Publications
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Ala Mo'ui sets out the priority outcomes and actions for the next five years that will contribute towards achieving better health outcomes for Pacific people, families and communities.
A National Strategic Framework for Alcohol and Drug Services (Ministry of Health, October 2001)
This document was written initially for the Health Funding Authority to provide a national direction for the ongoing development of alcohol and drug treatment services. The Ministry of Health has produced this strategy to assist with the development of alcohol and other drug treatment services for people with substantial to severe substance use related problems.
The review was established to formulate a regional inter-sectoral approach and establish regional benchmarks for Detoxification Services in Northland and Auckland.
This report was designed to take a “snapshot” of the Asian workforce in the mental health and addiction services of the three Auckland-metro District Health Boards (DHBs) and DHB contracted non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This report addresses many of the information gaps about the Asian mental health workforce in the coverage area and sets a baseline for future similar surveys in the region.
This document aims to assist anyone working with children and young people to contribute to promoting their mental health. This includes helping early childhood workers, teachers, social workers and others to recognise and support children with mild and moderate mental health problems and to make appropriate referrals to specialists when necessary.
This revised document follows on from the Blueprint Working Document, 1997. This Blueprint is a National Mental Health Service Development Plan supporting the Governments strategy, and sets out the kinds and levels of services there need to be for different groups of people, with the focus on a recovery approach. Particular emphasis is given to meeting the mental health needs of Maori, and Pacific peoples. It provides a plan for a well-functioning mental health system, setting out a framework, key parameters, and principles for good service, for providers to assess where further developments are required in their current services and practices.
Building on Strengths establishes a platform for continued improvements in mental health and well being for all New Zealanders over the next five years and outlines the way in which mental health promotion can contribute to a wide range of sectoral health-promoting agendas and policy priorities. The framework identifies key directions and opportunities including, goals and action streams that the health sector can support to achieve improved mental health outcomes.
Building the Future: The New Zealand Housing Strategy (Housing New Zealand Coorporation, May 2005)
This Strategy clearly shows a basic bricks and mortar approach to housing has been superseded by innovative policies and practices taking account of wider social and economic needs. The shift towards increased community-based housing, more affordable homeownership opportunities, and a mix of new housing reflecting community diversity is re-mapping our landscape.
CHAMP: Newsletter December 2010
The latest news for the Counties Manukau Mental Health DHB & NGO collaboration initiative (CHAMP).
Eating Disorders Continuum of Care - Northern Region (2010)
This overarching eating disorders continuum of care reflects the range of services to be delivered and defines pathways for different levels of need. The continuum is a key structural element of the Northern Region Eating Disorders Implementation Plan.
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This is a stocktake of family/whanau participation (FWP) programmes in Northern Region mental health and addiction services. The need for the project was identified by the Regional Family/Whanau Forum, in association with Network North Coalition (NNC) as a first step in a process towards strengthening family/whanau participation (FWP).
He Korowai Oranga: The Maori Health Strategy (Ministry of Health, November 2002)
He Korowai Oranga: Maori Health Strategy sets the direction for Maori health development in the health and disability sector. The strategy provides a framework for the public sector to take responsibility for the part it plays in supporting the health status of whanau.
Health of Older People Strategy (Ministry of Health, April 2002)
The Health of Older People Strategy sets out the government's policy for the future direction of heatlh and disability support services for older people. It provides a vision of older people participating fully in decisions about their health and wellbeing and in social and community life.
Healthy Eating – Healthy Action. Oranga Kai – Oranga Pumau: A strategic framework shows the way forward and sets out a framework for making changes happen. This strategy calls for a more integrated and multi-sectoral approach to addressing nutrition, physical activity and obesity, and highlights the importance of both individual behaviour and our environment.
Improving Quality (IQ): A systems approach for the New Zealand health and disability sector provides a shared approach and shared language to enable enhanced quality improvement in the New Zealand health and disability system. It is a commitment to supporting continuous quality improvement by each person who works within the system, by people affected by the system, and by the system itself.
Looking Forward: Strategic Directions for the Mental Health Services (Ministry of Health, June 1994)
The Government has decided to develop a set of strategic directions for New Zealand’s mental health services. This document outlines the goals, principles and national objectives that will reshape New Zealand’s mental health services.
