers a wide range of …

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Page 1. Epidemics, pandemics and disease control

WEBThe term usually refers to infectious diseases, but it is also possible to have epidemics of non-infectious diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, and conditions such as …

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Social and ethnic inequalities – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

WEBFamiliar themes. Statements made by health practitioners in the late 1960s and early 1970s about the health-status disparity between Māori and Pākehā would sound …

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Health Research Council, 1990 to 2010s – Te Ara Encyclopedia of …

WEBPage 4. Health Research Council, 1990 to 2010s. In 1988 the Medical Research Council posited the concept of a more broadly based Health Research Council (HRC), to give …

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Page 6. Māori and Pacific health practitioners

WEBCultural safety. The term ‘cultural safety’ (kawa whakaruruhau) used within many health professions was first developed within nursing and midwifery to indicate practitioners’ …

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