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This Strategy operates as a framework to help us all identify actions we can undertake to help reduce youth suicide. Kia Piki te Ora o te Taitamariki is a strategy which aims to provide opportunities to ensure taitamariki Maori are affirmed so that ending their life is not an option.
This paper presents a snapshot of mental health workforce development. After setting out the context for workforce development initiatives, the roles and contributions of key stakeholders are clarified. It then describes current workforce development activity in the mental health sector within the context of workforce development strategies. The last section identifies the future direction for mental health workforce development taking into account the previous strategy, Tuutahitia te Wero – The Mental Health Workforce Development Plan 2000–2005, and existing workforce development commitments.
Mental Health and Addiction Action Plan 2010 (Ministry of Health, November 2010)
The Action Plan describes a work programme of Ministry-led activities in four key areas through to November 2011 to advance the Government's priorities for mental health and addictions.
The Northern District Health Board Support Agency (NDSA), on behalf of the Auckland metropolitan DHBs and in collaboration with Moana Pasifika,initiated a project to define a practice framework for Pacific cultural roles within the mental health and addictions sector. This report provides a full account of the project goal, objectives, processes and findings. It includes a mental health and addictions Pacific cultural practice framework for the Auckland metropolitan region that is supported by stakeholders.
Mental Health: Service Use in New Zealand 2007/08 (Ministry of Health, September 2010)
The publication presents data extracted from the Mental Health Information National Collection, and covers the year ended 30 June 2008.
Moving Forward is the National Mental Health Plan for New Zealand. The Plan is based on the National Mental Health Strategy Looking Forward, which was released in 1994 and which outlined the goals and strategic directions for the development of mental health services over the next ten years.
National Alcohol Strategy 2000-2003 (Ministry of Health, March 2001)
By focusing on alcohol-related harm, and by providing a context for our policies around making alcohol available, this Strategy allows us to start thinking about the types of steps we can take to prevent or reduce such alcohol-related problems.
The National Drug Policy 2007-2012 (Ministry of Health, March 2007)
The document sets out the Government’s policy for tobacco, alcohol, illegal and other drugs within a single framework. It does this by establishing the goals, objectives and principles which will guide drug policy and intersectoral decision-making about the best way to address the harms caused by drug use, and identifies the population groups that require special attention. The key goal of the National Drug Policy is to minimise the social, economic and health harms of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.
National Mental Health Information Strategy 2005-2010 (Ministry of Health, July 2005)
The National Mental Health Information Strategy outlines priorities that will guide the development of national mental health information from 2005 to 2010 and signals a shift in emphasis from information collection to local and national use of mental health information. The five-year strategy provides a strategic framework for mental health information and outlines priority areas to support current and future requirements for mental health information.
National Mental Health Sector Standard - He Whariki Oranga Hinengaro (2008)
The health and disability standards support the safe provision of services to consumers and set the minimum standard for rest homes hospitals and providers of residential care. The standards are mandatory for providers of health care services that are subject to the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001. This includes rest homes, hospitals and those providers of residential disability care that have five or more residents. The standards are designed to establish safe and reasonable levels of service for consumers and reduce the risk of harm. They are minimum standards and as such, some providers will exceed these.
This publication addresses the needs of children and young people with mental health problems, focusing on those whose needs are severe. It puts specialist mental health services in context and provides a framework for the way in which effective and appropriate treatment can be provided.
New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (ACC, June 2003)
The purpose of the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy is to establish a framework for the injury prevention activities of government agencies, local government, non-government organisations, communities and individuals. The Strategy sets out the Government's vision for a New Zealand where more people can live free of injury while continuing to lead active and challenging lives. The Strategy will assist New Zealand to better focus its injury prevention efforts and resources by providing a clear direction to the range of agencies, organisations and communities which have either a direct involvement, or a contributory role to play, in injury prevention activity in New Zealand.
New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008-2012 (Ministry of Health, March 2008)
The Action Plan provides detail on how the goals of the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy will be achieved over the five years.
New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016 (Ministry of Health, June 2006)
This Strategy provides a framework for New Zealand's suicide prevention efforts over the next 10 years. Its overarching aim is to reduce the rate of suicidal behaviour and its effects on the lives of New Zealanders, while taking into account that suicide affects certain groups more than others.
This workforce activities plan is agreed to by the Northern Region Workforce Development Governance Group and outlines priority activites across five strategic ares: workforce development infrastructure, training and development, retention and recruitment, organisational development, and research and evaluation.
This plan outlines the Northern Regions workforce development and coordination activities for the up-coming year and is agreed by the Northern Region Workforce Development Governance Group. It is a continuation of the Northern Region Mental Health and Addiction Services, Workforce Activities Plan 2010 and 2011 (Northern DHB Support Agency, 2010) which was sponsored by the Governance Group in 2010.
Northern Region Eating Disorders Workforce Development Plan 2010
This report provides a summary of national, regional and local strategies and initiatives, and identifies the application of these to the Northern Region.
Opportunity for All New Zealanders (Ministry of Social Development, 2004)
Opportunity for All New Zealanders summarises the Government’s social policy and strategies for sustainable social development.
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Pacific Consumer 'Tiare Ruperupe' Leadership Framework for the Mental Health and Addictions Sector
This is the report on the development of the Pacific Consumer Leadership Framework for the mental health and addictions sector. It is envisaged that the Framework will assist with developing, growing and strengthening Pacific consumer participation and leadership in all areas of the sector from policy development to service design and delivery.
Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm Strategic Plan 2004–2010 (March 2005)
The Strategic Plan for Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2004–2010 outlines the way in which the Ministry of Health plans to address the continuum of gambling harm. The six-year strategy includes primary prevention and population approaches, through to more selected intervention services for individuals and their families and significant others. The strategy acknowledges that research is a critical component of any strategic approach, because it provides an evidence base from which to inform workforce and provider development, as well as policy, programme and service development at national and regional levels.
Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm Three-year service plan 2007–2010 (June 2007)
The three-year service plan 2007–2010 outlines the Ministry of Health’s plan to fund primary (public health), secondary and tertiary prevention services and activities, including research and workforce development, to minimise harm from problem gambling.
Primary Mental Health: A review of the opportunities (May 2002)
Its aim is to identify and summarise key issues in relation to primary mental health care that will need to be considered in planning for the implementation of the National Primary Health Care Strategy and for the ongoing implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy.
Prison Model of Care (March 2011)
The Northern/Midland Region Prison Model of Care describes the key components needed for the delivery of consistent and appropriate services for specialist mental health services into prisons. The development of the Prison Model of Care has been informed by a review of relevant literature, policies and agreements related to provision of mental health services in prison settings, as well as input from a wide range of stakeholders. It describes the guiding principles and key components that inform the Prison Model of Care, as well as recommended minimum standards for service delivery in relation to Screening; Referral; Assessment; Treatment; and Release Planning. Associated elements related to consultation, liaison, effective interfaces and interagency collaboration are also discussed.
Raranga Tupuake: The Maori Health Workforce Development Plan (April 2006)
The vision for Raranga Tupuake is to build a competent, capable, skilled and experienced Maori health and disability workforce over the next 10 to 15 years.
Reducing Inequalities in Health (September 2002)
Reducing Inequalities in Health proposes principles that should be applied to whatever activities we undertake in the health sector to ensure that those activities help to overcome health inequalities.
This report outlines a comprehensive, integrated community approach building on and enhancing the community care principle at the heart of modern mental health service delivery.
This is the stock take of Service Improvement Initiatives within the Adult Mental Health DHB and NGO Sector in the Northern Region (2006).
Tauawhitia te Wero provides a framework for the development of the mental health and addiction workforce over the next four years. It is also intended as a high-level ‘umbrella’ plan providing national direction on key issues for all other workforce planning in the mental health and addiction sector. It builds on the more detailed workforce development and planning activities of the national mental health and addiction programmes and centres, District Health Boards (DHBs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the regional mental health and addiction workforce co-ordinators.
Te Puawaitanga Maori Mental Health National Strategic Framework (April 2002)
The purpose of this Mäori Mental Health Strategic Framework is to provide District Health Boards with a nationally consistent framework for planning and delivery of services for tängata whaiora and their whänau.
Te Tahuhu: Improving Mental Health outlines Government policy and priorities for mental health and addiction for the 10 years between 2005 and 2015, and provides an overall direction for investment in mental health and addiction. It builds on the current Mental Health Strategy contained in Looking Forward (1994) and Moving Forward (1997), and the Mental Health Commission’s Blueprint for Mental Health Services (1998).
Te Orau Ora - Pacific Mental Health Profile (April 2005)
Te Orau Ora: Pacific Mental Health Profile is the first specifically-Pacific document to be published by the Mental Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health. Descriptive in nature, Te Orau Ora contains both demographic and mental health information that will provide an overview of the mental health status of Pacific peoples in New Zealand.
Te Rimu Tohu - A Framework for Youth Health Workforce Development (2009)
This report presents a framework for the future development of the youth health workforce.
The New Zealand Disability Strategy: Making a world of Difference: Whakanui oranga (April 2001)
The New Zealand Disability Strategy's vision is of a society that highly values the lives and continually enhances the full participation of disabled people. It provides a framework to guide government agencies making policy and services impacting on disabled people. In taking the lead, the Government will do everything possible to influence the attitudes and behaviour of society as a whole.
The New Zealand Health Strategy (December 2000)
The New Zealand Health Strategy sets the platform for the Government’s action on health. It identifies the Government’s priority areas and aims to ensure that health services are directed at those areas that will ensure the highest benefits for our population, focusing in particular on tackling inequalities in health. The Strategy provides the framework within which District Health Boards and other organisations across the health sector will operate. It highlights the priorities the Government considers to be most important. Those priorities reflect diseases such as diabetes and cancer as well as factors that influence health such as smoking and nutrition.
The New Zealand Positive Ageing Strategy (Ministry of Social Policy, April 2001)
The Positive Ageing Strategy establishes a set of principles as a framework for integrating policies and programmes across the government sector. But the Positive Ageing Strategy is more than a set of principle statements it is a living document that is a basis for action. A Positive Ageing Action Plan has been developed consisting of specific work items from a wide range of government agencies towards the achievement of ten priority goals.
The Primary Health Care Strategy (February 2001)
This Strategy provides a clear direction for the future development of primary health care so that it can play this central role within the new health system. There is evidence available about the specific contribution primary health care can make to improved health outcomes which has informed the new direction.
The Regional Pacific Model of Care and Mental Health and Addiction Service Framework
This report is about the development of the Pacific Service Framework which is intended to guide mental health and addiction service planning, funding and delivery and to assist with achieving increased levels of consistency across services in the Auckland region, where this will better serve Pacific consumers and families.
The Pacific Mental Health and Addiction Northern Region Implementation Plan 2009-2012
The overarching purpose of the plan is to provide a regional view that will inform local planning. The plan is developed for organisations in the Northern Region to use to improve and develop services for Pacific people.
This document presents a strategy for improving New Zealand’s capacity to generate good quality applied research on tobacco, alcohol, other drugs and gambling.
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Whakatataka: Maori Health Action Plan 2002–2005 (November 2002)
Whakatataka: Maori Health Action Plan 2002–2005 outlines what the Government will do to implement He Korowai Oranga: Maori Health Strategy, which sets the direction for Maori health development in the health and disability sector for the next five to 10 years.
Whakatataka Tuarua: Maori Health Action Plan 2006-2011 (December 2006)
Whakatataka Tuarua 2006-2011, the second Maori Health Action Plan, sets objectives for Maori health over the next five years and builds on from Whakatataka - The Maori Health Action Plan which was implemented in 2002, which has provided the health sector with a valuable tool for contributing to reducing health inequalities between Maori and non-Maori.
Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa (January 2002)
The YDSA consists of a vision, principles, aims and goals, and also suggests actions that can be taken to support the positive development of young people. The principles of “youth development” outline what the youth development approach is all about. They can be used as a checklist and a tool for developing youth policies and programmes and in working alongside young people.
Youth Health: A Guide to Action (September 2002)
Youth Health: A Guide to Action proposes a plan of action to improve the health of New Zealand's 12 to 24 year olds. It sets out goals, objectives and specific actions aimed at doing this.
The Youth Offending Strategy aims to prevent and reduce offending and re-offending by children and young people. It guides Government about where to focus its effort in youth justice policy, and helps coordinate the local delivery of youth justice services.
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